My twins have some special learning needs.
What does this mean for how I teach?
It means I have not found one language arts program that works for them yet.
They need A LOT of repetition and learn at a different pace than most curriculums.
We have been working slowly through First Language Lessons Level 1(grammar).
This plus All About Spelling(it teaches phonics rules) with easy readers was all the language arts my boys needed but I am finding that it is leaving gaps with my girls.
I tried out Brave Writer with them but quickly realized they were not ready for the 1st/2nd grade program yet.
The copywork and dictation was lost on them.
I was a little disappointed because I have loved this program for the boys but I will try again next year.
As of right now I have settled on buying several different readers in the same level. Plus doing All About Spelling, First Language Lessons, and The Good and the Beautiful.
The Good and the Beautiful Level One Reader, plus Abeka 1st grade readers.
This might be a bit redundant but they are getting a lot more repetition.
I have them on a Mon-Wed-Fri for language arts with reading on the off days.
What I have come to realize this year is that we can do what we can on those Mon-Wed-Fri days but if we don’t get something done I can just pick it up on Tue-Thur.
This might seem simple to you but I kept thinking of Tue-Thurs as our History/Science days and would not do the extra Language Arts on those days.
But we kept getting behind because my girls have good days and bad days so it can throw the whole week off.
Now we pick up where we left off.
Usually I do The Good and the Beautiful and First Language Lessons then leave spelling for the next day if needed. But The Good and the Beautiful’s lesson was long yesterday so I pushed First Language Lessons back also.
This is helping us keep moving forward and the pressure is off a bit on those harder days.
Do you have a child that needs more repetition than most curriculum’s give?
We practically had the place to ourselves!
It was so much easier to keep track of my kids with no crowd.
I like this pumpkin patch because it has a bunch of animals the kids can feed for a very reasonable price.
I love that they have made it so easy for families to come and enjoy some fall fun.
Some of the goats were super aggressive on this trip which caused some problems with some of my kids.
They don’t all handle aggressive behavior well.
But look at this cuteness!
My twins will spend half their time picking up the feed that others have spilled.
Llamas always crack me up.
They got to help move and feed the tortoises!
Thanks Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch for a fun morning!
Cutest knight ever.