School is In
School is in session. Sadly, I think I'm already burned out! The boys like the new way of schooling. I, however, worry because they are getting done quickly! Pokemon King and Dinodude are more responsible for their work these days. I'm trying to get them to assert their independence and learn for themselves. I think they will remember things better if they figure it out on their own, instead of me just telling them.
I don't like to compare my children to each other, but I've been thinking back at how Wally was at this time where Pokemon King is now. His work seemed a lot more advanced than Pokemon King's, so of course I am officially worried. I can totally see how reading while young is very important. Wally was writing 2 page papers on History and Science and I'm lucky to get a paragraph out of Pokemon King. The difference between the two of them? Wally has always been a reader. Pokemon King has not. I am positive that has made a tremendous impact.
My goal this year is to get Pokemon King writing and reading. He is doing a lot more with reading, which is good. We are going to be working on writing more as the days progress. So, hopefully by year's end, he will be writing a lot better.
We've also decided to start the week off by having a 'Movie Monday.' Not a regular movie, but something educational or close to it. Although today's Tuesday, we decided to go ahead and watch something. We watched an episode of Mythbusters. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's very interesting! On the episode we watched, they were recreating the motorcycle stunt from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. They wanted to see if throwing a stick in the wheel of a motorcycle would cause it to flip. Another stunt they decided to do was to find out if tying bedsheets together would allow a person to escape from prison. Along with the bedsheets, one of them tried tying hair together and the other tried toilet paper. I won't tell you the outcome. You need to see for yourself, but the boys and I really enjoyed it! So, come Monday, we will be watching another episode.
2 comments:
Our family loves Mythbusters, too. Cool show.
I see many differences in my kids as well. Some definitely like things like reading and writing more than others. I try to get books and have writing assignments that are on things they are interested in. Ethan is really into the show 24 and he is writing his own story line and reading some of the books. Not really your traditional reading/writing curriculum but hey its working. He's reading and writing and the writing is pretty good! What's Pokemon into right now? Maybe get some ideas from that. We could also do some basic letter writing between Poke and ethan, they might like that too. See you soon!
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