I have the majority of our lesson plans ready and outlined for the winter session - PPPHHEEWWWW!!!! As always there is room for change, but I need the guidelines so that I can feel comfortable and ready to go. With DN being here and learning with us now, it really is essential as he wants to know what is going on and when it is going to happen. As I have seen with many deschooling teens, he needs room to find his interests, but if left completely to his own devices I truly believe - and have seen - he would flounder. He has been so set in the path of following orders and completing tasks that are given, that he truly has no idea what to do when he is told he can do whatever he wants. I have heard it said time and time again that they will eventually snap out of it, but I don't always think that is true. I feel it is very dependent on the child and would rather ease him into it, allowing more and more choices as we go rather than to just pitch him into the pool and hope he figures out how to swim.
So anyway....they are covering almost all the same subjects, just at different levels. I have an outline of all our curriculum choices on this page along with our weekly schedule. These are just guidelines and we often swap things around, but again having a plan helps. We will continue to tweak and monitor, especially with DN as he progresses to ensure the proper fit in all areas. In addition to the outlines and basic curriculum choices, I picked up a few extras to make things fun and fresh!
2 comments:
I see that you have the Kahn Academy on the math schedule. Do you just have them watch various videos or is there worksheets that you use along with the videos?
There is far more to the math section of khan than JUST videos. There is a whole matrix of problems to work through, where the student can earn points, badges etc. Get hints when needed on a particular problem and watch videos to understand the concepts! There is an option to see the next 10 problems in a set and then print them out if the child does better with pen to paper work, but we tend to just use a wipe board or the scratchpad on the computer. The best part - IMO - is that you can get hints on how to work through the exact problem rather than dealing with using an abstract problem to compare it to.
Here is a direct link to the exercise dashboard - http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard - you should totally check it out!
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