A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

Post by gruseom » Sun, Oct 23, 2011, 6:34 PM UTC

gruseom wrote: post #24

nightski wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm. Kids from affluent families who likely have highly educated parents working at high tech companies do well on standardized tests created to cover the entire spectrum of children? nowai

Please don't interject that kind of rudeness here. The school my sister-in-law teaches at has little in common with your demographic description. It's bland middle class with mild (very mild) alternative tendencies. What it has in common with the school in the article is basic Waldorf principles: eschewing technology in the early grades, emphasis on imagination and handwork and so on. The Silicon Valley aspect of the…

Edit: I was unfair to the author. The article clearly discusses Waldorf schools as a type.

Post by pessimist » Mon, Oct 24, 2011, 5:35 AM UTC

far33d wrote: post #33

pessimist wrote: post #11

“The idea that an app on an iPad can better teach my kids to read or do arithmetic, that’s ridiculous.” In my experience this may be empirically false. My 4 year old could barely count, but after spending 2 months in the summer playing a couple of iPad games, he's adding 2 digit numbers and subtracting 1 digit numbers, and doing simple math puzzles. His elder brother couldnt do those till Kindergarten, and I dont thi…

Which apps? Would like to teach some basic math to my 4 yr old.

I've had success with Monkey Math, Math Bingo and Rocket Math, and later Grow Your Garden. I should say its not that you let your 4 yr old unattended with these games, but you work with him - teach him methods but dont give him solutions, stop before he's bored, and definitely let him have some fun time also.

Re: A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

Re: A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute