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<blockquote data-quote="taxidermycoffeebeans" data-source="post: 514015" data-attributes="member: 14117"><p>I am typing the name of those books into my phone's memo pad and will look for them at our library! Especially the last one for me! LOL</p><p></p><p>I am loving home schooling him because I can go at his pace. There are many days we don't finish our lesson, and that's okay, because he is still learning, and yes, we do incorporate our everyday lessons with life experiences. I think it is easier for home schoolers to do this because we are more in tune with what is being taught in the classroom. We also make our school mobile a few times a month. He loves going to the zoo, and will actually work very well there from me (mobile schools are so much fun! I love the looks of curiosity and envy I get from other parents, I've even had a few stop and ask questions like "isn't it hard?" or "what made you choose...?" ). One would think too many distractions, but the area we've found to work is under a canopy with tables by the bird section out of the way for most passerbys, but very near bathrooms and birds. It is used for parties and by schools for lunch when they take field trips, which we've only encountered on one visit, and we were pretty much done when they got to the canopy. He loves listening to the birds while he works. We put a birdhouse he made outside our classroom, and he loves trying to identify them. I am trying to find a local birdwatching group that'll accept young children to get him involved more with birds, while the interest is still there. He is also very into triathlons. (He's not very fast, but he loves them). There's just not many safe places for him to learn to ride...we've got to teach him how to shift gears. We had to graduate from the single speed to the multi-speed as his feet were literally flying off the pedals as he was trying to go faster, poor little guy. I can't keep up with him when he runs, but I send him out so far (x many markers) on the running/walking (only) path then he runs back to me. I get 3 miles done, and well...no telling how much more he does than that! Swimming we don't do as often as I'd like, but when we do, he does a couple laps before we go off and play. I can't take him in the ocean as I'm not a strong enough swimmer to feel confident to keep up with him and keep him within safe boundries. He does have safety/impulse issues that I have to keep in mind when we go out like that, and has hit/fell into a moving truck while on his bike (with me following him, very traumatic for both of us.)</p><p></p><p>I'm rambling now. So, I'm going to sign off for now. It's just nice to share experiences and worries, and know I can vent and get new ideas. Thank you to all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="taxidermycoffeebeans, post: 514015, member: 14117"] I am typing the name of those books into my phone's memo pad and will look for them at our library! Especially the last one for me! LOL I am loving home schooling him because I can go at his pace. There are many days we don't finish our lesson, and that's okay, because he is still learning, and yes, we do incorporate our everyday lessons with life experiences. I think it is easier for home schoolers to do this because we are more in tune with what is being taught in the classroom. We also make our school mobile a few times a month. He loves going to the zoo, and will actually work very well there from me (mobile schools are so much fun! I love the looks of curiosity and envy I get from other parents, I've even had a few stop and ask questions like "isn't it hard?" or "what made you choose...?" ). One would think too many distractions, but the area we've found to work is under a canopy with tables by the bird section out of the way for most passerbys, but very near bathrooms and birds. It is used for parties and by schools for lunch when they take field trips, which we've only encountered on one visit, and we were pretty much done when they got to the canopy. He loves listening to the birds while he works. We put a birdhouse he made outside our classroom, and he loves trying to identify them. I am trying to find a local birdwatching group that'll accept young children to get him involved more with birds, while the interest is still there. He is also very into triathlons. (He's not very fast, but he loves them). There's just not many safe places for him to learn to ride...we've got to teach him how to shift gears. We had to graduate from the single speed to the multi-speed as his feet were literally flying off the pedals as he was trying to go faster, poor little guy. I can't keep up with him when he runs, but I send him out so far (x many markers) on the running/walking (only) path then he runs back to me. I get 3 miles done, and well...no telling how much more he does than that! Swimming we don't do as often as I'd like, but when we do, he does a couple laps before we go off and play. I can't take him in the ocean as I'm not a strong enough swimmer to feel confident to keep up with him and keep him within safe boundries. He does have safety/impulse issues that I have to keep in mind when we go out like that, and has hit/fell into a moving truck while on his bike (with me following him, very traumatic for both of us.) I'm rambling now. So, I'm going to sign off for now. It's just nice to share experiences and worries, and know I can vent and get new ideas. Thank you to all! [/QUOTE]
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