But I also tell him we’ll go slow, at his pace, and we’ll try to use books and resources that he likes. The law requires them, and he understands that. I have told my eight-year-old that he has to learn reading, writing, math, etc. Buying a full curriculum that would cover everything has never seemed prudent when each subject requires its own strategy for my boys’ particular needs. I have bought some things full price because I thought they were perfect for my boys. I have bought little workbooks and things on sale over the years and saved them. I get a lot of resources from teacher-friends, though I don’t use a lot of that stuff. I choose our curriculum based on 1) what I think my kids will actually like and 2) what we have on hand or can find conveniently and/or cheap. I’ll write about how all this goes in the future. I’m also wondering how I can spur him on to dig deeper into his latest interest – Star Wars. He does have one thing he wants to make that we don’t have the materials for yet, so when we get everything, we’ll do that. So far this year, however, he hasn’t been doing anything that he needs me for, or either he seems to make small inquires at other times of the day. I’ve told him I’m willing to skip our lessons completely, if needed. He knows that if he wants to build something or learn about something, we will make time for it. He gets a lot of ideas that he doesn’t follow through with, and that’s okay. ![]() Since I want my son’s projects to have priority, every Monday morning I get our project notebook and go over what he’s told me he wants to do. Last year our lessons were shorter, so we had an hour or more for projects in the mornings before lunch. This year, our lessons are taking us right up until lunch, so here is what I’m going to experiment with this year: It also does not reflect my son’s project time. We like to go hiking and to museums and other places of interest whenever we get the chance. What this doesn’t reflect: It doesn’t reflect all the little things that pop up like play dates that I don’t have a regular date for on my calendar and all the outings we do as a family, which could be considered field trips. ![]() The boys would be fine with just playing everyday.) I used it as a compass to get back into a routine when I felt we needed it.
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