tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post4962519779178129192..comments2023-11-03T01:07:50.102-07:00Comments on AJ's Clubhouse: Mad Hot ScienceHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-47654025219017203252008-07-17T05:54:00.000-07:002008-07-17T05:54:00.000-07:00That's good to know.That's good to know.FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-2741798733886991782008-07-16T12:17:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:17:00.000-07:00MKM, an "academic camp" is a good thing to try. I...MKM, an "academic camp" is a good thing to try. I like it. But I suspect that this group would have pressed me for the name. It's that kind of place. But maybe I'll try it next time (if there is a next time) and see what happens. Freshhell, I'm not sure. There are definitely some. When I dropped off AJ, we were a little early and there were only two kids there before us, both boys. But AJ says there are girls in all three of his classes. "How many?" I ask. "I don't know," says AJ. "Some."Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-16239153013255456902008-07-16T09:30:00.000-07:002008-07-16T09:30:00.000-07:00How many girls are in these classes that AJ's taki...How many girls are in these classes that AJ's taking?FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-92187917553495406032008-07-16T09:16:00.000-07:002008-07-16T09:16:00.000-07:001. I've found that some of our best camps have bee...1. I've found that some of our best camps have been that disorganized. Maybe they're spending all their time at curriculum planning and they miss the boat a bit at "parent orientation"<BR/><BR/>2. "He's at an academic camp." If they ask for more information, then give it, but you don't have to offer it if you don't want to.<BR/><BR/>2. If school time was really used wisely (homeschoolers claim a school day can be accomplished in an hour) then maybe there would be time for fun, hands on experiments. Good teachers work them in, to teach the concepts they're supposed to teach. But to stray too far from the information that they will be tested on means that slower kids may not totally grasp the required concepts before testing time.<BR/><BR/>3. Never feel guilty.My Kids' Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568872428132909098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-9092869839851237162008-07-14T19:13:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:13:00.000-07:00Your comment about starting science in school earl...Your comment about starting science in school earlier is one which I get on a soap box about regularly. At my place of employment we're all focused on getting kids interested in science because of lack of science education and of people entering science related fields for careers in U.S. but we're aiming it at an older target audience and ignoring the younger kids and it makes me crazy. I had one of the education folks help me tone down the floor demos when her highness' class was there and they loved it, in fact it's been almost a year and half and her highness yesterday was explaining static electricity to me based on what she remembers from one of those demos and she even got the word static correct.<BR/><BR/>Her highness is about to be subjected to the gifted label for school every day come fall I'm not sure how to deal with that either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com