Ginger
03-12-2008, 07:04 PM
I thinking of using this next year with my (will be) 8yo ds. I am thinking it might provide him with more structure...that he desperately needs.(He's ADD, has dyslexia, probably a math LD, too). However, he surprisingly does better with workbooks, and he does not like me 'teaching' him. So I am thinking this might provide some structure and someone else teaching him.
I try to be structured with him, but it seems his little sister is always distracting him--or he starts playing with her on a break, then I have a hard time getting him back to work. So maybe the homesat will make him feel more accountable?
My biggest holdbacks are the fact that I like what we are using now, curriculum wise(R&S math, Wilson Reading and I See Sam Readers--these seem to be meeting his needs). I am seeing him catch up in reading, so I am not as concerned about that as math. We are using R&S2 this year, and I'm concerned about the transistion into BJU3.
I am also concerned about the amount of time he'd spend in front of the TV. Can someone who has used this tell me how long the classes are in 3rd grade. I guess, though, that it isn't something we'd have to use every lesson, and if we are in a hurry one day, we could just skip the homesat and do the workbooks.
I'll also have a 5th grader and a 4 year old. I heard the K4 Foundations on homesat is good--but again, how much tv time? And I thought about throwing in some courses for my 5th grader, along with possibly combining science. But then I feel like I am giving total control to Homesat. I also wanted to use IEW student writing DVD's next year...more tv.
And only one child can watch something at a time...is there a way to feed the satellite to more than one tv.
Does the answer lie in not letting the homesat run your life? But more in using it as an available tool. If we want to watch a lesson, watch a lesson, if not just do the text. Then I feel like I'm back to less structure with my son....
I guess I just want to hear from others who have used it, and what a day(or week) is like with it. Thanks in advance!
I try to be structured with him, but it seems his little sister is always distracting him--or he starts playing with her on a break, then I have a hard time getting him back to work. So maybe the homesat will make him feel more accountable?
My biggest holdbacks are the fact that I like what we are using now, curriculum wise(R&S math, Wilson Reading and I See Sam Readers--these seem to be meeting his needs). I am seeing him catch up in reading, so I am not as concerned about that as math. We are using R&S2 this year, and I'm concerned about the transistion into BJU3.
I am also concerned about the amount of time he'd spend in front of the TV. Can someone who has used this tell me how long the classes are in 3rd grade. I guess, though, that it isn't something we'd have to use every lesson, and if we are in a hurry one day, we could just skip the homesat and do the workbooks.
I'll also have a 5th grader and a 4 year old. I heard the K4 Foundations on homesat is good--but again, how much tv time? And I thought about throwing in some courses for my 5th grader, along with possibly combining science. But then I feel like I am giving total control to Homesat. I also wanted to use IEW student writing DVD's next year...more tv.
And only one child can watch something at a time...is there a way to feed the satellite to more than one tv.
Does the answer lie in not letting the homesat run your life? But more in using it as an available tool. If we want to watch a lesson, watch a lesson, if not just do the text. Then I feel like I'm back to less structure with my son....
I guess I just want to hear from others who have used it, and what a day(or week) is like with it. Thanks in advance!