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Loving the Learning
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Time Fillers
My Bible study group started back up yesterday morning. I thought I would be able to manage getting C's math lesson taught before we left, but that didn't happen. They needed me early to help with set up, so that cut into what little time I had. We ended up not getting around to any school yesterday.
As it turned out, C didn't like the play group he was in during that time. I don't know if it was because he was the oldest one and was bored or if it was because J was in the same group. He told me he wanted to go in the home school room with the bigger kids next time and try that. (We meet every other week.)
I'll just tell our Bible study leader I can't help with set up next time so I can have time at home to go over C's math, then I'll send his math worksheet and his writing book with him to "class" so he can have something to do. That won't be enough to fill up an hour though. Maybe 10-15 minutes. I'm trying to come up with some other educational things he can do to keep himself occupied, to keep him from disturbing the older children who have more assignments to work on.
One idea I've come up with is to have him work on his AWANA verse for the week. In this week's practice, I wrote different parts of the verse on 6 index cards. After reading the verse together a few times, I mixed up the cards and had C put them in order. Then we read the verse together two more times and put the cards away. Finally I worked on his verse with him word for word, alternating when he was able. (Tomorrow I'll cut the cards in half and he'll have 12 parts to put in order. On Saturday I would like to cut the cards into words and have him put the whole thing in order.) Anyway, I could send his cards and have him practice mixing them up and putting them in order a few times. There are some older home schooled teens who oversee the group, so maybe I could get one of them to help him work on that quietly.
Another idea I've come up with is to provide a worksheet packet or coloring packet pertaining to whatever we're working on in science or geography (which we still haven't gotten around to yet). Once upon a time I knew of a website that would produce word searches around a vocabulary list you provided. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or know of something similar? (Since this whole issue/plan just came up yesterday, I haven't had the time yet to look around for anything.) C likes simple crossword puzzles and word searches, and that would be great for reinforcing vocabulary.
Speaking of geography, I'm not using any particular curriculum. C likes maps and globes and, I decided we'd just work on familiarizing ourselves (geography isn't my strong suit) with different countries. Since C has shown an interest in China, I checked out several fiction and nonfiction books about China and pandas. (I want to incorporate animals and culture with the location of the countries.) We haven't gotten to them, but I'm going to make a concerted effort to do that early next week. We'll do our reading about China next week, then have a group of worksheets for him to work on the following week during Bible study.
Maybe all that would give him an hour's worth of work to keep him occupied. I could always send one of his coloring/activity books just in case. And if he had things left over, that would be okay too. I just want him to have plenty to do without getting bored and disrupting the others. Can you make any other suggestions or know of some websites to check out? |
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