Aug. 20, 2008 - Thanks Fay....
my girls are home for the day....again. This only means that we will have make up days to attend later this year. We were all home yesterday as well. DH and I used the day to go through the house and make a daily chore list for the children and myself. I tend to get a little over involved in the homeschooling process and lose focus on my home making skills. My addictive personality sneeks through yet again, hehehe. I made up some killer lists of everything to ensure that I get everything done each day. This is a good thing.....
The boys and I were able to sit down yesterday for a few minutes and sort of nail some stuff down. I think we just begin and then see where we end up. Homeschooling tends to be a winding road anyway. Nathan really needs to focus on his reading this year. He is behind in my estimation. I did some quick evaluating the other day with him. He is about on an early 2nd grade level, but he will be 9 in a few weeks. In public school he would be in at least 3rd grade. I understand that he remains unmedicated for his "ADHD" ( if you believe in that) and our focus last year was in the path of least resistance. He hates to read. He doesn't like to sit still, if you could read and play football or basketball at the same time.... then he would be all set. I have even set up words on the driveway and told him to shoot from what ever word, but that has no practical application in fluency reading aloud or reading for a longer time. We just need to get dirty over it.
Matthew has been reading right along all summer. He reads as well as most adults I know and always has. His writing however is terrible. We need to work intensively again this year on it. I know that is dysgraphia is in full effect, but I just can't give a pass for that. He can still type, so we will be working hard on that again this year. We made remarkable progress last year, but we need to continue. He has a keen intrest in politics....hhhhmmmmm I wonder where he got that from? DH and I love to argue politics with each other....... and anyone else who will listen. Also he is a huge conspiracy theory buff.....again? hhhhhmmmmmm.........I laugh as I know that Matthew is for sure my child. So we will be sparking that interest to encourage reading and questioning.
So that is all for now. I hope to post more often this time around now that some of the craziness in my life has settled down a little.....
Comments
Aug. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Arby
I almost tagged you with this one. Go ahead and do it. Tag, you're it!
Aug. 20, 2008 - Hey, good to hear from you again.
Posted by REInvestor
I have been as bad as you and not posting. Just no motivation. But I have wondered about how you are all doing. Glad to hear the girls are still with you. I imagine this year will be better than last. I certainly hope so in regard to them.
We are back in the swing of things too. I need to post as well.
Jennifer
Aug. 23, 2008 - Reading Again???
Posted by Jaimers
I can related to the whole reading aspect. My now 10 year old would rather pull out his own teeth (and did one time just to get away from reading). We have gone the rounds. For me it became easier to deny him the fun stuff. He was forever calling in his sister to "read something to him" from a game and I told her to stop. Once he realized he couldn't get others to do the hard stuff for him he started sounding out the words. It took him a lot longer to play the game but now he understands the importance.
Yesterday he picked up his bible and read the whole first chapter of Matthew. Maybe this year won't be so tough on me. LOL.
Good lunck. ~jaimers~
