galore park junior?-any good?

[mam29]

Anyone used these with 6-7year old?

i see they do maths,english, science and history at junior.

are they any good?

want to help dd with maths as she finds it challenging.

was looking for really good text books and galore park keeps coming up.

The singapore maths looks good too.

just sheer expense of books dont want to make costly mistake.

I would say all but exceptional 6-7yo would really struggle with Galore Park. My oldest is very academic (and bit of a maths whizz) and likes 'dry' stuff and I started it with him about 8 and it worked well.

We used Singapore My Pals are Here before then and it is good.

My Youngest (6, 7 in Nov) uses Heinnamann which is more hands on, but maybe not as good if you want a step by step guide in how to teach maths as the teachers guide is expensive.

I like Collins workbooks as fillers

thanks got confused as said age 6+ but also said year 3 which juniors not infants.

will look up singapore my pals are here and heinnamann

after good book for maths,english and science.

will hold off on galore park just kep reading good reveiws about them.

Ok I have looked up singapore science.

seems to be mixed reveiws on clasical mind site and the amount of books required confused me.

plus i dident get the american grade thing and how it relates to uk.

so i googled singapore uk.

I think its basically saying 1 a and 1b science is key stage 1 so infants in uk years 1 and 2.

Plus take on board what you say about galore park maybe they better resource for juniors and key stage 2.

so think will go with singapore for maths and science.

but whats best resource for english?
reading /comprehension and writing at infant level.

ps how come you full time homed not bankrupt by now scary costing up all the books and resources I want.

so much of it seems so american.

Hi

Some of us who have home educated for a long time (my son is now 19) will advise people to lock up your credit card when you first start home educating.

The good and bad thing about home ed is that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

Your home ed needs to fit with your child.

Try something for a bit and see how it goes.

I personally would also say the best thing you can give is your undivided attention (which is free in monetary terms but does come at a personal cost)

For things like science at this age it's usually v hands on at school. So for home ed of this age I would be heading to science museums. And then focusing on what they find interesting

So maybe they like space or dinosaurs. You can focus on one

Dinosaur fossil hunting, painting dinosaurs, looking at different dinosaurs height/ weight and comparing to everyday objects ( such as 5 buses to one dinosaur) so they get perspective etc

Or planets and solar system which leads on to solids/ liquids and gases

For english you could try them writing a daily diary or reading a book with you and writing some sentences about the books story or a character

Maths-
cooking letting them measure
Counting at supermarket
Finding x amount of objects from garden. Kinda like a treasure hunt but say 5 stones, 3 bugs, 7 pegs

Many of above you can do without workbooks and this will minimise what you need to buy.
Such as timetables you can buy one large poster with them all on then just buy/ print/ write own sums to practice

Thanks guys.

not actually fully home ed.

proposing flexi schooling to head in september hoping he says yes.

want 1day a week.

as im still schooling dont want to move to far away from nc.

this summer

we writing short story and making a book.

writing a holiday journal
doing extra reading.

couple of projects hoping to present as lapbooks if can work out how to make it.

the project 1

is butterfles so shes drawn butterfies, read up on them, write about them and intend to visit a butterfly zoo and perhaps buy some catterpillars if not too late.

project 2 bridges-incoroperates science and maths,

hoping to do good proposal that aims to

help her with areas she struggles with
improve reading and writing
get her exited about learning.
icncrease the breadth and educational expereince through practical hands on, child led topics and feildtrips, visits.

really wanted some simple text workbooklets to guide me and structure me.

I really like the look of the singapore series.

theres a kindergarten book is that equivilant to uk reception.

then theres smaller books on adding, subtracting but £8.49 each!

Then threes the my pal 2series 1a ,1b going upwards.

i think if read correctly this is replacing the the primary singapore maths which will mean parents buying more books.

trouble is would love them all but would cost about 200 to buy all the ones i like look of.

looked on amazon none use.

noticed a collins series similar slightly cheaper not by much.

the choice when start lookings really overwhelming.

will be going to the works on thursday will see what books they have there.

I really wouldn't buy all that for one day a week.
Read up online what they should know roughly by the end of year and try and incorporate into fun

One day really should be fun otherwise might as well school full time

( have homeschooled 5 children now abroad whilst travelling - as their nanny/ governess, and my educational plan for different ages def changes/ goes out window when for min days/ hours.
Can honestly say that last child aged 5 was ahead of peers after not schooling jan- may last year. Just informally with me, basically as mentioned above) - you don't want to be pestering and making them resentful of the time you have together

well I held myself back.

I did however make a purchase.

not sure any use as is pretty much national curriculum and know most home ed choose their own.

letts have workbooklets.
£3.99 each but bargain price of 99p in lidls:)

dident know where to start

So i got basic maths 4-5 as thourght start simple
they dident have 5-6 so going to check another lidls.
got 7-8 which is key stage 2. think this will currently be too hard but maybe 6months time.

got basic english 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8
think english will be easier.

going to save and get some of the singapore series over time.

I had 2younger kids so will get my values worth.
my 2nd child starts preschool for 2days in sept and 2years until she starts primary as sept birthday so will love to do some fun learning with her.

will save the dreams of galore park when shes a junior.

thanks everyone for input.

If you are only HEing one day a week I seriously think focus entirely on FUN FUN FUN

What your child chooses to do 100% - not what you think she should do.
Especially as she is only young.

Do as Fiona says and lock up your bank card.
And dont even consider using resources you feel you havent got the money for, or that you will need to save up for.

People who have been HEing for ages find their groove - they either find that they can HE successfully without using any formal resources at all.
OR that they can HE using a bunch of fab resources that cost nothing or very cheap.
OR they find fab resources that cost a bit more but are worth it - the resources you find first of all are rarely the ones you stick with.

And FWIW Galore park may be fab (I only have a couple that I got 2nd hand that we havent started yet) but new they are seriously expensive as they are aimed at schools - the answer books are seperate and £££.

thanks threadwatcher.

the cheap workboklets from lidls seem ok.

seen some in the works, matalan and poundshop cheap.

we go libary reguarly may try bigger libary in city centre for more choice.

just been looking on pinterest tonight.

had no idea theres so much info on there most people think its just visual.

but lits americans and they seem to be more pro homeschool than here so loads of ideas.

for eldest and my toddler.

now thinking nwat to spend more money on art and crafts materials.

one idea was stickers on duplos with letters and words on to build a sentance.

some really simple stuff that will help I think so feeling far more positive despite lack of funds,

I still have to meet up with 2other mums get some inside info before book appointemt with heda so hoping he agrees as so much I could do.just looking at amount of stuff makes me feel like a child again and the worls a big exiting place again.

Do you have an iPhone or iPad? My ds loves the Maths 3-5 app and if she's struggling with the basics it might help, more fun than a work book! It is pretty basic though, adding and subtracting up to 10 I think. You can get the first level free to try. Have you read John Holt 'how children fail'? Really interesting insight into teaching maths and what goes wrong for some children. and very readable.