Postby LadyMaverick » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:16 pm
Today has progressed smoothly. I made my mind up early this morning how I was going to react to DS9 when he talked back, didn't listen and/or ignored instructions. Having a planned response has made all the difference. Instead of reacting emotionally I went into my predetermined mode. I used a carrot approach mostly. Not bribery. Just mixing up the homeschool lessons with something he likes to do.
Something has changed with DS9 Math abilities I noticed it yesterday but I thought it was just a bad day. But it happened again today. I am stumped. DS9 has conquered multiple digit Addition and Subtraction. We do review problems daily just to keep it fresh. However, all of a sudden he can't remember how to add and subtract multiple digits. It is as if someone turned a switch and those Math skills just disappeared. I couldn't understand why he was all of a sudden missing every problem so I had him talk me through each step of solving a problem so I could understand what he was doing and he is borrowing AND carrying at the same time. ARGH. So......we are going to drop back and do some 2nd-grade work to get this Math skill back in place.
Today I started the new WW plan (FreeStyle) and I am pleasantly surprised how easy it is. As long as I am choosing healthy options, then it is easy to do. On the downside.....I lost about 25% of my daily points. Instead of 30 SmartPoints of food each day now I only get 23 SmartPoints. So that means I get to select about 800 calories of food each day that isn't on the healthiest foods list. I can eat the 200 healthiest food for "free" without tracking. Basically, the new WW plan is..... learn to eat healthy foods or starve. And now the plan includes roll-over points! That's a new option that we didn't have before.
1. Know what you want.
2. Go after it relentlessly.