schooling after school for gifted? - 10/11/09 02:23 PM
I would like to hear more about schooling after school for gifted.
When my DS9 comes home after school I wish he had no homework in some ways. I do appreciate the Homework for the way it helps me understand how school is for him. He does 30 mins. of Homework it's not hard for him but checking his work is stressful for him still. I think he just wants to be done.I imagine he uses all his patience during the day stuffing his feelings about the school day. He has said it feels like a lot of work this year and not really challenging. I think he doesn't care for all the worksheets they do and feels bored. He is the first one getting folder work done and has time to read (above level & his choice)or do his mindware math books.
After homework he goes out to play with the neighbors. I feel like he needs this social and exercise time. 3 days a week he goes to sports after dinner. One day a week we go to the library for Homework, computer play and to get books.
My DS goes to bed at 8:30 and usually read til 10:30. I have the Math olympiads book and thought at bed time we could try one question to encourage creative Math thinking he is passionate about. But we have not done this yet.
So how do you people fit in schooling after school? What makes this work?
Do the kids feel like ugh more school work or are they excited about it? Are the kids that do this into sports too? I do watch out he doesn't get over scheduled, so he has time to do some of his projects. (He has been making trading cards, similar to Pokemon.)
I feel like it might be good to do something more because he doesn't feel challenge enough at school. Last year when my DS got an independent study at school he started it at home and was so excited about it. I've been wondering about science fair projects. He loves science. He also did an Northwestern online writing course in the summer but that was a lot of maintenace on my part. He needs more maturity with teacher communication. When he was done writing he didn't want to email the teacher about what he was doing. We also just got a drop in chess club open to him on saturdays when it fits into his sport schedule.
I am usually busy with Homework and Dinner until 6:00. I also spend 1/2 hr with my DD6 before bed. So if we don't have sports there is a max of 2 hrs before his bed time. This space is helping me think this thru. Thanks for anyone having the patience to read all of this. Any suggestions?
When my DS9 comes home after school I wish he had no homework in some ways. I do appreciate the Homework for the way it helps me understand how school is for him. He does 30 mins. of Homework it's not hard for him but checking his work is stressful for him still. I think he just wants to be done.I imagine he uses all his patience during the day stuffing his feelings about the school day. He has said it feels like a lot of work this year and not really challenging. I think he doesn't care for all the worksheets they do and feels bored. He is the first one getting folder work done and has time to read (above level & his choice)or do his mindware math books.
After homework he goes out to play with the neighbors. I feel like he needs this social and exercise time. 3 days a week he goes to sports after dinner. One day a week we go to the library for Homework, computer play and to get books.
My DS goes to bed at 8:30 and usually read til 10:30. I have the Math olympiads book and thought at bed time we could try one question to encourage creative Math thinking he is passionate about. But we have not done this yet.
So how do you people fit in schooling after school? What makes this work?
Do the kids feel like ugh more school work or are they excited about it? Are the kids that do this into sports too? I do watch out he doesn't get over scheduled, so he has time to do some of his projects. (He has been making trading cards, similar to Pokemon.)
I feel like it might be good to do something more because he doesn't feel challenge enough at school. Last year when my DS got an independent study at school he started it at home and was so excited about it. I've been wondering about science fair projects. He loves science. He also did an Northwestern online writing course in the summer but that was a lot of maintenace on my part. He needs more maturity with teacher communication. When he was done writing he didn't want to email the teacher about what he was doing. We also just got a drop in chess club open to him on saturdays when it fits into his sport schedule.
I am usually busy with Homework and Dinner until 6:00. I also spend 1/2 hr with my DD6 before bed. So if we don't have sports there is a max of 2 hrs before his bed time. This space is helping me think this thru. Thanks for anyone having the patience to read all of this. Any suggestions?