Independent Work

[titus2]

I have a 10 year old working in Bigger without extensions. This is due to his ability to comprehend what he is reading. I would really love to have him start working more independently seeing I'm teaching my 6 year old out of beyond also. Any suggestions on how to get him to work independently? He does handwriting copywork math and free reading by himself. If I allow him to do history or science alone I'm worried he either wont read it or comprehend what he read.

[MomtoJGJE]

Maybe start where he's just reading on the days where it's only narration, no experiments/projects/notebooking. Then you can figure out how much he's retaining based on his narrations.

When my DD1 was in Bigger I would do the reading to her, but she'd do anything else involved independently. So basically opposite of what I told you first Basically, anything involving writing she did by herself after I explained it to her.

[Maadrose]

My kids do the following independent work:
Study Bible verse (read it 3 times)
Study poem (read it 3 times)
Copywork or handwriting
Math drills (on my iPod) or other math review
Phonics (explode the code)
Bible devotion
Silent reading (choice or DITHOR reading)

[Robbi]

This thread may help.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6502&p=47428