What am I doing wrong.... be honost
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:51 am
We started homeschool in Sept so we are fairly new at it. We choose A Beka. We have a 5th grader, 4th grader and kindergarten student. Right away I noticed that math would be too difficult so I moved down a grade for math (ie. 4th, and 3rd).
Problem: my kids don't want to 'learn' from me. My daughter is having difficulty GETTING division and each time I explain it to her she gets frustrated and tunes out. We have been doing division for over a month and she still doesn't get it : I have been very patient with her .. I sit there and watch and when she makes the wrong desision I correct her hoping she will learn to make the right moves on her own.
Our son depends on me for english. He is learning about subjects, adverbs and adjectives. He doesn't do a question without me... when I leave the table he just waits... if I ask him to continue he says he doesn't understand that one.
Both of them are doing well on Math tests but were blowing the tests on all the other subjects (science, english, social studies). So, since ABeka is advanced and were getting used to things I decided to see if I could encourage them with some good grades. I started writing study questions out (very similar to the test questions) for them so they could study them for a few days before the test. It works.... they are both getting 90-100 percent. But, isn't that cheating ?
What am I doing wrong? Are they depending on ME intead of their textbooks for learning? Is that okay ... since it is the beginning of our homeschool career?
I am finding that my kindergartener is doing it too. I sit there with her during her learning (A Beka seems to be designed that way) and go through counting numbers ... then have her write them and do a page in the book. I go through her ABCs and her phonic sounds, ladders, etc with her then have her write them and do a page in her book. I know she can do them without my help (she's a smart cookie) but she depends on me to help her because she is afraid of making a mistake.
PLEASE HELP. Be honost... I hope I have painted an accurate picture so that you are able to give me sound advice.
Problem: my kids don't want to 'learn' from me. My daughter is having difficulty GETTING division and each time I explain it to her she gets frustrated and tunes out. We have been doing division for over a month and she still doesn't get it : I have been very patient with her .. I sit there and watch and when she makes the wrong desision I correct her hoping she will learn to make the right moves on her own.
Our son depends on me for english. He is learning about subjects, adverbs and adjectives. He doesn't do a question without me... when I leave the table he just waits... if I ask him to continue he says he doesn't understand that one.
Both of them are doing well on Math tests but were blowing the tests on all the other subjects (science, english, social studies). So, since ABeka is advanced and were getting used to things I decided to see if I could encourage them with some good grades. I started writing study questions out (very similar to the test questions) for them so they could study them for a few days before the test. It works.... they are both getting 90-100 percent. But, isn't that cheating ?
What am I doing wrong? Are they depending on ME intead of their textbooks for learning? Is that okay ... since it is the beginning of our homeschool career?
I am finding that my kindergartener is doing it too. I sit there with her during her learning (A Beka seems to be designed that way) and go through counting numbers ... then have her write them and do a page in the book. I go through her ABCs and her phonic sounds, ladders, etc with her then have her write them and do a page in her book. I know she can do them without my help (she's a smart cookie) but she depends on me to help her because she is afraid of making a mistake.
PLEASE HELP. Be honost... I hope I have painted an accurate picture so that you are able to give me sound advice.