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Thanks so much ladies.. it's nice to feel someone 'has my back' sorta
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Originally Posted by elizawill  i'm sorry you're having a tough day. we've all been there....(or at least i have been there!  ). my dd hated headsprout too sometimes (although it worked awesome in teaching her to read!). |
That's how I 'plan' headsprout too (3 days a week, but i deleted that by mistake lol) but often on the other days he begs incessantly to do it so lately I've been not 'planning' it at all...but letting him come to me and ask for it. I think it's working well, but he was just not able to finish the lesson yesterday. I would have helped him if I weren't dealing with the older one's math tantrum of the day
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| as for your ds not "knowing" math...oh my gosh i can relate! my daughter said she didn't know 20-1 the other day! she said this in front of my mom too! i wanted to bang my head. of course she knows 20-1, but i had the moment of feeling like, ARE YOU KIDDING ME! WHY ARE WE EVEN HOMESCHOOLING! |
That is EXACTLY what I said
I don't know if he & I were just in a funk or what, because Dad came home and we took a break.. then he asked if he could finish.. and did 2 extra practice pages with dad!?!?
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Originally Posted by kathymuggle That is what I was going to suggest, lol.
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could have knocked me over with a feather when he said that too. He was only lukewarm to homeschooling initially, and then it was a last resort (our now 7yo was sick over 30days out of half of hid kindergarten year..I was over it!) But now? He's a huge hs advocate and even though HE brought up school because of my stress levels... he admitted that is not what he wants or thinks is best for the kids, or me even. Thank you for the US'ing tips Kathy...I've done a little lurking on that board so I think I'll wander over a little more often as we make this transition
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I think it is possible your son does not know 8-3=5. If that is the case try something diffferent - manipulatives come to mind.
I think it is much more likely that there is a power struggle brewing. Do not engage in power struggles over learning. No one wins.
Good luck - go take a bath, read trashy novels, and eat comfort food....it cures all! Promise!
Kathy |
The math program we use is MUS and he has done really well with it, loves to use it (whines when I won't get up saturday morning & do it with him lol), and it uses base 10 type blocks which really seem to help him get it. So I think he *does* know it... but talking with dh, we both noticed that some days our boy is just a bit.. well.. spacey?
And we decided maybe those days it's just best to read a book or see what interesting shows are on public tv
I WILL work this out, I was just having a meltdown day. Thanks for all the super advice (and feel free to bash me over the head with more If I start 'having a sook' as Aussies like to say
) I know that getting roped back into the system is not what I want.. I like our carefree days and ability to just pick up & go!
I'm also going to squeeze in a 3rd day of kindy (day care/preschool) for the 3yo, on thursdays. He is always super excited to go and Thursday is the day one of our local groups sets up their field trips and fun days
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Some days (a lot of them lately) I wonder if this is not just a huge mistake for us 
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I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't worry about what a 5 or 7 year old knows or doesn't know, for that matter - it will all be in place by the time it matters. - Lillian
