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libdem4life

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17. Yes, Immersion...I had even blocked the title of it. Same with my son...

Sat May 14, 2016, 07:56 PM

May 2016

after I volunteered in his 1st grade class (I home schooled him for Kindergarten) I was dumbstruck. Being a former teacher, I talked with the teacher afterwards...about my age...and she just looked down and said...I know, but what can I do?

Phonics and parts of speech makes Spanish exceedingly easy to learn. It is all phonetic and because of some of the "switches" of noun verb, adjective, you have to know what they are.

I had to teach my son both reading and math (he got to use his fingers and toes) or tongue depressors...whatever was easy to count and rubber band into 10s. It's so easy that way.

BTW, I didn't know that about WWI. That's pretty incredible.

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In case you ever wondered - How would I diagram that sentence about buffalos? [View all] packman May 2016 OP

Oh I do feel old now. Not only do I understand it, I was one of the libdem4life May 2016 #1

I diagrammed sentences in grammar school. CrispyQ May 2016 #2

You just need salad dressing for her sentences. libdem4life May 2016 #3

The loss of phonics was a disaster............ mrmpa May 2016 #8

Back in the day, you couldnt take French or Spanish without two years of Latin. CTyankee May 2016 #13

Absolutely...same here. libdem4life May 2016 #15

I can still conjugate my Latin verbs malaise May 2016 #16

there's a funny Newyorker cartoon of a guy in a prison cell and a teacher is conjugating "amo, CTyankee May 2016 #23

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise May 2016 #24

Yes, Immersion...I had even blocked the title of it. Same with my son... libdem4life May 2016 #17

"New math" was a product of the late fifties and early sixties Brother Buzz May 2016 #9

That's what I did with my elementary classes. We learned it the old fashioned libdem4life May 2016 #18

I bet it wasn't an acyclic graph! scscholar May 2016 #7

I liked diagramming eom LiberalElite May 2016 #12

Me, too. It was like a putting a puzzle together. And when you figured libdem4life May 2016 #19

In 7th grade (the first year we changed classes), we had two "English" classes Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #20

You just reminded me of another "modern" trend...no spelling. libdem4life May 2016 #22

Buffalo is a nice city mindem May 2016 #4

I don't understand the sentence. Chillidog May 2016 #5

Me neither . annabanana May 2016 #6

. struggle4progress May 2016 #11

Is this the same thing? Chillidog May 2016 #14

It's not very well written struggle4progress May 2016 #10

Does anyone here know of an available book or Greybnk48 May 2016 #21

Found some on the Google.... Lars39 May 2016 #25