Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 14:28     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
As others have said, do most of the educating at home
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 10:18     Subject: Re:10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I credit Ted's Bulletin. Their old kids' menu had the first letter of all states listed and they had to get filled in. First time my kids did it, they collaborated with a young adult couple on a date next to us. That led them to an obsession to race to complete before the other sibling. One was about six the other nine. You can solve this yourself, OP. It's an arbitrary data point that really doesn't represent any measure of education.


You can tell who went to private and who went to public schools this way. My kid switched to private school in MS and was do happy to finally learn stuff (content). He learned about vague crap like communities for years in public ES.


It is when you are taught it every year for years. No map skills are taught. I’d be surprised if kids have any idea about directions or geography at all.

How are communities vague crap???? Understanding the concept of community is a key concept of both social studies and science that specific subjects build upon.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:28     Subject: Re:10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I credit Ted's Bulletin. Their old kids' menu had the first letter of all states listed and they had to get filled in. First time my kids did it, they collaborated with a young adult couple on a date next to us. That led them to an obsession to race to complete before the other sibling. One was about six the other nine. You can solve this yourself, OP. It's an arbitrary data point that really doesn't represent any measure of education.


You can tell who went to private and who went to public schools this way. My kid switched to private school in MS and was do happy to finally learn stuff (content). He learned about vague crap like communities for years in public ES.


We are a faithful public school family. We are just curious types that's all.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:25     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:Wondering if I can recite the states? Do we need to be able to recite them or just be familiar with the map? GO ahead and learn the song if reciting is important. I think discerning some of those square states is the bigger challenge.


Yes. I do want to give my kid a map and she what she can label. There's much less rote memorization in school these days. But it does mean parents need to fill in some logic gaps.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:24     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:YouTube has the Fifty Nifty United States song that we all learned in 5th grade music class


My kid learned this in 4th grade and has NOT stopped singing it. So while it's great she knows all the states in alphabetical order, I also want to cry a little every time I hear her go "Alabama Alaska..."
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:23     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Wondering if I can recite the states? Do we need to be able to recite them or just be familiar with the map? GO ahead and learn the song if reciting is important. I think discerning some of those square states is the bigger challenge.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:17     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
My kids did all the stuff mentioned here. The app, the map, the song, pictures on the wall. Guess what? They still forgot it all because it's not important to their lives. People learn things if and when they matter.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:14     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:I have a 10-year-old in MCPS and he still has trouble with very basic geography. I don't care whether he learns state capitals but I do care that he learns about the states, the other countries in North America, and basic information about the other continents. MCPS does not appear to be teaching this fundamental information and they are placing yet another item on my list of at-home supplementation. And that is a problem, public schools should already cover that material.


Maybe your kid isn't paying attention or studying, or is a slower developer, or has some learning disability
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:13     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uhhh...yet another hole to plug in this shameful farce of an education in mcps. She is only able to name a handful of states. And don't come at me...I've been working with her for years to address all the other holes in her education


Don't see the problem. Why should my kid have to memorize lists of places almost nobody lives.


Because of the electoral college.


Do you compute the electoral college by hand, from memory?
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:11     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
My kid hasn't eaten in a week because I didn't tell her to. Another shameful hole to plug in our school system m
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 09:10     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
We just had a major national election. This is 100% on you.

Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 08:28     Subject: Re:10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I credit Ted's Bulletin. Their old kids' menu had the first letter of all states listed and they had to get filled in. First time my kids did it, they collaborated with a young adult couple on a date next to us. That led them to an obsession to race to complete before the other sibling. One was about six the other nine. You can solve this yourself, OP. It's an arbitrary data point that really doesn't represent any measure of education.


You can tell who went to private and who went to public schools this way. My kid switched to private school in MS and was do happy to finally learn stuff (content). He learned about vague crap like communities for years in public ES.


How are communities vague crap???? Understanding the concept of community is a key concept of both social studies and science that specific subjects build upon.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2024 08:05     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Anonymous wrote:OP here..thanks all, clearly much work needs to be done on my part since she is asserting that North Korea is one of our states.

I have spent hundreds of hours tutoring her over years and will add geography to the list.

Her MCPS education has been a huge disappointment but it is what it is.

North Korea, North Dakota, whatever…

I will say I never learned the states in school 50 years ago.
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2024 16:42     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
Fifty Nifty: https://youtu.be/Q5BsyfLT9yo?feature=shared

My kids covered it in music class

Animaniacs: https://youtu.be/bx6c_EefZAQ?feature=shared

We did it at home along with other things.
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2024 11:22     Subject: 10 year cant recite states
I don't know if I'd be able to get all 50 without a map in front of me (not filled in, just a map with lines).