tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post1324494714799506629..comments2023-08-29T09:03:19.065-05:00Comments on Just Another Jenny: The First Few DaysJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-42373259212414100902015-08-06T16:36:56.128-05:002015-08-06T16:36:56.128-05:00Try the method of reading her a short story or fab...Try the method of reading her a short story or fable -- very short, to start, just a few sentences -- and then having her retell the story more or less from memory. This is a good means of practicing all aspects of writing without having to introduce any pressure to think of ideas. There's still room for creative embellishment if she wants to make it more her own, and slavish adherence to the original is totally okay too, because that's like taking dictation and doing memory work at the same time.bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-5666980097532030462015-08-06T15:58:35.166-05:002015-08-06T15:58:35.166-05:00It will probably take longer than you imagine or f...It will probably take longer than you imagine or feel it should for Grace, well either of them really but you know what I mean, to get in the habit of allowing herself her own ideas and then allowing herself to act on those ideas. So maybe some starter prompts in the beginning would not be bad. Like maybe she can write a poem with the same meter as a poem she is memorizing. So it's kind of open ended but still gives her that push she's accustomed to. Or ask her to write something that seems simple but really turns out to be tricky, like directions for how to do something. She can pick the thing, write the directions herself, choose the format, etc, but the main idea comes from you, at least in the beginning. Eventually you can wean to maybe a list of types of things to write and she chooses one and then after that maybe she will be over that hump and will be ready to allow herself to write what's in her head.<br /><br />Good luck and do not push yourself! You have SO much time. The first entire year is going to feel....weird. How can it not with so much change?Dwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-32191915033990149352015-08-06T15:21:51.480-05:002015-08-06T15:21:51.480-05:00I do tend to sit with the kids while they're d...I do tend to sit with the kids while they're doing Khan. I don't know if it's the most efficient use of my time, but it does help me to see real-time what the problems are and to help correct them before bad habits get set in stone. The older ones I have been leaving alone more. We have the Khan time problem too, so sometimes I get around that by requiring a certain number of subject modules, say, three topics and a mastery challenge. Then they can watch the fun Vi Hart videos together. Make sure you catch the hexaflexamexagon one.<br /><br />I would, as Rebecca mentioned on Facebook, require Olivia to write at least one short thing that you can read, so that you can be checking her grammar and spelling. Give her your reasons, and tell her the point isn't to critique her ideas (yet) but to make sure that she can express them well. A set topic should help with that, or you could simply go with some good copywork and point out the grammar and spelling. I think the practice of writing will be more valuable now than fighting over original content. Maybe she could write you a letter, or write it to someone else so it will be public anyway.<br />MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com