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what to do for school! We need to start back up, but I'm not sure with WHAT. Everything this past year has fallen flat. Bug (14.5) is very bored and very unmotivated. Butterfly (12.5) is dyslexic and frustrated. Bunny (10.5) is very bright but easily bored. Bee (almost 9) is probably also dyslexic and a bit of a tornado, but she loves workbooks! Bear (almost 6) is FIARowing and lapbooking and LOVING it. Kitty (3.75) loves lapbooking and we'll be doing B4FIAR. Ape-Man & Monkey (2) are Twin Toddler Tornados!!! And Puppy (1 wk) will hopefully be a sling-baby so I can get everything done! Pretty sure we're going back to BYFIAR with the three oldest girls. Definitely FIAR & B4 with my K & under set. Lapbooks for all. But I'm LOST on my oldest. We've tried a few different curricula since we've moved out of Learning Adventures with him, but nothing holds his attention. He has very deep interest in certain subjects (namely, American wars) and little to no interest in anything else. He has a spelling program (which he hates) and a high school math DVD series (that he hates, and really doesn't understand very much). We've tried a few different unit study programs but he has retained a LOT from our years with FIAR and LA and frankly he knows all the info he really needs on most of the subjects covered. I'm THINKING: * Continuing his spelling & math ('cuz he HAS to), alternating days * Teaching kitchen & backyard science to Bee & Bear a couple of days a week * Reading LOADS of good history books (he does this anyway) * Continuing to play his computer games since they do have SOME educational value and computer time is the only motivational tool we have With the girls, I will: * Revisit BYFIAR * Keep doing workbooks for math with all three (every other day) * Bunny will keep up with her spelling program (every other day) * Butterfly & Bee will continue with the Barton Reading Program (for dyslexia) (every other day) Hoping this works! Be blessed, Katie |
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