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Quiteria · 11-20-2017, 12:02 PM

For structure, I mean within homeschooling...something like we do math first every day, 10 problems. Then a 15min break. Then a phonics lesson. Every day. Handwriting shall be 1 page from this book. History shall be 1 chapter Monday, 1 map Tuesday, etc.

I stink at schedules, but I have one who thrives on somewhat predictable. New curricula is always met with resistance, as well as any spontaneous change in plans. BUT, if I press through the first day of resistance, the second day is milder, etc., until it gets mostly accepted. Sometimes we have to do a media fast for a couple weeks when the resistance is too generalized, when school is viewed as cutting into his free time, but consistency in requiring a subject predictably seems to help even when it's not at the exact same minute each day...we aim for after breakfast, after lunch, etc., and trying to get the curriculum to be familiar even if it's "We do this while listening to a living book, 1 chapter per day. The next book is ____."

We do audiobooks in the car when there's a captive audience, and I take some of the written work orally or as dictation.

11-20-2017, 12:02 PM	#18
Quiteria Rose Garden Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23,483	Re: Child who doesn't want to do any school... advice? For structure, I mean within homeschooling...something like we do math first every day, 10 problems. Then a 15min break. Then a phonics lesson. Every day. Handwriting shall be 1 page from this book. History shall be 1 chapter Monday, 1 map Tuesday, etc. I stink at schedules, but I have one who thrives on somewhat predictable. New curricula is always met with resistance, as well as any spontaneous change in plans. BUT, if I press through the first day of resistance, the second day is milder, etc., until it gets mostly accepted. Sometimes we have to do a media fast for a couple weeks when the resistance is too generalized, when school is viewed as cutting into his free time, but consistency in requiring a subject predictably seems to help even when it's not at the exact same minute each day...we aim for after breakfast, after lunch, etc., and trying to get the curriculum to be familiar even if it's "We do this while listening to a living book, 1 chapter per day. The next book is ____." We do audiobooks in the car when there's a captive audience, and I take some of the written work orally or as dictation. __________________ Homeschooling mama to five: a young adult (graduated!), two high schoolers, a big kid, and a kindergartner And yes, they've all aged overnight since the last time you read my out-of-date sigg.

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