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Old 06-12-2018, 11:30 PM   #19
arelyn
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Default Re: Ideas for the unmotivated child

First off, remove the name of my country and replace it with Asia. It was a very helpful clarification though.

Second, I noticed a few years ago that he meets many milestones a year or so after they appear on the milestone charts. I wondered if this could be a delay or if it is still within the range of normal. I can't tell anymore. My oldest is profoundly gifted so whenever I think DS2 is behind I assume I am just expecting too much. But maybe there is more going on. There's no where that I know of where I can get help or a diagnosis anyway.

What we do have access to:
-Library app with my USA card
-playground
-city park
-lots of handed down kids books (classic picture books, Magic School Bus, Sonlight novels, science experiment books, history books)
-musical instruments
-art supplies (all the basics including beads, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, different kids of paint, Plasticine clay)
-toys (legos, play food, cars, blocks, Squigz, hats for dress up, etc)
-board games and card games
-the internet (most of the time)
-iPad

If nothing unexpected happens our day looks like this:
-breakfast
-morning chore time
-homeschool (I have a blank journal where I write down what they do. I mark off six lines and the kids need to pick at least five activities to fill the lines up. DS2 always picks legos, storytime, one approved app or computer game and then tries to pester me for more screen time. If he can't decide on something to do on his own I then offer him something fine motor to do and pull out our 2 workbooks and let him chose which he'd prefer. During the cool season they'll play outside. Our language helper also comes during this time so the sixth item is always Hindi class. For DS2 this is just playing games and pointing to pictures in the iSpy book.)
-mid-morning tea/snack break
-homeschool continued
-Lunch
-Quiet activities or out running errands.
-Afternoon tea
-Freetime or out running errands
-Outside play once it cools down
-Dinner
-Family worship time
-evening chores
-Bed

But that's if things are normal. Often we are traveling (this may mean swimming, or nature walks, or ancient monuments, or trapped inside a hotel watching TV and playing Uno). There always seems to be something breaking so there are handymen to watch (this counts as homeschool ) People come to visit and we go visit people (sometimes this also counts as homeschool: language practice, maybe Bible study, maybe music time).

And the world is ending. Super mommy off to save the day!
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