Comments for The Joyful Journey http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com BLOGGING THE JOYS AND THE REWARDS OF HOMESCHOOL AND LIFE Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Who Am I?? by search engine marketing company http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/who-am-i/#comment-1548 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:07:32 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/who-am-i#comment-1548 Blogs are like little websites because they have no reason to
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]]> Comment on Another Reason to Homeschool: Everyday Mathematics by Linda http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/another-reason-to-homeschool-everyday-mathematics/#comment-1519 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:27:49 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=667509#comment-1519 Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your experience! My own daughter was an education major and had some less than wonderful experiences with teaching math during her student teaching experience! This should teach you how NOT to do it!!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Good luck in your student teaching!

]]> Comment on Another Reason to Homeschool: Everyday Mathematics by suchmeagerinsight http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/another-reason-to-homeschool-everyday-mathematics/#comment-1518 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:39:17 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=667509#comment-1518 Thank you so much for writing this blog and posting Ms. McDermott’s video. I am four weeks into my student teaching in a third grade classroom. I have watched my mentor teacher use Everyday Math with the students, and I began teaching it myself this week. Thirteen years ago when I was in third grade, I learned math very traditionally. Once I reached college, I was very confident in math skills, but the past few days I have been second-guessing my education. I have no idea how to teach the concepts in the “fuzzy math” curriculum! My students are expected to do a lot of guesswork and calculator work. The one thing I’ve always loved about math was the very fact that it had a system and an order. Everyday Mathematics has taken that stability out of math. Third graders are very concrete thinkers, and I find that EM is even more abstract than traditional math.

]]> Comment on Another Reason to Homeschool: Everyday Mathematics by Nelson Franks http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/another-reason-to-homeschool-everyday-mathematics/#comment-1517 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:24:04 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=667509#comment-1517 I just stumbled on M.J. McDermott’s video and am almost giddy. Thank God there are still some sane people in the world. She lays bare the problem with the state of math education with profound professionalism and conviction. Brilliant! I want to shake her hand, buy her a drink, and mow her lawn.

]]> Comment on The Top 10 Reasons Why I Homeschool by marturii nunta http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-top-10-reasons-why-i-homeschool/#comment-1515 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:02:58 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-top-10-reasons-why-i-homeschool#comment-1515 Very nice article ! It would be nice to see more talented bloggers just like you !
Sincerely,
marturii nunta

]]> Comment on You say “ancient history” like it’s a bad thing. by lifewithkaishon http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/you-say-ancient-history-like-its-a-bad-thing/#comment-1514 Thu, 24 May 2012 02:42:11 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=669005#comment-1514 Your daughter is an excellent writer. Isn’t it funny when they excel at things we find so difficult?

]]> Comment on A View from Inside: A Homeschooled Teacher in a Public School Classroom by Holly http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/a-view-from-inside-a-homeschooled-teacher-in-a-public-school-classroom/#comment-1511 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:09:12 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/a-view-from-inside-a-homeschooled-teacher-in-a-public-school-classroom#comment-1511 I’m so glad I ran across your blog! I’m just beginning my homeschooling journey with 2 little girls and I am really enjoying what I read here. Thank you for taking the time to write your posts.

]]> Comment on About Me by Jen http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/about-me/#comment-1510 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:54:30 +0000 http://homeschoolblogger.com/prodoceo/?page_id=666527#comment-1510 Pretty pretty family! :)

]]> Comment on Saturday Morning Soccer by Steve http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/saturday-morning-soccer/#comment-1508 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:54:56 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=668860#comment-1508 I miss those days

]]> Comment on Dear Tracy…. by Juniper http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/dear-tracy/#comment-1507 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:01:14 +0000 http://joysandrewards.wordpress.com/?p=668159#comment-1507 2…4…6…8…I feel so much more appreciated now, thank you!

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