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Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? Texas Summer #45416 04/23/09 05:26 PM
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Dazed&Confuzed Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,815	I'm glad to read you agree with Dottie since I already ordered the Creative PRoblem solving (the first book)!

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? Dazed&Confuzed #45425 04/23/09 05:59 PM
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KAR120C Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 302	I think almost all my favorites have already been named... but there's one more -- Bletchley Park (British codebreaking center for WWII) has a set of excellent cryptography lesson plans on their website. Erica

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? KAR120C #45428 04/23/09 06:36 PM
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Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Ooooo! Thanks, Erica! That's one I haven't seen before. Next year we have more access to the Internet during school days, so I'll use that one. Kriston

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? Kriston #45431 04/23/09 07:09 PM
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minniemarx Member M Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 466	Yes, the Bletchley stuff is fun--Harpo spent a lot of time on those lessons this year (they're printable, by the way, Kriston, so if you wanted to, you could print some off to use on days when you didn't have Internet access). Budding cryptanalysts might also like Simon Singh's "The Code Book," which is an excellent read, and has some codes to crack at the back of the book. peace minnie

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? minniemarx #45533 04/25/09 03:54 PM
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OP mamaandmore Member M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 198	Originally Posted by minniemarx One more thought, Kimberly, given that he likes Fred--I read on another board that Stan Schmidt is writing another book to slide in between Decimals and Algebra--maybe it will be done in time for you? You could always email him and see how far along it is--he's very approachable. Thank you for the heads up, Minnie! I emailed Stan and he confirmed that there is another book coming, probably by the end of summer. It's one of 3 pre-algebra books he's planning, all from different angles (Biology, Economics and Physics). I think that might help us hold off Algebra for quite a while!

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? mamaandmore #45557 04/25/09 09:47 PM
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minniemarx Member M Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 466	Thank you, Kimberly, for the update--not only one, but three, new Freds! Harpo will be thrilled! And it sounds like your son will be, too! peace minnie

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? mamaandmore #45572 04/26/09 04:58 AM
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Dazed&Confuzed Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,815	OH OH OH, I thought Stan was a year away from publishing the Physics book. I'm happy to hear it might be out by the end of the summer!!! GO Stan GO!!!!

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? Dazed&Confuzed #45576 04/26/09 05:21 AM
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OP mamaandmore Member M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 198	Originally Posted by Dazed&Confuzed OH OH OH, I thought Stan was a year away from publishing the Physics book. I'm happy to hear it might be out by the end of the summer!!! GO Stan GO!!!! No, it's the Biology one that he expects by the end of the summer, there wasn't an ETA for the other two. I'm sorry for the confusion (and sorry that we'll have to wait longer for the physics one- DS will love that)!

Re: Homeschooling: How to handle math? mamaandmore #45577 04/26/09 05:48 AM
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Dazed&Confuzed Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,815	OH well, I'm sure biology will be great too!!! WOOHOO!!!

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