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Next fall I will start RS Geometry with ds, and I know several of you have used it.
I watched the youtube video on teaching level G, and the instructor said that by middle school most kids are visual learners. Unless ds becomes a new boy by August, he will still be a strong auditory/kinesthetic learner.
Instead of having him read the lesson the first time, I thought it might help if I read the lesson aloud to him. After the first run through, he would be on his own to go back and reread the lesson as needed. Would that be a good compromise?
Did any of you buy the professional drawing board, and do you think it was helpful?
When did you add in the Video text lessons? The Youtube video I watched offered several different ways to do it, but I am interested in hearing what worked IRL. I was also relieved to discover that Video Text is *not* the same program as Teaching Textbooks. In my mind I had the two confused.
Any other tips or hints are also welcome!
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We did the geometry, but it was a while ago.... 
My Dh did many of the geometry lessons with my boys, but, I am pretty sure they did most of the work together (i.e. they read the directions together)
As of the professional board. I wanted to buy it, and I did, well, my dh got one off of amazon and it was too big for table and we needed two .... so it never got used.
My boys just used the t-ruler and did the work. They did it, but it can be clumsy. I think that one of my sons would have *really* benefited from having the professional table. It helps in trying to hold to many things and draw lines.
I have taken many drafting classes and I would have only been able to do the work neatly with the professional table. So, with that being said neither of my boys used a professional table, but we certainly did have a few tears while trying to hold everything and draw some of the lines. Which, IMO, takes away from the lessons and puts the focus on coordination vs. math. The one caveat is that this son was in 5th grade when we did this so most probably he would do better now that he is old and more coordinated.
So, basically, I am no help! 
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You mean like a drafting table?
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The drafting table was not available when we started G but I can see it would be handy for those who struggle trying to hold three or four things at once. On the otherhand the little drawing board makes math portable.
Yes, yes, I would read the lesson to him. This will also help you keep track of what he is supposed to be doing. I also would not hesitate to help if the lesson seemed difficult for him.
When you start Video Text, may just be when your gut says so. Some people wait until they have finished RSG but for my son, sometime after lesson 130, the RS lessons became much harder for him. I looked ahead and decided which lessons I thought he really needed and which ones he could wait on ( tangent, sine etc). At that point he started doing VT on Mon and tues and RS on wed and thurs. it did not take long to switch over completely to VT.
There were times during G and VT that my son seemed to hit a plateau. We would take a break and do a multivide or play a game to review for a day or two. This seemed to get his brain to solidify the concept he had been working on before.
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JennGM wrote:
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RS has a table top drafting board that has a built-in t-square. It does look like it would make the lessons much easier as far as handling equipment.
I am planning to go very slowly with level G- spreading it out over at least 2 years and taking breaks to play games and do other review as suggested.
Plus I will continue to use LOF for math relief and The Key To series, as ds is liking that as a change of pace. He finished RS E a few weeks ago, so we have been working through LOF Fractions and The Key to Fractions series to finish off the year.
That is going really well- probably because the LOF Fractions and The Key to Fractions has been all review for him so far, as he had already learned all that in RS.
RS has been such a solid program for us, and it has worked well for both my kids, who learn in vastly different ways. We have also hit plateaus, and at times I have been tempted to change programs, but I am very glad we have stayed the course.
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I looked it up, and I would agree. I've been frustrated with the current drawing board. First of all, it's too small for some of the activities. Secondly, the lip is too thin for kids. Thirdly, mine is warped, which is really frustrating. We use my little light easel which is higher and at an angle, a little easier to use.
I'm sure the built-in t-square would help, but even just a larger and thicker drawing board would be a step in the right direction.
But I might consider getting a in expensive real drafting table to do Geometry, because then I could use the table for my calligraphy. Double winner, as I've had my eyes on something like that. Right now I use my dining room table as a workspace.
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Here is another question:
For the lessons that require drawing, do you tear the lesson sheet out of the workbook and use it? I don't like the idea of doing that. I usually make a copy to tape to the drawing board. Keeping the worksheets all in one place helps me keep organized, plus a lot of times we might go through a few sheets trying to get the drawing right.
Buying the pdf file would probably be better for me, but I do like having all the sheets in one spot- I can use that in our work portfolio for the year.
But if most of the geometry lessons involve drawing of some sort, maybe I should just buy the file?
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I cannot recall any lesson that did not involve drawing. PDF sounds good. You could print all pages and three hole punch them for a binder
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I got the pdf and made put this in a big 3 ring binder. Almost all the lessons require using the drawing board.
Also, some good drafting tape. Okay, maybe not drafting tape, but masking tape that holds and then can be removed is a must!
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Betsy wrote:
I got the pdf and made put this in a big 3 ring binder. Almost all the lessons require using the drawing board.
Also, some good drafting tape. Okay, maybe not drafting tape, but masking tape that holds and then can be removed is a must!
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Artist tape is the best for this. Doesn't leave traces of adhesive, come off the paper easily.
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This is all so very helpful- thank you all!
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