| My 12 year old son is creative and
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| | have a major in history). My
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| intelligent. He can compose artistic and
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| | father-in-law makes use of his library of
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| written works at a level beyond that of
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| | books and tapes and records
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| many his age. So why can he be so
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| | history specials for the boys to watch.
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| difficult to teach? When using standard
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| | Now, my boys and I sit down together at
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| curriculum, it can be like pulling teeth
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| | night to watch the evening news - this I
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| to get him to do anything more than the
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| | believe, is a result of their grandfather
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| absolute minimum. He races through the
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| | discussing current events with them.
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| lessons, obtaining grades far lower than
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| | There is no comparing either of my sons'
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| he is capable of getting, or he easily
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| | current enthusiasm for history with the
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| gets distracted and drags his feet,
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| | drudgery of plowing through a traditional
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| taking hours to complete what should take
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| | school history text the way we used to
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| minutes. Read on to see how I confronted
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| | do.In addition to completing lessons in
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| these problems.When I took over home
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| | english and grammar from a traditional
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| schooling my then 10 year old son, I used
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| | school text, I encourage my son to do
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| the traditional curriculum that he had
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| | some creative writing. He started writing
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| been using previously with his mother.
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| | his own kids novel which he has now
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| Some of the curriculum worked fine (we
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| | nearly finished. He is writing some
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| still use the Saxon math series) but
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| | pretty silly stuff which would not be
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| other traditional home school curriculum
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| | standard fare for any of the english
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| just seemed to bring out the worst in my
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| | curricula I have seen. But he is writing.
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| child. He would easily get bored. He
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| | In fact he is writing a lot! In 3
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| would lose focus and often get
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| | months from the time he started writing
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| distracted. After half a year, I started
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| | this novel I have noticed a marked
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| searching for alternatives. When I found
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| | improvement in his writing. When my
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| new materials, I included my son on the
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| | son's book is completed, I will publish
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| decision making process. He seemed to
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| | it online and also have a friend that
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| take a lot more ownership as a result,
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| | owns book binding equipment bind up some
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| even though I still had the final say in
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| | copies for our family and friends.In
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| what what curriculum we finally used.
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| | summary, don't let yourself become boxed
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| Some of the things we do are listed
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| | in with traditional home school
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| below.We use a science encyclopedia
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| | curriculum. There are educational
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| purchased at Sam's Club for science. Why?
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| | resources all around us if we look hard
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| Of all the books we looked at it was the
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| | enough. You don't have to use a "school"
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| best text in terms of explaining concepts
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| | text. Look on your book shelves or go to
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| and relating them to real world phenomena
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| | a local second-hand book store to find
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| (even though it wasn't meant to be a
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| | books that might serve as good texts.
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| school text). We sit down together and
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| | Involve your child in the decision making
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| read several pages of this science
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| | process. Borrow some materials from your
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| encyclopedia on a concept. Then, I have
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| | home schooling friends and review the
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| my son write a 100 word report. He then
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| | books with your child. Use what will work
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| edits the report and we work on sentence
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| | for both you and your child. Utilize any
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| composition. At the end of the term, we
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| | and all available resources and above
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| print out all the articles to make a 15
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| | all, have fun as you and your child
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| page report. In addition to the reports,
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| | learn!Michael Sakowski works full time
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| we do related science experiments
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| | and homeschools his son on the days he is
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| together and some of the younger siblings
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| | able to work from home. He also has a
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| join in. My son loves science!My son and
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| | website,
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| his younger brother are taught history by
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| | that showcases some of the resources he
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| my retired father-in-law (who happens to
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| | uses when home schooling.
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