We deal with attention issues in my family. I don't write a lot about it because, even though this blog is kind of anonymous, I feel odd about blogging about my children's medical issues and what treatments we choose to use. There is a lot of judgement in the homeschool community towards those of us who take a medical approach.
Anyway, I have attention issues and so does my son Bee. Sometimes I really struggle to make a schedule for him and get him to stick to it.
I have been trying a new approach this week, which is to use more of a block schedule, to have him do math and Spanish daily and one other subject. So, we are going to finish social studies, then geology, then writing, but not do them at the same time. We are going to try a more block approach with subjects that lend themselves to it and see how that works to finish out this school year.
I just absolutely can't believe that Bee is going to be finishing up the 8th grade in May. Eight years of homeschooling. I'm really proud of what he's accomplished and excited for what is to come for him.
Next year, I will just be his mom and facilitator because he will be taking all of his classes either at our co-op or online. I think it will be really good for both of us to have someone else create the structure for his learning.
Next year, I will just be homeschooling Bug (who does not have attention issues) and raising Dot (who will be 3). Big changes.
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