What are some ways you have brought out your child’s strengths and focused on those same strengths your child has during the teaching part of your day as homeschoolers? I am beginning to plan for homeschooling next year for one of my children and while I have some ideas and I am preparing for some of the outside help for remediations, such as LMB for reading, I would really like for his strengths to come out so that we can turn learning and “schooling” in to successful accomplishments. Rather than “here we go again - when do the disappointments begin?” which has been his experience, I want him to be proud and say “man - that was fun, and that was Great - now I understand.”
Re: What age & interests?
Thank you for your post and sorry for not getting back with you sooner. He is 11 years old and his main interests are in anything outside. He is a fantastic fisherman; has won some fishing tournaments. He is very good driving various moving transportation, such as golf cart, motorized scooter, small boats. (such as you would find on a small pond - two seater with small engine) He is a very good bicyclist. He is not very good in team sports. I think it has to do with his co-ordination or visual processing. (He has completed vision therapy.) He is a good swimmer but not on a swim team.
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