My 5 yo ds and I are enjoying the Math, the action activities, the songs, the handwriting and the workbook pages. The one area that I was wondering about and am still unsure of is the history reading and the Burgess books. Although we had a great discussion in history yesterday (Praise the Lord!), today he just didn't seem to be engaged.
My son is a VERY VISUAL kid, and he would rather be actively doing something (even looking at the pictures while listening). I did order the Peter Rabbit coloring book from Amazon to give him something to do while we read the Burgess books, but I am still hesitant about pushing him into this kind of listening before he is ready. He does sit still and behave - that is not an issue. He doesn't complain about listening either. These are just my observations of him during these times.
I guess what I am wondering is, have any of you progressed through this and seen your inattentive 5 yo move from unengaged and glazed over to interested and learning? I know that he is ready for everything else, but I don't want to just go through the motions of reading all this to him if he is not getting anything out of it.
Any thoughts, experiences would be appreciated.
In His love,
RuthAnn
PS This is my first child to actually start CM style from the beginning, so I am still learning as I go.
