Our son is through his second week of school and things are going well. He seems to be right where he needs to be in some subjects and ahead in others. Some of the socialization aspects of school are throwing him for a loop-like waiting in lines, doing things in a ‘herd’ (as I call it), and putting his name and the date on papers. He only forgot his glasses once and his blazer once. (For our son this is a miracle!) The ADHD doesn’t lend itself to organization. Every night we go over his work and make sure that everything is ready for the next day. Yes, things are working out well! The power of prayer wins again!
Things have changed on the homeschool front, as our daughter is now a single ‘homeschooled’ child. I am amazed at how things have changed. A change for the better is that I now can work one-on-one with her. That might sound a bit silly, since there only was one additional child being homeschooled before, but remember I don’t have that gift of bi-location. There were times when our daughter had to wait if I was working with her brother.
Another change has been that schoolwork is getting done faster and there is more time in the day for ‘extras’ like hands on art, baking, and life skills. Yes, I think that you can call doing some household chores ‘school.’ Our daughter has become more of a lady of the house. Telling her brother that she took the time to clean something, so he should keep it nice!
In addition to telling her brother what she has cleaned, our daughter also tells him what she has learned during her school day. She demonstrates science experiments, reviews math and reads excerpts of her literature book to him. She makes sure that he is kept up on her school news! (This has to be repeated again when Daddy gets home at supper, of course.)
There is a sad difference, too. Alice misses her brother. She asks what John would be doing in school at different times during the day, and at what time he will be home. I think that she is a bit lonely with just Mom around. We’ll both have to get used to that. The dynamics are definitely different homeschooling only one.
Remember to Laugh-
Janice
PS. I have a website for the book that I mentioned in last week's article. Down Syndrome Nutrition
Janice is a homeschool mom to one special needs child at home, (who is a bit lonely,) and one who just survived his second week in school! We'll see about week three-midterms!
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