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Homeschooling, The Philippines and Math-U-See

written by
ethan
at August 25, 2008

Joy Rojas of the Philippine Daily Inquirer wrote a great article entitled “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Home School” Here are a few excerpts,

That Michael has been home-schooled for most of his elementary years and all of his high school years explains why. “I am all that I am,” he says. “My parents made deliberate and sacrificial choices for me that they felt were in line with God’s calling on my life. I don’t think I could have taken those extra-curricular activities all at the same time, and still get good academic training, were I not home-schooled.”

Transitioning from home school to a conventional school can also be a shock to the system. Bea Marquez, who was home-schooled before her elementary years, and in grade 5 and 6 under The Master’s Academy, A Beka, Math-U-See, and Writing Road to Reading curricula, had to get used to deadlines and the discipline of a formal classroom setup.

Still, the benefits of home-schooling appear to outweigh any of the perceived “hitches” overwhelmingly. Chelo can impart in one to two days what a teacher in a traditional school normally lectures on in a week, “because she has to ensure the understanding of at least 25 children, whereas I only need to address one to two children at a time.”

Read the full article here.

It’s fun to read stories about homeschooling in other countries, knowing that Math-U-See is there to help people understand math and help them teach it to their children.

If you live in the Philippines and would like to learn more about Math-U-See contact

Noel & Tasha Mison

Phone: 632-842-0374
609 Begonia Street
Ayala Alabang Village
Muntinlupa City
Philippines 1780

Here is Steve with the Mison family. (read his report from that trip)

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Special Education and Math-U-See

written by
ethan
at March 10, 2008

Math·U·See is being used with special-ed students, and we are seeing great results. For example, twelve public schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico used Math·U·See in their special-ed departments during the 2006-2007 school year. Here is the data from the first year: 27% was the average score prior to using Math·U·See, and 63% was the average score after using Math·U·See for one year… a 133% increase!

   

Click here to visit the Special-Ed page  

And click here to visit the new special-Ed section of the forum. 

I was just in Albuquerque and got to meet a few of the wonderful teachers using Math-U-See. Here is a slideshow with some pictures I took while there.

 

 

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Around the world - really

written by
ethan
at February 25, 2008

A few days ago I posted about Steve’s trip to Singapore and the Philippines. The title was “Around the world - sort of“ but it turns out he really did fly all the way around the world. 

 

Here are a few pictures from the trip.

 

Math blocks transcend cultures

   

Families crowd the curriculum booths a the home education conference in Singapore a few days ago.


Steve talking to the group

 

Our Math-U-See reps in Singapore, Noel and Jenny Tan

 

MamaBliss has a nice report and some pictures up of the conference over at her blog MamaBliss.blogspot.com

 

If you want to see Steve’s full travel report, check his blog out at TheFamilyThatStaysTogether.com/Blog   

 

 

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Around the World, sort of

written by
ethan
at February 11, 2008

Steve is currently traveling and will be speaking at three homeschool conferences overseas.

Two in the Philipines and one in Singapore. The blog Homeschooling EZ has more info regarding the Singapore conference.

 AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF SINGAPORE HOMESCHOOLING GROUP

 

If you want to know what Homeschooling is or if you wish to improve the way you teach your child or your typical homeschool day, come and join the “Singapore Homeschooling Fair 2008″

 

Date :17th Feb 2008 (Sunday AFTER Chinese New Year weekend)Time: 2-6pmVenue: Young Musicians’

Society Auditorium (YMS Auditorium) at 54 Waterloo StreetAdmission Fee: $15/adult (free admission for children)

 

 Click here to read the full post. 

 I’ll be posting up a trip report and pictures when he gets back. Until then here is one from last year.

 

 To see Steve’s 2008 speaking schedule click here.

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Math-U-See in Singapore

written by
ethan
at November 29, 2007

Thanks to the hard work of Miriam Homer and others the Math-U-See Singapore edition is now available in Primer, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon, and Zeta!   Picture of Steve signing completion awards for the kids, taken during our trip to Singapore in January. Our Singapore Rep is Jenny Tan and you can contact here via the email below.jenny70@singnet.com.sg   To learn more about our international editions click here. 

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Math-UK-See

written by
ethan
at July 26, 2007

A few days ago my dad returned from the U.K. where he had (among other things) given a Math-U-See demonstration to a group of homeschoolers in the United Kingdom. He also met with our new U.K. representative Deborah Jenkins. You may know her from her blog which I posted a portion of here.

Here are some pictures.

UK Bloggers
A live Demme-stration :-)

Several of the attendees knew each other via each other’s blogs and this was the first time they had met in person.

UK Bloggers
If you are in this picture leave a comment :-)

UK Bloggers
Steve and Deborah

For all you homeschoolers in the United Kingdom here is how you can get in touch with Math-U-See in the UK

Deborah Jenkins
Phone: 07788-888-032
30 Broomfield Lane
Mattersey Thorpe
South Yorkshire
DN10 5EJ
blog

Welcome Deborah and congrats on being the first Math-U-See representative blogger :-)

And if you want to read Steve’s report of the trip click here

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Using Math-U-See in the UK

written by
ethan
at June 19, 2007

London
A photo from Math-U-See’s visit to London last year

Here is a great blog post about Math-U-See from a Math-U-See user in the United Kingdom. Deborah runs the UK national blog at homeschoolblogger.com and she enjoys “Sharing information about homeschooling in the United Kingdom. Encouraging and equipping UK homeschoolers.” (from her about page)

Here is a little of what she had so say about using Math-U-See in the UK…

We have gone from hating math (both of us that is!), to loving it and doing it first thing every morning. It is fun now that we understand it!!

Why am I reviewing an American homeschool product that you have to order from the states? Because they have actually done a British version of the curriculum! OK. So the teacher is still Mr. Demme with an American accent. But the books use Mum instead of Mom in the word problems, english money, and metric measurements instead of imperial. It isn’t often that the companies take the time to redo their product to meet the needs of the British homeschool market

Click here to read the full post

Click here to see our international editions

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