-I have been homeschooling my 7 year old for one year now. We said we would try it out and then make a decision continue homeschooling or to put her back into school after the first year. It has been a great experience and we have learnt a lot about our daughter though it has also been very time consumming and hard work. I've discovered that she is a terrible day dreamer and really has problems concentrating. She gets demotivated easily and tends to give up. Basically I feel like I need to be pushing her constantly, more than the average child. I am worried that at school she will be lost and nothing will be achieved, so I am leaning more towards homeschooling for next year. Has anyone else had this problem? Did it get better with age and was there anything that helped? I currently use a timer and this has helped a little. Would it be possible she would get the attention she needs at a public school? Thanks.My middle son has always been a struggling learner. I believe if he were in a school he would have been left behind or been classified. In our area, I have rarely seen the school take the time to meet the needs of children like this. Instead, the are "punished" in the younger grades by missing recess and even special classes/activities, because they haven't kept up with the rest of the class.
At home, if your child needs a break, you can quit. When my son got stuck on long multiplication. I skipped the entire skill and came back to it 6 months later. Amazing how much easier it was when he had an opportunity to mature and grow. What would have taken weeks to even begin to grasp when he was 8 came in 3 days with no more tears when he was 9.
Children will learn, but not all at the same time. Don't try to reproduce a classroom for your 7 year old. Spend a lot of time reading to her. You'll be amazed at what she can learn through listening to you.read. to her.
Timers are great. They set limits and give your child a goal and an end time. Be sure to give a break at the end of the timer even if it's just a 10 min break for a snack or a quick run outside.
Does it get better, yes and no. My son is now 16 and a successful B student. He still struggles but he is learning. He is on grade level or above in all subjects today. As he matured he can work longer and realizes he has to work harder than his siblings. But we are happy with his progress and abilities.
Over the years we have both learned to adapt to his learning style and work to mold the curriculum to fit the child, rather than mold the child to fit the curriculum.
One example, this year he is taking World Geography. I personally believe it is important for him to learn about the countries and where they are located. Yet he struggled to memorize all the facts required to pass the tests that are part of the curriculum. So I created my own test. I give him a map and ask him to label each country studied in the unit. Then I ask him to name the capital and one fact he learned about the country. This shows he is learning and can locate that country on the globe/map. It also shows that when he hears about Afghanistan of London on the news he has an idea of where it is located in the world and knows something about that country/region. I really don't care if he can tell me their number one import or their population. And that is ok with me.
Hope this helps.Prepare a time table for her daily do's and Dont's. Constaly check whether she is completing all the works. You can hire a private tutor and make her study. coz in private tutoring your child gets individual care and attention. Ask private tutor to keep daily test or weekly test to track her progress. if interested you can visit www.tutorz.com for help.
Ditto to what Kiwi said. I am casually suggesting that you read about Charlotte Mason homeschooling. The lessons are brief and you read aloud a lot to your child. There is one site I suggest reading completely if you decide you are interested: http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com . I also recommend reading When Children Love to Learn by Elaine Cooper. Also do searches at google for Charlotte Mason blogs.
Charlotte Mason believed in making lessons short so that you have the child's entire attention. They will learn more in less time when they are concentrating completely. As the child grows older the time spent working on a subject is gradually increased.
I agree completely with Charlotte Mason methods. I do not follow any online curriculum or buy a preselected set of books like others do. I choose my own books and we do more science than nature studies. I loosely follow a scope and sequence to ensure I don't miss out on anything important. The only workbooks we use are for math, we also use our Nintendo DS for math games, and Khan Academy. I do not use the old public domain grammar books that some use either, this year we are using Painless Junior Grammar. What I am trying to say is the methods are timeless and can be used with any set of books.
Good luck with year two. I sincerely hope this helps you.
I'm home schooled and tend to day dream but ive gotten out of it in the past years. putting her in public school wont help because then she will have kids talking to her during class and she will be day dreaming believe me i went to public school 3rd-5th and it just made me get behind and i was a grade ahead of most kids in my class. she will most likely get behind if she goes to public school. When I was home schooled in her grade the home schooling thing i did was so much fun you didn't have time to day dream. I did Abeka and loved it. I had so much fun with it because pretty much every lesson you had a something for you to do and it was really fun. It is also really good for you since its a really organized and it has everything you need to buy for her and you. The cost can be expensive but is worth it. when she gets older like 6th grade and up she will be able to do most of the work on her own and she can finish school early. it only takes about 2 1/2 to 3hours a day (the homeschooling your using probably takes about the same time but i just thought id say (: )
Ill give you the abeka link so you can check it out (:
Hope this helps if you need to know anything else about it just ask.
My 6 year old is wrapping up kindergarten and we have some of the same issues, only her problem isn't daydreaming. She is a perfectionist and if she gets frustrated with something or doesn't get something just right, she wants to throw in the towel. Like you, we have been using a timer and that helps some. Also, sometimes we break our day up a little bit and that helps too. For example, we might do language arts in the morning and if it seems like she has reached her breaking point we might wait and do math in the afternoon or sometimes even after supper. My personal feeling is that my daughter would not be doing as well in a classroom, because a teacher has to keep moving forward and would not have the time to stop and convince her to keep trying all the time. I think that as she gets older this will lessen significantly. There is generally a lot of growth in maturity level in the upscoming year or two. Hang in there!
One of the biggest mistakes new home schoolers make is the ole " let's see how the first year goes, then decide" - because the first year is everyone's learning curve. Wasn't the first year of being a parent the hardest and when you learned the most? Same with home schooling.
My 10 ( almost 11 ) year old daughter is easily distracted and works very slowly. Slow is just her natural pace. If she were in PS she would be reprimanded daily about it and it would be the sole focus of her day. She always gets the answers right, is very thoughtful and has very neat work - it just takes her longer than it takes her 12 year old brother.
No she hasn't changed with age. It's just a part of who she is. What helped is when I stopped trying to compare her to other kids and what they can do.
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