Daily homework
Nov 7, 2017 20:45:28 GMT 9
Post by Patricia on Nov 7, 2017 20:45:28 GMT 9
I am writing this out for some accountability.
I want to teach my 5-year-old to read (in our ml) this year, before she starts ML school next fall. We have started and I think she is doing very well and on target, but I need some accountability. I want to start a daily homework routine and have her reading to me every day, but we have been quite inconsistent! Writing I had planned to work on as well, but I'm less concerned with it as she is always drawing and coloring and does a bit of practice writing her name in ML kindergarten. Eventually I would like do to a page or two of our writing workbooks and read a few books every day, but I'm going to focus more on the reading for now.
Finding the time in our daily schedule is the tricky part, and also getting her to do it without the interference of her little sister (2.5 years). They are very good playmates so either the younger one wants to be doing what her older sister is (while climbing all over us), or else the older one wants to stop reading so she can go play with the younger one. The 5-year-old picks up on books really quickly because she has a great memory...so I struggle with challenging her with new books that she hasn't read (and memorized) before. She enjoys reading the books she already knows (memorizes) to her sister before bed.
I am going to try setting some time aside right after dinner for our homework. In September I told myself that we would do it right before dinner, but that isn't working out...sometimes I'm busy rushing to cook. I will also try to make reading to her little sister a bedtime habit.
The little one (will be 3 in December) is interested in learning her ABCs, but not picking it up as fast as her older sister did. So coming up with some sort of ABC activity she could do at homework time would also be helpful...but it can't be something that seems too interesting to my 5-year-old, or else she'll want to do it instead of her work. I'll have to keep thinking about that one.
I want to teach my 5-year-old to read (in our ml) this year, before she starts ML school next fall. We have started and I think she is doing very well and on target, but I need some accountability. I want to start a daily homework routine and have her reading to me every day, but we have been quite inconsistent! Writing I had planned to work on as well, but I'm less concerned with it as she is always drawing and coloring and does a bit of practice writing her name in ML kindergarten. Eventually I would like do to a page or two of our writing workbooks and read a few books every day, but I'm going to focus more on the reading for now.
Finding the time in our daily schedule is the tricky part, and also getting her to do it without the interference of her little sister (2.5 years). They are very good playmates so either the younger one wants to be doing what her older sister is (while climbing all over us), or else the older one wants to stop reading so she can go play with the younger one. The 5-year-old picks up on books really quickly because she has a great memory...so I struggle with challenging her with new books that she hasn't read (and memorized) before. She enjoys reading the books she already knows (memorizes) to her sister before bed.
I am going to try setting some time aside right after dinner for our homework. In September I told myself that we would do it right before dinner, but that isn't working out...sometimes I'm busy rushing to cook. I will also try to make reading to her little sister a bedtime habit.
The little one (will be 3 in December) is interested in learning her ABCs, but not picking it up as fast as her older sister did. So coming up with some sort of ABC activity she could do at homework time would also be helpful...but it can't be something that seems too interesting to my 5-year-old, or else she'll want to do it instead of her work. I'll have to keep thinking about that one.
