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Post by jesus4gives on Oct 10, 2007 8:49:19 GMT -5
I am currently homeschooling 3 children and the ages are 8,12, & 16. Does anyone haev any advice on how I can seperate my time so that I can help all 3 of them do their work and also get my housework and other things done. I don't want it to look like, to them, that I only have time for certain ones. How can I help all 3 of them and all of us stay happy. ;D Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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Post by cindylu on Oct 10, 2007 19:51:57 GMT -5
I also have three children that I home school, ages 7, 13, and 17. This is what I do.
I help the youngest for the first two hours doing all her courses that needs to be closely supervised. While I am instructing her I put the other two children on task with subjects that require reading and answering question from the books. This is their quiet study time. Maybe they need to study spelling words or need to look up definitions. After I do the two hours with the youngest we take a break and have dinner. We home school in the evening, DH works the second shift. After dinner I set the youngest down to study by herself, spelling words, penmanship, working on the computer on a learning website, or Reader Rabbit. I sit down and work with the other two with their math, go over homework that they have done, answer questions with the more difficult subjects. In between their questions and different subjects I clean and do laundry. The eldest is mostly self taught and I touch bases with her and check on her progress.
Before we sit down to start school we clean up the whole house, do the dishes, and start the laundry. We do one hour for each subject for the two older kids and in between each subject the eldest changes out the laundry and I fold it up through out the day.
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Post by jesus4gives on Oct 11, 2007 8:25:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I will incorperate this into my daily routine.
This is my schedule as of right now: I get up at 6 am and the kids get up at 7 am everyone gets their shower to wake them up I get breakfast ready and then we eat after breakfast we either read the Bible or listen to tapes each of us work in a daily journal then after this the girls go to work on school work I help the youngest with what she needs help with My 12 yr. old is the hardest to help (she doesn't need help, but then she does) My oldest she is like yours, self taught and is a big help I want to spend more time with all of them but it seems that the one that needs the help the most doesn't want it.
What do I do?
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Post by tbhas6 on Oct 11, 2007 10:34:43 GMT -5
You may also consider checking out the self-teaching method of home education by Joanne Calderwood (www.homeschoolstudentplanner.com). When I met her she was home schooling her 8 children and holding a full-time job. Her high school students were A+++ students and the eldest had just scored in the top percentiles of the nation on his SAT exam.
I began incorporating SOME her techniques with my #3 (12th grader) while he was in 10th grade. By doing so, I was able to get more free time to help my #4, then in 1st grade, learn how to read. When #4 began 2nd grade, I started implimenting some of the beginning basics of self-teaching with her. Now that #4 is in 3rd grade, I am reaping the benefits of this method of education because #5 is now learing to read and needs a lot of one-on-one time.
I do not exclusively use this method for educating my children, but I have been able to incorporate many of the principles and methods into our educational style and it has benefited our family in a great way.
Regarding the child who seems to need help the most but doesn't want it ... I make spending about 20 minutes alone each day with each child a priority. We do not spend this time doing school. This 20 minutes is reserved for just talking, reading, playing a game of tic tac toe, or what ever else strikes our fancy. Because my 12th grader has a full-time job our 20 minutes is often spent in the evenings when he returns home from work after the younger children have gone to bed. By building an intimate emotional connection through this one-on-one time, I have seen my children, especially my 12th grader, become more receptive to the help I offer and he is no longer stubborn about asking for help whether he needs help with school or issues related to maturing into an adult.
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Post by cindylu on Oct 11, 2007 20:12:35 GMT -5
That is basically what I have done with my 13 year old. Being a boy and wanting to do other things rather than school I have had trouble with him from the beginning. Finally, this year I have reached him and he wants to do the work. I give him attention and praise for a job well done and he wants to continue working hard to achieve in school. I give him the reward of being able to work on the internet to look up any of his favorite websites. This is incentive for him to put in the effort and get things done in a timely matter.
I hope this helps you.
Peace and God Bless, Lucinda
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