Skipping guides?
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:21 pm
I could use some insight to know if I am looking at things right and get some advice for the future. If I am looking at things right then we would be about two guides behind. This would mean he would not complete the HS guides until he is about 19. Ds is about to be 13 and just finished CTC this year. When he finished, this guide was a perfect fit for him skill wise and had become almost easy. He is an extensive reader, so we have always tried to get the extension package or at least part of it. We got behind during his leukemia treatment because he was not retaining the most of what we would go over. We did all we could comfortably do orally and let him read all he wanted. When the issues with retention began showing up we fell back to just the reading and Lego building. We haven't retained him "grade" wise and with HOD this has not been an issue. HOD was (and still is) a tremendous blessing through this. After two and a half years of treatment we picked back up in Preparing where we left off only going half speed through it and CTC. Only this past year were we able to pick up full days and finish CTC.
Now looking ahead...
He has been a reluctant writer but became much better by the end of the year. So I am not sure we would want to skip the next guide. I really don't think I would want to skip any of them because of the way they build not only skills but Bible knowledge and wisdom. Not only have my boys learned but I have as well. I wouldn't have a problem with ds not finishing until he is older, he on the other hand may or may not. He is a late June baby and could possibly still be 19 when he finishes completely. I like how HOD follows ability and age and while I did not really understand this when we first started I have really been able to see it now especially with both boys. The problem comes with others always asking, "What grade are you in?" and possibly cousins the exact same age finishing up before him. Though after typing it, it sounds like only comfort level concerns about those points.
My main concern at this point is will he actually get through all the guides for HS before he is 20 because when I looked at it recently I was overwhelmed thinking he was not going to get through them before then and what to do. Should we go along in order until he has growth in his abilities that would cause us to want to skip ahead? And if he doesn't then that is ok, too.
Thank you for checking in and I would welcome your thoughts. And join us in continuing to thank God for ds's healing, we recently celebrated 5 years remission which means reaching survivor status. And continue praying for all other families that find themselves in this situation.
Now looking ahead...
He has been a reluctant writer but became much better by the end of the year. So I am not sure we would want to skip the next guide. I really don't think I would want to skip any of them because of the way they build not only skills but Bible knowledge and wisdom. Not only have my boys learned but I have as well. I wouldn't have a problem with ds not finishing until he is older, he on the other hand may or may not. He is a late June baby and could possibly still be 19 when he finishes completely. I like how HOD follows ability and age and while I did not really understand this when we first started I have really been able to see it now especially with both boys. The problem comes with others always asking, "What grade are you in?" and possibly cousins the exact same age finishing up before him. Though after typing it, it sounds like only comfort level concerns about those points.
My main concern at this point is will he actually get through all the guides for HS before he is 20 because when I looked at it recently I was overwhelmed thinking he was not going to get through them before then and what to do. Should we go along in order until he has growth in his abilities that would cause us to want to skip ahead? And if he doesn't then that is ok, too.
Thank you for checking in and I would welcome your thoughts. And join us in continuing to thank God for ds's healing, we recently celebrated 5 years remission which means reaching survivor status. And continue praying for all other families that find themselves in this situation.