Today is a day where we have less than 3 hours to do formal school for two kids. In the morning, they have violin lessons and in late afternoon, DD has her gym class. So, we school from 1Pm to 3PM.
Today, DS dd math. He loves Défi-Math, but once in a while, I force him into Singapore Math. This year, we ditched the workbook, and got the Intensive Practise instead (level 5). Boy did he hit a wall today, in the 'area of triangle' section. He knows he can avoid the textbook and deal only with the Intensive Practise, and he succeeds most of the time. Not today... After a first half hour of sheer frustration, I handed him the textbook, we went through it together, and now he won't stop ! I found a website that's all about geometry. He's going through reams of paper drawing triangles, and their epicenters, and centers of gravity, and what else.. Oh, there are three kinds of lines that can be drawn, I don't even remember! But he's drawing them ;-)
DD also did math, with MUS. She's doing ok, she doesn't like the workbook at all, but she's compliant. That's more than we could say about her when she was in Singapore Math! We're done with the additions in Alpha. Next step is about substraction. DD is having fun adding various random numbers when we're in the car, so she's having fun too...
Off we go to gym class now. I'll bring Wheelock with me to keep me busy. Or maybe just my knitting.
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