heartofdakota.com

Work a little faster?? Keri is doing well with Rev to Rev, her oral and written narrations demonstrate she is comprehending the material, but...she still is taking very long to finish-She is still on day one of the unit we began yesterday and did not finish, and spent 5 hours yesterday and today -I feel like she should be in RtR maybe, but she really wanted to do the early American History and is not having any trouble comprehending...how can I help her speed up? I really don't want to drop her back, it's late in the year and I don't want to lose momentum anymore than we did with the move. Last week was better because all she did was some day 5 advanced science that she hadn't finished when we left off before the move.
In contrast, Tamara is right into her groove and finishing a whole day in 4.5 hours, 5 with extensions, with no complaints

Lourdes, I have a slow poke over here too . If you really think that the work is not too difficult than I remember reading here on the boards to set a timer for each subject. If it is a placement issue this won't help. It might take a little while before she is within the recommended time but it will clearly define the amount of time meant to be spent on each activity. I don't know how to link threads but maybe you could do a search for it. HTH

This thread has some really helpful advice...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10328

Thank you for the replies and thread...well I remember trying half speed in the past and it actually made her SLOWER She just seems to lose focus and I don't feel like I have time to sit on top of her, you know? The work is not too difficult, she understands all her readings and her narrations are excellent...It doesn't seem to matter whether I am in the same room or not. For example, it took her over an hour to read p 90-109 in Michael Faraday...but was able to do the follow-up assignment without a problem. It seemed like it was just because she was daydreaming...Perhaps I can give half-speed a go again, but we are on unit 4 (started half speed in october then interrupted for a month due to the move) and I feel pressed for time-I do NOT want to be schooling through the summer, and I want to be ready to start the new guide with her next September. She does well with the writing course and her math. Grammar is better now with R&S. Science is a breeze, even doing the advanced option.She loves the State Study and does fine with the Signers. Projects and Independent History Study are no problem. World View and Music are with me, so they are fine. Her major difficulty is with subjects that have more of reading, i.e. the Reading About History, Inventor Study, and DITHOR. She also dawdles over the Independent Bible Study. Looking back I could have had her do RtR with the Option 2 Science, but I feel like it's too late, and besides, as I said, she is not having any comprehension struggles, she just reads verrrry slowly. No vision problems either, she has 20/20 vision or better...
Edited to add, I think maybe it's the heart issues creeping up again...I discovered just before we moved that she had a BOYFRIEND in our old neighborhood and hadn't told me until after several months-I was unhappy about this because I don't believe in that kind of relationship at that age-so perhaps it has more to do with her being preoccupied because she can't see this boy every day anymore. This has to be why she wanted to go back to that public school, because that is where she met him. I have talked to her about relationships, sex, marriage...it kind of blindsided me because I didn't have to deal with this with my other older kids-my son is 19 and has his FIRST girlfriend whom he intends to marry, and my other daughter is 16 and has rebuffed unsuitable suitors, so has no relationship issues and is focused on school and ballet. My youngest hardly notices boys yet. I think what we really need is prayer and wisdom!

Lourdes, I know you mentioned 20/20 vision, but what came to mind was maybe dyslexia or something? Just brainstorming with you, since it seems like everything is going well except the time it takes to read material.

I did think of dyslexia too, but she doesn't reverse letters when she writes or reading out loud...She does have a degree of colorblindness, but I don't know if that would affect reading. You can see my edit above about other reasons I think may be involved...

We had a reading problem with my daughter too. We didn't think she had dyslexia because she didn't reverse letters, but a friend of ours said that that isn't always the case.We didn't know, but asked our Doctor. They said that is true so we are in the process of getting her tested right now.

Good luck and prayers working on those heart issues.

Lourdes,
I wonder if it isn't a visual tracking issue. Your visual acuity has nothing to do with it. It is the ability to track and also for your eyes to work together. She may have issues with this and that may be why she reads so slow. A regular eye doctor won't pick up on it. You have to have it assessed by a doctor who specializes in vision therapy. I think this is something my ds deals with. I bought him a cheap little gadget from rainbow resource called a see n read and it seems to have helped quite a bit. Just a thought.

Thanks for the suggestions-I think I will buy the see-n-read and see if that helps her-as for the other issue, I'm glad we moved far from our old neighborhood