After a late night insomniac reading session (just myself, lest you think I keep DD up at all hours to learn her some reading), I decided to abandon our "school" (which consists of a few very painful minutes of reading instruction) and just litter the house with some new-to-her readers that I found at a consignment sale and hid for later use. I promised myself that I wouldn't stumble across them and innocently ask "What's this doing here? nor would I ask her to read them to me (which I broke this morning). She picked one of them up and read it this afternoon with no prompting, so I feel hopeful. I also picked up some phonics workbooks at the library with reproducible worksheets that I may also litter around the house as part of our experiment. I only know that what we've been doing isn't working well for either of us, and I don't want her to write some Mommy Dearest homeschooling expose when she's 12.
I'll keep plugging away at this experiment. I think I'm on the right track, but only DD can say...
2 comments:
Ha! Ha! I think you and I are on the same track. Be sure to read the interview I did with G today. :D
Hi! Nice to meet you and thanks for visiting my blog. :) I know how hard it is to be patient and let your kids relax and enjoy learning, but you sure are doing a great job! Hang in there. The Mommy Dearest reference made me laugh. :)
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