Mine talk too much while I’m trying to read! I don’t want to discourage their comments and questions, but if I don’t we would never make it through the reading! I try to have them wait until either the end of the reading or a stopping point, but it’s been difficult! I’m convinced we could get school finished twice as fast without the constant commenting.
Attentiveness is the first habit I had picked out for next year…glad to hear we’re on the right track with that!
I actually don’t mind talking between subjects…in public school, they’d have a few minutes between each class. I think it gives their minds a change to refocus. Unless they are getting too wound up from it, because that happens sometimes here! I’ve been having them do a few exercises when that happens like jumping jacks, running in place, push-ups, etc. It’s been pretty successful at getting them ready to work again.