I am new to home ed. I know about unschooling and autonomous but dh really wants to get results from the start so we are doing a seminstructured approach.
I have a geography lesson plan (computer based with games and audio books) , a maths curriculum (mep maths), a history curriculum (arts and crafts based), and the cpg English books. Dc also attends science club for two hours a week.
The problem is, dc is high functioning autistic plus has adhd and does not want to engage in the lessons. If it was up to him he would spend all day every day on mine craft. He also learns an mfl via duo lingo.
I try to make things as hand on as possible but still need to cover the national curriculum.
We do quite a few trips as well.
Due to his SEN is it best I just set a routine (which is what we have been doing) and religiously stick to it? He tends to be better when timid that way but will try and negotiate his way outbid as much as possible and can become defiant when forced. Obviously I don't want to force the work as it becomes counter productive! But he is nownusingbthatbas a technique to get out of sound any work at all.
If I ask him what he wants to learn we can go along with that but leads to gaps all over he place and him not engaging in essentials. Plus he thinks he is at a higher level than he is and will refuse to do things. Plus even if it less to harder stuff if it mentions the easier stuff in the intro he switches off. So we try the harder stuff for him to realise he can't do it immediately so he refuses ( he is a bit of a perfectionist too and doesnt want to work towards it, wants to know it straight away, which is why he was falling behind despite being incredibly bright!)
Sorry for the long ramble but eant ti get it right when we start up again in September! (And need time to plan!)
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GarlicDoughballsInGlitter · 24/07/2015 15:17
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