There are all these subjects I'm supposed to get to with my crowd at home. I personally just want them to know how to learn. It is a challenge not to panic. I know I don't want to sign my name on a diploma which does not include the bases covered so there in lies the challenge. I truly believe that if kids acquire the skills of curiosity and how to find out information then they will be able to do whatever is laid before them.
I'm currently puzzling over how to cover he sciences even though they know a lot just by experience. Math seems to shadow everything for attention. Grrrrrr. Apologia is really college level and very time consuming. I suppose I could pick out some of the chapters and not feel pressured into doing it all. If the student has an affinity for the sciences then they can forge ahead. I do not remember science being that in depth in high school so why kill the day going nuts over this time. I'm thinking this through while writing as time is of a premium for me.
I am fighting the panic as I have two kids still working on transitioning to being more confident readers and an older kid who struggles with approaching directions on his math and grammar lessons and I need him to gain confidence in those areas. It......can......get.......overwhelming.
We love our group time reading books together and I think everyone would love to just stay there. Perhaps biology needs to become a family project in order to get it done. Why not. We can hang together with the sciences and get through. I think I'm going to give this thought a whirl. The younger kids love learning so I can't magi be they would be turned off by this. I want a plan which requires more hands on experience I think. If I could find an older text book it probably would just move along better than Apologia. Why do we all use Apologia as if more is better for our young people. Sigh. I will never get the kids through all that is expected if we have to do it perfectly.
This is just me thinking this through.
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