cafe
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Our younger daughter, now a sixth grader, is the only one I haven't been able to work anything out for. She is an introvert, probably an INFP, and though she was doing fine academically and she was very well liked by everyone from kindergarten kids, to cafeteria ladies, to teachers, to mean kids, she just wasn't comfortable there.
She needs a calm, quiet, peaceful environment. Probably a small class with a pleasant, encouraging teacher. Otherwise, she's just a stressed out mess. She could hold it together for the day, but when she got home she was exhausted and irritable. It was too much. The school did some accommodating, but eventually the best they could (would?) do was allow her to attend half days. That was elementary. I could not see her doing okay in middle school, especially not one of the roughest middle schools in town.
I got her a workbook style curriculum. She hated it. Just hated it and I didn't have the heart to make her do it. Instead, she's been doing a lot of independent reading, working on her multiplication facts (which she never really mastered in school), watching documentaries, writing a little fanfic, and drawing. It's not ideal and we're going to have to find a better longterm solution, but it's something and she's much happier.
The thread about homeschooling got me thinking. My daughter's biggest problem areas are math and spelling. She is very right brained and traditional methods just aren't working for her, so I looked up some right brain methods for teaching these subjects. I think that will give her a better chance of mastering them.
Right now, she is writing out the multiplication tables in colored marker. She does think of numbers being certain colors, so I think the colors will help. She has already told me that she's noticed patterns that she hadn't realized were there before, so yay for that.
I think what I want to do is find a right-brained math program, make a point to work some classics into her independent reading, and be more pro-active (I hate that word!) about the documentary selection so that she gets a broad exposure to science and social studies and that will do the trick for the near future.
In a year or two I will get a GED prep course and have her work on that. Once she is sixteen, she can get her GED, then start at beauty school or community college and she will be on her way. If she wants to transfer from community college to a four year school or an art school, she will be able to. It isn't a traditional plan, but I think it will be a good plan for her. She is happy with it and if she decides she isn't or I decide it isn't working, we can do something else.
She needs a calm, quiet, peaceful environment. Probably a small class with a pleasant, encouraging teacher. Otherwise, she's just a stressed out mess. She could hold it together for the day, but when she got home she was exhausted and irritable. It was too much. The school did some accommodating, but eventually the best they could (would?) do was allow her to attend half days. That was elementary. I could not see her doing okay in middle school, especially not one of the roughest middle schools in town.
I got her a workbook style curriculum. She hated it. Just hated it and I didn't have the heart to make her do it. Instead, she's been doing a lot of independent reading, working on her multiplication facts (which she never really mastered in school), watching documentaries, writing a little fanfic, and drawing. It's not ideal and we're going to have to find a better longterm solution, but it's something and she's much happier.
The thread about homeschooling got me thinking. My daughter's biggest problem areas are math and spelling. She is very right brained and traditional methods just aren't working for her, so I looked up some right brain methods for teaching these subjects. I think that will give her a better chance of mastering them.
Right now, she is writing out the multiplication tables in colored marker. She does think of numbers being certain colors, so I think the colors will help. She has already told me that she's noticed patterns that she hadn't realized were there before, so yay for that.
I think what I want to do is find a right-brained math program, make a point to work some classics into her independent reading, and be more pro-active (I hate that word!) about the documentary selection so that she gets a broad exposure to science and social studies and that will do the trick for the near future.
In a year or two I will get a GED prep course and have her work on that. Once she is sixteen, she can get her GED, then start at beauty school or community college and she will be on her way. If she wants to transfer from community college to a four year school or an art school, she will be able to. It isn't a traditional plan, but I think it will be a good plan for her. She is happy with it and if she decides she isn't or I decide it isn't working, we can do something else.
