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Devotion Home School
Jul. 3, 2006
Educating Mum
I have decided it is time to educate Mum. I have begun reading the book "Homeschooling The Early Years" by Linda Dobson and I am really enjoying it. I have the early assessment sheets from my school board, and I am attempting to discover where Benjamin's knowledge is at it's strongest/weakest. In doing so, I am hoping that I can determine what learning style would be advantageous to him, and test it out over the summer. I will then be able to assess what curiculum (s) might be useful for his studies. I know that his behavioral assessments will help in this regard as well, so I feel fortunate that they should be complete before the summer is over. I will continue to seek advice from other homeschool families as I continue my learning process. In the meantime, I have to figure out a way to get Ben to quit this teeth grinding/jaw popping thing he has aquired over the last few weeks. I can't figure out why he does it, but it seems to coincide with excitment, aggitation, or exertion. To be honest it's driving me mad! I am concerned that he will damage his teeth, and I am not being very tolerant of the behavior. If it were something he had always done that would be different, but he's begun doing it deliberately over the last few weeks and it needs to quit. I am taking him back to the dentist and having him checked for damage. I know he does have my overbite, and the dentist did question if he did this sort of thing, but a few months back when he saw him the answer was no. My son is going to be so thrilled if it turns out he has to wear a retainer (not to mention the molding process will send him into a tither!). It just really never ends does it? Homeschooling is great in this regard, because you cut out the middle man. You see the problem and seek the solution in less time than it would take to hold a parent/teacher conference.
Anyway, onto another busy day!
Mum
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Jul. 3, 2006 - I totally agree with...
This is soooooooo true.lol. With each year there are different issue to work threw or work threw again. lol. My challange this summer is to get my 2ds to read and write more on his own. He loves me reading to him but we are still trying to make that transition. My hardest issue is the battle of the wills. (( sigh)) So we can pray for eachother. (0:
In Him,
-Canadagirl