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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Abstract random thinker......

Well, here we are 6 weeks into school and what I thought was the perfect curriculum isn't working for my abstract random right brain thinker. I have been reading everything I can about Charlotte Mason and her educational model. It is exactly what Allison needs. I am switching her science to Exploring Creation with Zoology She must draw to learn and this is heavy on notebooking. This is much more focused and in depth which will allow for more mastery.This immersion approach seems to be how she learns best. In order to see how the scientific world operates she will need to be provided with deeper more profound information. So I will make the change for her to meet her learning style. As for history we will focus on one time period at a time and stay with it as long as needed. As I mentioned before I downloaded a whole notebook full of notebooking sheets for the Viking time period. As much as I love Story of the World it skips around too much for her to remember what she has learned. I have ordered many books from the library on Vikings so who knows how long we will be studying this. We will stay with it until I feel she is ready to move on to something else. The beauty of homeschooling is that I am able to adjust for her needs. I have joined several CM yahoo groups to get more familiar with this teaching model. I have used it lightly in the past but now I will need to use it more with Allison and probably my little wiggly Jonathan.

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