I know, I know: I'm a teacher. I teach future teachers. I should know about teaching. But, homeschooling has been a great challenge for me. I've had to manage my expectations by figuring out what Atticus & Thelo are capable of, how much stamina they have for work (writing, in particular), & how to get them excited about subjects they usually avoid (writing, for example). So, after much complain about the amount of writing during the first week, we categorized work by Core, Elective, & Choice. Our methods for determining which tasks fell into which categories are pretty dubious, but we've been flexible about tailoring the work to the kids' needs.
Another challenge is my inability to teach science & geography, science especially. I am completely flummoxed about teaching science. I'm still looking for some help on the Internet.
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| We're still figuring out how to categorize these tasks. |
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This is ideal, but we usually start closer to 9 & the kids get wiped out by 3.
We did discover that the shorter the breaks, the earlier we end, & the longer the breaks, the longer we school. |
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| Atticus's animal report on the cockroach. |
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Thelo's animal report on the cheetah. Drawing the dots took longer than everything else.
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