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by Nealewill » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:52 am
With CTC, I did a lot of the water color painting with my dd in the beginning of the year. I do read the story time to my kids. I have heard some parents say that they read some of the living library books to their kids. I will also help my dd with her science experiments a lot of time allows or help with the history projects. The one thing I do when helping though is I have that child read the directions and lead the activity. I only do what they tell me to. So they are still learning the independence skill, but I am spending time with them at the same time. With CTC, I also did read the Bible/Geography box to my child and we spent time on the poetry together on day 4 as well analyzing the poems thoroughly.
I know this probably isn't quite as engaged as you are maybe seeking but for me, I feel like my kids are learning a lot better in this fashion that with me. For me, I work from home and I need my kids to be able to do school without me many times. A lot of times I would pre-read books but this year I didn't. I just didn't have the kind of time I would need to do that. And it was actually really neat to see my dd come up to me and tell me things I didn't know. It was truly a wonderful year! As for the enforcement police, I am definitely that too but it has gotten a lot better. We have natural rewards and consequences for not finishing your school because you goofed off all day. It seems to work out okay and it gets less and less every year. I also run a fairly tight scheduled and that helps too.
Other than that - if they are listening to history out loud or watching any videos, maybe you could pop in and watch them with your child. Or maybe once a week you have them go over everything they are learning with you had have them be the teacher. There is a lot of discussion built into the guides as well and I do make that discussion a priority. I feel like that helps me to stay connected with my kids. I have only completed CTC so far but I am guessing that each guide has areas for discussion, those areas probably vary in nature but they are probably still there.
Daneale
DD 13 WG
DS 12 R2R
DD 10 R2R
Enjoyed DITHOR, Little Hearts, Beyond, Bigger, Preparing, CTC, R2R, RevtoRev, MtMM