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So I talked w/ James about the reading lesson thing and gave him the idea of the timer and he loved it. He chose 10 minutes (more than i was thinking! yay!). Every morning right after breakfast he gets the timer, gets his reading lesson book and waits for me to be ready. Then I sit down, he sets the timer for 10 minutes and we're off. I'm amazed at how much this is helping him to focus!!! Yay!! He's doing so well with it too. My next plan of action is to find & blow up the exercise ball and let him bounce on it while we go over sight words, science & history things. I really think it'll help him. Some kids need to keep moving in order to focus their brains better. My In-laws gave the kids these awesome science kits for Christmas. Levi received one on electricity & James received one on Weather. We do one science experiment per day... they love it!! They've been making weather vanes and simple/parellel circuits and learning about evaporation and all sorts of fun things. They love learning that way and it was a great, thoughtful gift from their grandparents! I'm already starting to plan for next year. I'm going a completely different route this year and will be getting a full curriculum like Bob Jones or A Beka... I just cant decide what to get yet. It's been difficult for me to piece everything together and though I like the idea of FIAR and even unschooling to a certain extent, I've realize I need more structure. My children seem to thrive on it as well, so this is the way we're headed next year. I will, of course, supplement with "unschooling" type stuff, but the core curriculum will be textbooks. It's taken a load off my shoulders just to decide on that... so now for the fun part: picking one!! Any suggestions would be great!! GracefulDoe ~ I will message you w/ the Sear's cookie recipe. It's SO YUMMY!!!!
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