Aug. 27, 2008 - Part-time Homeschooling
On the advice of Nancy Thomas, I am homeschooling Jonathan in the afternoons. She advised experiencial. So far, I am doing traditional things with him so I can see where he is lacking. He is attending the local christian school in the mornings. It has been interesting to see how he has handled what I have done with him the last two days. So far, he has done really well with our time. When he gets frustrated, I remind him that that is why he is home with me in the afternoons. So, mommy can help him with the areas he has a hard time with. I tell him that I am confident that he will do well with some help.
I start our time with us reading Proverbs. We take turns reading. I just let whatever discussion happens naturally, happen. Either one of us can start it. Then we do a bit of phonics/handwriting/spelling, math, language and then we finish with a Bible story on the flannel board. Pretty simplistic for a third grader. He has missed so many basics in the public school. Yet, he reads at a fourth grade level. He can't add the doubles - 4+4 is too hard for him without finger. He still puts capital letters in the middle of sentences. He forgets periods at the end of sentences. Right now, I am doing a bunch of first grade things with him, just to see what he seems to have missed. Then, I can move on and figure out how to help my son.
How to make it experiential, I haven't figured out yet. But, I just want to know what I am looking at first.
