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[annaz]

Can I make a suggestion with the CLE math? We used CLE before coming to HOD. I would suggest assigning 4 pages per day instead of the entire lesson. That is what I did for one of my children. It made a world of difference. You don't finish quite as quickly, but you do finish within a reasonable time frame. I am in the midst of trying to find ways to finish the day more quickly as well. It never hurts to try!!!!!! I am having the most luck with more purposeful supervision. Having everyone in my sight and continually checking progress is definately helping. "What are you working on now?" "I am going to set the timer for 10 minutes now. You have been working on that for a while now and 10 minutes will give you a reasonable amount of time to finish up." (Those are just a couple of examples.) I can't remember if you are in the same area with your child most of the school time or not. It helps with my children. I must admit, sometimes I do grow weary of checking progress, but it really is helping.

This is a good idea since CLE can be l.o.n.g. We were out due to dr appts yesterday and looked over her math and thinking of doing part of it. But then I thought that maybe instead I could cross out some things. For example: some of the review is constant, so cross out counting by 12's today, but don't cross them out tomorrow...and I could go back and forth that way with the reviews. It would shorten the lesson without getting behind.

I am in the same area as my child the whole time. It's just ... sort of..... us! Always.... us!

[my3sons]

...I am having the most luck with more purposeful supervision. Having everyone in my sight and continually checking progress is definately helping. "What are you working on now?" "I am going to set the timer for 10 minutes now. You have been working on that for a while now and 10 minutes will give you a reasonable amount of time to finish up." (Those are just a couple of examples.) I can't remember if you are in the same area with your child most of the school time or not. It helps with my children. I must admit, sometimes I do grow weary of checking progress, but it really is helping.

I could not agree more with 8arrow's thoughts here. I have found the same to be true for us. My teaching time actually ends up to be far less when I am seeing myself as an ever vigilant supervisor, than when I step out of that role and begin to do other things with my time. The dialogue 8arrows shared is what I have found to work well for us too. "What are you working on now? I'd say 10 more minutes is enough time to finish that. I'm setting the timer to help keep you on track with that."

In Christ,
Julie