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So I am looking for some thoughts, suggestions or insights about the “Personal Development” part of CM. We started in September and our first and only one we have gotten to is/was Obedience. I don’t know if I am getting the idea of this part of CM. My kiddo is ADD, non diagnosed but has the indicators, and so do I. It is hard to remember to do the lessons on the personal development because I am dealing with disobedience, sibling fighting and bickering and me just flat forgetting to do the specific lesson over the week.
Any suggestions or thoughts on how to do this part of CM would be great so we can get to other parts of Personal Development, but I know the others fall in line after Obedience is in place.
What ages are your kids? What resources are you using? Have you seen Laying Down the Rails? Priority is given to Attention, then Obedience, then Honesty. We have been working on these top three for years.
It sounds like a chart or alarm on your phone might help. Do you have your lessons written (scheduled)on a lesson plan or chart that you refer to throughout the day?
It isn’t foolproof, but it helps.
My girls are 6 and 3. I was going off of what was in the laying down the rails and laying down the rails for children. Attention is another of our issues for sure. Like I said we are a bit ADD here so anything that flitters by we (the 6 yr old and I) get distracted and go off doing something else easily.
I think the implementing of the lessons and remembering to continually do them is my problem and I need some type of system/reminder.
I write down the lessons I want to accomplish on one side of my planner then on the other side write down what we actually accomplished. I also have a weekly schedule of the subjects, but not specific lessons, we will be doing and in what order.
Even if you are working on Attention and Obedience do you ever move on to another to help build up personal development? (and still work on attention and obedience)
We as a family have really enjoyed the CM approach to learning this year. The little one feels more involved and really right now the only subject they don’t do together is reading. Personal Development has really been one area that I haven’t grasped and implemented as much as the rest.
What types of things have helped with your teachings in this area to stay on track??
One thing that might help is to break it down into smaller, manageable steps. For example, you might select one or two specific areas in which to practice obedience for starters. That way you will be able to see progress more quickly; then you might switch over to attention and tackle a couple of specific areas with that habit, and so on.
As far as reading the lesson in Laying Down the Rails for Children goes, some kind of obvious reminder will be helpful for you. The phone alarm mentioned above is one possibility. You might also grab the book, when you are gathering what you need for school for the day, and lay it at your place at the table. That way when you sit down to breakfast or lunch, it will be staring you in the face. 🙂
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