Since pulling Zippy out of regular school in January we have tried a half dozen ways to make learning, well, easier. Through that time I made some observations:
- Zippy needs a visually quiet, noise-free, distraction free place to work.
- Zippy needs containers of time to work. Small bites of time and information to help her focus.
- Zippy need concentrated one on one time to do her best work.
- Little Dude makes all of the above virtually impossible.
Starting today we are, again, going to make some changes. I know, and feel bad that Zippy feels like her life is turned topsy turvy. I hope that this change will make a difference. We are going to wake in the wee hours of the morning (ok, not that wee, but a few hours before the Little Dude arises, fortunately he is a late sleeper). We are going to do the intensive one-on-one Spelling, Grammar and Math. Then, I hope that Zippy will have some time to do her written work for Grammar and Math. Then in the evening we can do reading. We will do a week of focus on history or science using more of a lapbook/notebook/art journal approach {this is still in the thinking stages, but will post when I get it all worked out}. I hope this is the last change we will have to make for a while.
