Postby LadyMaverick » Thu May 31, 2018 5:28 pm
Homeschool went well this morning. We are slowly finding our way with DS9 and DGD7 doing homeschool at the same time. I've got 4 workbooks on order for DGD7 to do. They are bridge type books for 1st to 2nd grade so I expect they will just be a review for her. Tuesday afternoon we checked out 5 books at the library for her. She read all of them yesterday. Today she went to my bookshelves and picked out a book to read. It was a 3rd grade level chapter book. When she saw how many words were in the book, she was intimidated by it. She asked if she could just read one chapter instead of reading the whole book. I told her she could read it until she was ready for a break. Once she got started on the book, her confidence rose and she read the entire book! It was the first time she has read a chapter book and she was so proud of herself. I had her drawing pictures of what happened in each chapter and that doubled her fun level. She loves to draw and to read. Doing both of them made her so happy. I am happy for her passion for reading but OH MY! I am going to have to UP my effort in keeping her supplied with reading material. Obviously going to the library once a week this summer is not going to be enough.
I did order DGD7 a dictionary today. DS9 has one but I didn't want them to share. The way we use a dictionary in homeschool makes it a personal book. Each day DS9 picks a page and then chooses 5 words from that page. He highlights those words on the dictionary page and then writes them in a notebook. Then I quiz him on those words - spelling and the meaning of each. As more and more words are highlighted the dictionary becomes a very familiar and treasured book showing how many words he knows. I don't know if I explained the process right, but it is a favorite activity each homeschool day. ANYway, I want DGD7 to have her own dictionary that becomes a very familiar book to her and contains her own highlighted words.
DGS21 couldn't wait until he got off work today. His emotions were getting the best of him. He took off work at noon today, had a good cry on his way here then hung out with me all afternoon. We ate lunch, then went for a walk in the park. DGS21 was talking the whole time. I wanted to give him an opportunity to talk until he processed his emotions. After 4 hours he was about talked out. I am thankful that I was able to be here for him as a trusted listening ear.
1. Know what you want.
2. Go after it relentlessly.