We have been officially homeschooling for one year now. It has been a journey to say the least. This year really has been a learning experience for all of us. We have learned what works and what doesn't. Originally I wanted to teach all three older kids together as much as possible. Over the course of three curriculum changes I have discovered that it just isn't going to work that way with my children. Everything we have gone over together has been review for Jacob and he seems to just skate by doing the bare minimum just because he can. Despite their age difference, Abby and Matthew are at about the same grade level. Instead of using the competition to motivate Matthew to work harder he has a tendency to give up when it looks like she's getting close to catching up to him. They really need their own space to work separately.
On top of everything, I've been so busy lately with the cows, 4H projects, the garden, work, and just general household demands that getting schoolwork done is pushed lower and lower on the list. We get math & spelling done everyday because it is computer based, and the kids can do it without a lot of undivided attention from me. But history, language arts, and science are suffering because I just haven't had the time to sit down for a couple hours everyday with them to get it done. When we do get it done, I'm really bad about not checking their work because I'm rushing to get chores done before I have to go to work or take the kids to their various activities. I need to start working with Sam on a regular basis, but I just haven't had the time to do that. When I found out about Time4Learning I thought maybe this is what we need as it looks like it will help solve several of these issues. We shall see....
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Congratulations on finishing your first year! I have two kids 10/12 now and in the beginning I tried to do their work together and it didn't work for us either. We have been using Time4Learning off and on for years and it really works well for us! just this last year my daughter 10 has been getting up before me and doing her morning T4L by herself. (I majorly did a happy dance over this) For us, I feel if we do our Time4learning every day but do not get to our other more hands on work, that we still have been learning. I look forward to reading what you think of the program!
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