Well we made it thru week one of our home school excurision with only a few butt heads and foot stomping - more so on my part than Drews.
We have entered week 2 and Drew is discovering the benefits of this more and more. Yesterday he had gotten up ungodly early and was exhausted when the timer went off to start school at 9. We attempted to work on some stuff and he finally looked at me and said " I just can't do it. I need more sleep." At first I thought it was a ploy to watch more TV so I told him he could go lay on the couch BUT he had to turn off the TV. To my surprise he did and was asleep within 5 minutes. He woke up about 90 minutes later and said OK ready for school. He did all is work no problems and was in a much better mood. HE actually told me it was an advantage to HS because he couldn't do that at WildHawk. Because you know you have to do what the teacher says and they don't have nap time at school. But sometimes mom, ya just gotta get some sleep.
Drew has a facsination with SHARKS anything shark. So Sunday Scott programed the DVR to record a bunch of shows from Shark Week on Discovery. Drew was very surprised when I told him his science yesterday was watching TV. We went up stairs and watched a shark show together. He didn't believe TV counted as school and wanted me to double check wiht his Educational Specialist because he thought he was breaking the rules.
Today we are going to the Post office to pick up a box of books I ordered from a dicount book place. THere are some more workbooks to get us thru until his textbooks get here as well as lots of hard cover reading books. To me it will be like Christmas opening this box.
I am learning lots about Drew as we go thru this journey together. He is a hands on learner. I tried for 10 minutes to get him to draw on the face of a clock different times to no avail but when i handed him a clock wiht moveable hands he got every time I gave him correct. He hates to write things down. Holding a pencil is hard for him so I am already learning to be inventive.
Today we are making slime, and watching a shark show, and who knows where the wind might take us....
3 comments:
I'm so glad that Drew is enjoying himself, and in turn you are getting such valuable quality time with him. Good luck to you both, and I know you will have fun!
It sounds like this situation is working out well so far! Kudos to you for your creativity and hard work!
That is what I love about homeschooling! We don't start our schoolday until 10:00 am and that's perfect for us. For test reviews I give my son a camera and let him put together mini movies to show what he's learned. This way he is more motivated to actually learn as much as he can about a subject. I'm glad that things are working out for you and Drew.
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