That's a great point-- one thing that we liked particularly well about Singapore was the complete lack of manipulatives.

That's definitely an individual quirk of my DD, though-- she loathed manipulatives, and the little that we tried of Saxon (and later, Calvert) just about made her want to scream in frustration at the seeming pointlessness of moving blocks/rods around.

Schoolhouse Rock vids are also on Youtube. smile Those are just plain awesome.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.