Timeline of Child's Life
Today I presented a lesson I was to have done with Ihsan four years ago- a timeline of his life. Well, at least he had the most pictures and got to do it with all his siblings. It's amazing how one can not notice how much one's children have grown, having spent each day with them. At least that was the case for me when I was rummaging through albums to find a picture for each year of their life.
To introduce, I arranged their pictures in order and then we talked about how they looked in each picture, what has changed and what they remember about that period of their life. I messed up the pictures after that and asked each child to choose their own and arrange them in order.
Talking about not noticing how time has passed; I realised I have missed a lot of lessons with Umayr. One day of him not wanting to do a lesson has turned to many lessons undone over weeks and months and now a year has almost passed us. This is the danger of not assessing one's teaching over the school year. I almost wish there is someone bugging me to finish the syllabus. I've got to buckle up as he enters the primary years.
I have to be like Miss Malarkey in 'Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind' by Judy Finchler & Kevin o'Malley who continues encouraging her reluctant students to read and tries to find out the interests of every child to hook them to reading. I borrowed the book to show Umayr that there are others like him and that even they are able to find that special book and that he'll find his too; but of course he didn't want to read today...
I bought a homeschool planner- yes 2010 here I come!
To introduce, I arranged their pictures in order and then we talked about how they looked in each picture, what has changed and what they remember about that period of their life. I messed up the pictures after that and asked each child to choose their own and arrange them in order.
Talking about not noticing how time has passed; I realised I have missed a lot of lessons with Umayr. One day of him not wanting to do a lesson has turned to many lessons undone over weeks and months and now a year has almost passed us. This is the danger of not assessing one's teaching over the school year. I almost wish there is someone bugging me to finish the syllabus. I've got to buckle up as he enters the primary years.
I have to be like Miss Malarkey in 'Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind' by Judy Finchler & Kevin o'Malley who continues encouraging her reluctant students to read and tries to find out the interests of every child to hook them to reading. I borrowed the book to show Umayr that there are others like him and that even they are able to find that special book and that he'll find his too; but of course he didn't want to read today...
I bought a homeschool planner- yes 2010 here I come!
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