Actually the narration/dictation/copywork outline above has practically no paper time. �It's just another way of saying talk to your. �Listen to your kids. �Read to your kids. � And teach your kids.
I've read the WTM book and boards for years... and no it isn't really just a message you should talk and listen to your kids. It is a very specific approach based on a particular view of the way children learn. For our family it was not at all a good fit for a gifted. learner. You mentioned trying to avoid the babying the child - to me the WTM for early elementary was the worst interpretation of asychronous development. It takes creativity and fast learning and tries to force it into a box of slow repetition. In my experience bright kids don't need to recite, regurgitate, review - they've already learned it, intuited two steps down the road and are eager for you to keep up. Also, we found making learning dependent on motor skills was a bad move for an asynchronous kid.
Educated = SELF disciplined IMO. Plugging the kid into an existing framework that someone else decided is the definition of giftedness isn't helping the kid develop internal skills or motivation and at the end of the day these are the ONLY thing that matter.
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