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homeschooling in the waiting room
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My pediatrician has finally said that dd2 needs to be evaluated for speech/developmental delays. We have the first appointment (with an ENT) next week. I suppose I’m asking for prayers, that she will cooperate and we will have a quick diagnosis or whatever. I also need to know what the rest of you do about scheduling when you have a child with a lot of appointments. (We are completing our fifth week of school, so we won’t get behind when ds has to go to the babysitter.) I don’t intend to take him to the sitter every time, just during the initial consult phase when I’ll have to fill out paperwork and answer questions, etc. I want to take ds with me if I’m not needed in the room with dd (such as if she is in a language play group or something) and “homeschool” in the waiting area. At the moment I could get everything we would need in his backpack.
Thanks,
Karen
We have done a lot of school in waiting rooms, rest areas, motels, etc. I save read alouds for that time and I also bring a small DVD player for things like my Cozy Grammar, history cartoons, or educational TV on DVD. I put aside any writing until we are home, or at least at a table. With narration being such a big part of CM it is relatively easy to do a great deal in a very small space. I once did school out of a tiny motel room for two weeks (one bed, 6 people, looong story). 🙂
It helps to keep a packed bag with any parts of your curriculum that travel well. Also gel boards or marker boards are nice for little ones to doodle and practice letters. My older children have been known to type narrations on my laptop while on the road or in a waiting room.
On a related note, before all this started, I decided it was time to potty train dd. (She’s outgrown Size 5 diapers). I’m determined to use Pull ups as little as possible, if at all. (Ds came to rely on them too much, as did I). How well do cloth products (or the transitional product that looks like a panty with a cover) do when on the road?
Karen
Waterproof (WASHABLE) bag–usually vinyl or waterproofed nylon, works really well for those things. If you have a wet one you can clean up with a wash rag and toss the whole works in the bag to be laundered at home. I put cheap, kitchen cloths in an old wet wipe container along with a strongly diluted baby soap (I used orgainic ones since some of the soap is left on the skin). That’s what I did with cloth diapers too and we traveled a lot with them.
Feeling the wetness really does help.
We’ve had to do the same thing with my husband’s numerous appts and my dd’s therapy appts. Both also require long car rides.
I found stories/books on CD that are educational (Jonathan Park, great Literature, Little House, all sorts of books) have been most convenient, enriching, and helpful. Just remember the extra batteries.
I do have some ‘to go’ workbooks, like those from Critical Thinking Skills Co. that I use at times like these. Doing MAth is also a good subject int he waiting area. Also, bringing private reads with the child waiting, both ‘school’ related (the free reads that don’t require narration)and personal interest.
A doodle pad and/or Creation notebook for drawing in.
Rachel
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