Last Thursday morning, we were working on a Spanish lesson and I began to feel sick in my stomach. I spent two hours in agony but then felt better. This has happened several times over the past few months and I was sure it wasn't food related so I decided to go to the doctor. I spent half of Friday at the doctors office and was exhausted that afternoon so still no school. Appointments for various scans filled the next week and I was feeling poorly so we didn't try to do any school work. A week and a half has passed with no school and now two more appointments will kick off our new week.
My kids have got to do some school so I am trying out some modifications to teach them with less stress. Here are some of my ideas and I would love some suggestions from you.
1) Workbooks: we occasionally use Explode the Code for reading and Kumon workbooks for math, so the kids are at least familiar with the format.
2) DVDs: Our Spanish lessons are on DVD. We are finishing up one and starting a new level which is hard but if the kids at least watch, they are getting good exposure if not really learning.
3) Experiments: We have several of the little Usbourne science books. I can mark a place in one and someone can read it to the kids and have them do the simple experiment.
4) Audio books: Our history program book is also available as an MP3. I'll burn that to a disc along with the activity page from the Story of the World book.
5) Classes: we attend a homeschool co-op one morning per week and the science museum homeschool science class one afternoon per week. We also have music class for an hour every Friday and visits to the YMCA for PE.
Now I just need to write down the assignments and have them ready to go in a box to take to the house of the kind person who is going to watch my kids on certain days.
Any other ideas to help keep up school work during this time?
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