Yes, i am not joking, this is true! There is a website that offers math video lessons in any areas of mathematics that interest you. Yes, it is definitely free! I just signed up at MathVids, a website dedicated to providing free, high quality, instructional math videos to middle school, high school, and college students. But it is not only dedicated to students in the said levels but also to school administrators as well (school principals, curriculum director,etc.). MathVids has a common goal as that of school administrators and that is wanting the students to understand math, to pass their math classes, and to do well on the math sections of the standardized tests.
This website is also very useful for teachers. I had been a teacher before and i know how frustrating it is when our students don't understand our teaching styles. If you are a math teacher, you can upload your own videos and you just create an opportunity for the students to catch up what they had missed inside the classroom. This gives students an opportunity to supplement the math that you are teaching while learning at their own pace outside of the classroom.
This site is really very useful to the parents. I am not very good at Math, my husband is, but the question is: is his busy schedule can accommodate to the demand of our kids in the future? That i cannot guarantee. So, this website is very helpful for the parents. And another thing: we can save a lot of money for paying professional tutors.
MathVids is a very good option much cheaper and easier than purchasing teaching worksheets, books, manipulatives, and other necessary materials. It is also a better educational alternative.
I am very thankful i found out this site. I really recommend this to everyone. For more insight, check this out: How MathVids Works.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Math Video Lessons for Free
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
My Son's School Nursery
Welcome to Kintore School Nursery! This is Prisco's School Nursery here in Kintore, Aberdeenshire. This is not very far from where we live,so it is very handy for me since i don't drive. Prisco likes it here a lot! We are delighted that we find a good school for him that will make his childhood's time a positive, productive and enjoyable one. He will gonna enter primary one in August, so he will gonna be in another level. I am sure it will be a kinda new challenge for him but knowing how supportive the school is, i am quite sure that he will adjust to it very easily ( as he had adjusted from Philippine setting to British setting. That was very good we had enrolled him in International School back home under the British System of education).
At Kintore Nursery, they aim to:
=) Provide a safe and stimulating environment, in which children feel happy and secure
=) Encourage the emotional, social,physical, creative and intellectual development of each child
=) Promote welfare of the children
=) Encourage positive attitudes to self and others and develop confidence and esteem
=) Create opportunities to play
=) Encourage children to explore, appreciate and respect their environment
=) Provide opportunities to stimulate interest and imagination
=) Extend the children's abilities to communicate ideas and feelings in a variety of ways.
At Kintore Nursery, the Staff will value:
=) The individual child
=) Equal opportunities and social justice
=) Partnership with parents, families and carers
=) The importance of the community
=) Education as a lifelong process
=) Previous knowledge and experiences that the children bring with them
Kintore Nursery follows the 3-5 Curriculum guidelines and will provide activities and experiences to promote learning in the following areas:
=) Emotional, personal and social development
=) Communication and language
=) Knowledge and understanding of the world
=) Expressive and aesthetic development
=) Physical develoment and movement
When i looked around the School Nursery, i was sooo happy because even if this is a Public School, wow, very far different from where i came from(here i am again comparing, but you know, i just can't help it!). Public schools in third world countries are just in a deplorable state (not to mention the thorough corruption!) But anyway, i just want to show you how it is in UK. I hope time will come that Public Schools in my country will be like this( or atleast very close to this!) .... and the toilets/washrooms will be like this as well!....



