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CQLA Testimony: New CQLA User Shocked at Child’s First Report!
Tiffini, a new CQLA User, recently posted the following testimony on the CQLA User Group:
I have two children doing Pre-A (dd - 7, ds - 7) and one child doing
A (dd - 10). Every day, they would argue over who got to go first
with LA. My husband would ask for a report in the evening and the
words my son would use was "great", "amazing", "wonderful",
and "fun"! Again, he is the one I was most worried about because of
how much he resists change and he had begged me not to change the LA
program we had been using (although it was quite boring to him).
My 10 yo dd would wait for her turn and say, "When is it my turn for
the fun-ness?"
I did the four day week schedule and told them after finishing on
Thursday that they could take the day off of LA for Friday. I truly
thought they would be happy about that because we spent a lot of
time on it daily this week. My son said, "But I WANT to do LA
tomorrow, Mom!" Wow!! My 7 yo dd was very disappointed as well.
I am amazed that all three of my children are enjoying this so much
since they are all so different from each other. Proof to me that
this works for all learning styles. I thought for sure one of them
would not like it.
I can not believe the finished product that my 10 yo dd produced
this week. I never knew you could learn this much about writing in
such a short period of time. The book asked her to do 3 paragraphs,
but since it was our first week, I just had her do one as I thought
the passage was pretty difficult to begin with. We spent a lot of
time working on it this week, so I thought she would be pretty worn
out. However, after she gleefully typed up her final copy of the
paragraph she composed, she asked, "Can I do all three paragraphs
next week?"
Yes, I know this all sounds made up, but it's true! The only
downside to me was the amount of time it took. I worked individually
with all three all week and it took a lot of time. But I really do
think that it is worth it and I can already see that once we get the
hang of it, it will not be nearly as time-intensive. My 10 yo will
be doing much of it independently before too long.
Well, if you're still reading, I hope you are encouraged! We sure
are! One last thing - this has been an incredibly difficult week on
a personal front with several situations that have been going on and
I didn't know if we could do this, but my kids' amazing attitudes
kept me going. What a gift!
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