Our lives have taken a very busy turn. On to of our already busy lives, Pookie has begun to receive speech and occupational therapies. If insurance allows, he will get both twice a week. In six months, the physical therapist will evaluate him again to determine if he is ready to start that therapy up. The only thing stopping him now is that he needs to be able to work with her better than he did at the first evaluation.
With the changes, I have altered how we homeschool each day. We are doing a more relaxed method. I have a blank lesson planner where I record what we do each day. This gives me the ability to see that the kids are working in the subjects on schedule each week. If I see they didn’t do any science for a couple of days, I can be sure to have them do a science activity the next day.
Using Heart of Dakota, along with numerous library books, we are able to do all of the curriculum without difficulty. For Pookie, I am shifting gears a bit. The kindergarten level was a bit too much. I use out add a topic guide but find preschool level unit studies and lapbooks for him to do.
Little Miss gets a large portion of her lessons from reading books. A also do activities for science, math, and art.
I was unsure at first just how workboxes would fit into our new routine. Turned out that out goes very well. Materials for lapbooks and unit studies are stored in the workboxes. I also add educational games, flashcards, file folder activities, and any other materials that I want easily assessable.
On therapy days, Little Miss takes a book to read, a portfolio with worksheets, or some other items along in her backpack. As Pookie does his therapies, she is able to do her schoolwork. Not a perfect solution but it is working so far. May start taking her tablet so she can play educational games as well.
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