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Well!Well. Starting school at home with a five year old. Fun stuff, hey? Funny thing is, Jasmine loves learning. She catches on quickly and loves getting things right. Being 5, she's also a bundle of emotions at times, and hates getting anything wrong.She's a funny kid. Once she attempt something, she almost always gets it right. But sometimes she'll look at something she can do and think it's too hard, and just shut down. The other factor, of course, is that she's never attended school. She has no idea that in the real world kids have to do maths every school day (+ homework) and if they don't do it the teacher may well yell at them or punish them in some way. Or be like my old grade one teacher, who pulled my hair when I did something she didn't like... We just say, do your maths. If you do it quickly you get free time. If you don't, you miss out, sorry. You know, the natural consequences of her own actions. Of course, if she's actually having trouble with something, we'll either help her or shorten the lesson into bite sized pieces that she can handle. We're not heartless. So yes; the thing about school is that Jasmine has to learn that this is school, and school isn't a game. Well, except when we play Monopoly, or educational computer games, or watch Dora the Explorer and practice some Spanish, or... Well, you get the picture. We're trying to make school fun and appropriate for a five year old who needs plenty of free time to pursue her own interests and play with her siblings, while covering the material that, as parents, we deem important. It's a tough call sometimes. We finished the day today well. Jasmine had done her maths, and some handwriting, and we left the reading lesson until her siblings were in bed, so it could just be Mummy-Jasmine time. She crowed about how she was doing so well she would finish the book in one night. She didn't, but we had a lot of fun reading. This is just the beginning of our journey, we'll obviously have some hiccups, but I honestly reckon we're on to a good thing. Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 168 of 276 } { Next Page } |
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