Monday, November 16

Samuel's No Organization Man

Everything gets scheduled on Mondays and Wednesdays! We will start occupational therapy today (Monday) which is also one of Samuel's speech therapy days. Yesterday, the fella who has offered to teach Samuel piano offered to do so, you guessed it, on Mondays.

Meanwhile, I'm finding it hard to get any regular school work done. In the past, our family has successfully used a four -day week schedule from time to tine in the younger grades. But I'd still have to deal with Wednesdays when Samuel has speech, and in the afternoons, both boys have an excellent opportunity to get together with other kids.

I guess the most telling question will be whether or not Samuel progresses in his academic skills this school year. In my viewpoint, reading is the most critical skill to develop now, and he's making great progress there. Same with the broad "language arts" of spelling and developing ideas. Secondarily, a good foundation in numeracy needs to be developed, and that's coming along too.

Usually we've developed more of a routine by this point in the school year. Sometimes we just have to keep on keeping on. I crave more organization!

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