Last night, we did our first lesson using Singapore Math's EarlyBird textbook. It was a complete hit with Punkin! We were able to work three-fourths of the way through it, since she has already been doing math at her school. I was pleased with the amount of hands-on activities it had within the instructions, and was able to do them all with things around the house and our set of Cuisinaire Rods, which I have on hand from when I was a kid.
We are on the measuring unit in the curriculum now. I had planned to buy a balance before we got the section, but since it has been such a big hit, I don't want to wait for one to arrive before continuing. I found a great craft blog that included instructions on making your own balance. This will be part of what we do today, along with a trip to our local science museum with friends.
It's a relief to see at least part of the curriculum I bought is going to work out for us, since I had begun to doubt all my purchases. I'm still not sure that I needed a handwriting curriculum, since Punkin can already form her letters and numbers quite well, and I think between her math and phonics work, she will get plenty of practice. I may simply hold onto it for when Buddy is a bit older and use it for him instead.
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