I'm quite new to home ed as my daughter only came out of school at Christmas. She's nearly 6. We started by doing some maths sheets in the mornings and some phonics in the afternoons. About 1 hour in total. For the last 3 day though, we've done bugger all.
She just hasn't felt like it and I couldn't be bothered to force her too. I also want her to enjoy her learning. She has learned some phonic sounds at school, so I don't want her to loose that ability. She has some learning difficulties and we've found that if things arn't re-enforced every day, she forgets.
I'm enjoying HE so much. I feel that my daughter is actually mine again IYKWIM. I really enjoy our time together and for the last 3 days we've been playing games, putting on puppet shows, going for walks, watching DVD's cooking, dancing and lots of other things. I know these things should be educational but I'm not sure how much she takes in as she's constantly talking to herself. She dosn't ask questions unless they are rediculus like "Is this all a dream or are we real?"
and pointing to a toy and saying "is this real or not real?" Generally questions that are so abstract I can't answer then as they don't make sence.
I suppose what I'm asking is, is it o.k to just go with the flow like this or because of her SEN's should I be more structured. I do worry that she actually lost a lot of her skills when she entered year 1. In reception she could write about 10 words by herself. Now she struggles to wright her own name.
This is the only reason I feel we should be more structured.