And so on... · Wednesday September 20, 2006 by june
What I’ve been doing over the last week or so is establishing a routine. So that we can get the more “traditional” school-type work organised, and out of the way of the more spontaneous, child led learning that happens everyday.
That isn’t that the other work isn’t child led: more about how that works later – it deserves a post of its own. However, I will say that as James has got older the work that he wants to do, and the work that he needs to cover (he has a career in mind), is much greater, and takes up more time. There is also a degree of shuffling that goes on each day to make sure that I can be there for each child. Also, more shuffling to make sure the house is cleaned, there’s food to eat, etc… and that I get some time for myself.
So, Maths (just a short session today) and English (more Dr Who), reading, music practice (both of them are doing really well there).
James did ‘Toe by Toe’ and spelling. We use ‘Stareway to Spelling’, which is a very methodical spelling programme. We have found it works well for James, and also for Liz, even though she doesn’t have dyslexia.
In the afternoon, James started on his Biology. He is drawing, and labelling, a skeleton. I have to say I hated biology at school – we had such a boring teacher – so doing biology now with James… well let’s just say it still isn’t my favourite subject. Luckily, James is more enthusiastic.
Liz spent the afternoon decorating a T-shirt. This is an activity the kids saw on SMART , and we have had the T-shirts (waiting to be decorated) for months.
James has spent a big chunk of the rest of the day researching Blu Tack. Don’t ask!
