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Husband made me feel incapable today
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Sounds like you know exactly where they’re at and why. Please impress this on your husband and remind him of the trust he has placed in you, how much you value it, and that he can be reassured that both of you want the same thing. With that, to let you walk in that reassurance in order to stay clear-minded in your decisions (as feeling like you did can severely undermine good decision making yo otherwise would do).
Since you mentioned math facts, I totally agree. Daily drills will do it.
You can use something like:
Xtramath: https://xtramath.org/#/home/index
Also, at MUS they have a drills application of some type: http://www.mathusee.com/e-learning/drills/
Free math worksheets at Homeschool Math: http://www.homeschoolmath.net/
Also, don’t forget flashcards.
I think a combination of oral with and without flashcards (really makes that brain work hard, when they can’t see the problem visually), computer, and timed written drills are very effective. all work the brain differently. They My dd’s facts have improved immensely with speed drills of 36 problems in 1-2 minutes.
To move my son through Epsilon quicker, I’ve had him watch the DVD, do A and D one day and if he’s obviously got it, he takes the Test the next day. If he messes up on the test, he goes back to the worksheets of the chapter, otherwise, he moves forward.
Sounds like you have a plan. 😉
HTH
Personally I don’t wait for them to be able to memorize and answer quickly. I know I am suposed to, but they would get board doing every single page.
We do xtramath drills online for practice and with time, the more they do the work, they are naturally memorizing. As long as they are getting it, I proceed.
Oh and as mentioned before if they don’t need the extra steps, skip them. Breaking out multiplication by place value confuses my kids, so we skip it. If it worked I would have them do it, but since it confused them they just do the regular problem, not the extra steps.
I don’t know if this is relevant to the conversation but if you’d like to see what Charlotte planned for her students in relation to time spent, here’s a link that explains it. Praying for you.
http://afterthoughtsblog.net/2015/01/charlotte-mason-mean-short-lessons.html
I am new to this forum but I just had to reply when I read this! I have similar age kids and similar situation (depression, kids behind, doubting husband, messy house, etc, etc, etc.)
I just wanted you to know you aren’t alone. So often in the homeschooling world (IRL and online) it seems like everyone has it together. I don’t. I keep going, keep praying, keep digging, but I most certainly don’t have it together.
Hugs to you!
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