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    #19229 07/07/08 01:00 PM
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    I wanted to take the Hey Math! discussion out of the other thread.

    Questions, I looked at both the US and Singapore version and I think if we try one it will be the Singapore version. It covers similar things like the Singapore Math books, a few things are introduced at different times, but it's similar enough.

    My main reason is that Singapore version would give me access to Primary 3 - Primary 6 + Secondary 1, where US version covers only 3rd-5th grade. If I want it to last for a year I better go beyond 5th grade.

    I still haven't had DS5 to look at it. I need to catch him in the right mindset wink


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    LMom #19239 07/07/08 02:01 PM
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    I emailed them on their support page with the same question. I'll let you know what they say. FYI, I signed up for a trial period of US version and I have access to everything through Gr. 12.

    questions #19240 07/07/08 02:10 PM
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    When you say you signed up for a trial, is Singapore online like Aleks?
    When I checked it out several months ago, I didn't see an option like that, but maybe I didn't look closely enough.

    incogneato #19241 07/07/08 02:18 PM
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    It's not Singapore Online. It's Hey Math! Different complany. But they have a Singaporean version, as opposed to the US version. Singapore Math doesn't have an online version to my knowledge.

    Confusing!


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    Kriston #19242 07/07/08 02:20 PM
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    Thanks for clearing that up for clueless me!!!!!!!!!

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    Naw. Confused, but never clueless. smile


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    Hey, I am back!!!
    Please do write more about Hey Math!

    Ania #19260 07/07/08 05:22 PM
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    Welcome back Ania. How was your vacation?

    Here is the link
    http://www.heymath.com

    I would say it looks interesting and something DS5 could explore on his own. It could be a nice math toy so to speak assuming that he even likes it.


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    LMom #19265 07/07/08 06:42 PM
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    My vacation was FANTASTIC!!!
    Although very pricey - with the weak dollar anything in Europe is very expensive. Gas was almost $9 a gallon - imagine that!!!

    I did get a huge break from all that schooling and unschooling / a huge benefit. I took my kids to some live plays in my native language and I was pleasantly surprised that both of them quite enjoyed it! Also, I was quite shocked by Ghosts's knowledge of some of the plays that we were able to see - I guess you never know what the school is going to teach them !!! Teenagers do not communicate very well!
    Packing for some camping trips now! I love to travel.
    On the side note - Ghost, in spite of being the best in his ALG II class last year got the lower note from behaviour. Do you know why? Because he had missed the last two weeks of school for family vacation. None of us cares, but it was a bizzare thing..
    Happy travels...
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    Originally Posted by Ania
    My vacation was FANTASTIC!!!
    Although very pricey - with the weak dollar anything in Europe is very expensive. Gas was almost $9 a gallon - imagine that!!!

    I know. We were in Europe in May and it's quite an expensive hobby with such a weak dollar. I don't even want to get into car rental prices.

    Originally Posted by Ania
    On the side note - Ghost, in spite of being the best in his ALG II class last year got the lower note from behaviour. Do you know why? Because he had missed the last two weeks of school for family vacation. None of us cares, but it was a bizzare thing..

    What??? How can they mark him down because of a family vacation? The kid has no control when his family takes vacation and I really doubt he missed anything.

    Back to Hey Math! I had DS5 try it today and I think we will go for the 15-day trial. He tried "Ratio Model Method" demo (listed as 6th grade material there as I noticed later on). Even though it was difficult for him he managed to get through it without melting down. The demo broke the problem nicely into small steps and kind of walked him through the problem. I think that was the reason why we didn't give up in the middle or right at the beginning.

    The only thing that I am concerned about is that the program got stuck twice waiting for the connection with Hey Math! Questions, have you experienced the same problem?

    Last edited by LMom; 07/08/08 06:13 PM. Reason: I lost part of my reply

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