'ADHD complicates the school experience. Children are expected to sit still for hours and quietly do self-motivated seat work. Recess lasts for only 15 minutes.' Learn the benefits - & real-life how-tos - from this mom who homeschools her child with ADHD.
my sons. There are many reasons why. I don’t agree with the way the public school system emphasizes memorization over critical thought; I’m disturbed by the hard push for standardized testing. I believe students learn best in mixed-age groups, especially when it comes to social skills, and I think each child should have the chance to learn at his own pace, not at the dictates of someone else’s schedule. I also homeschool because six-year-old Blaise has ADHD.
After that, we do science or social studies. These take various forms. Science might be a learning box for, which asks us to build a pinball machine, or catching frogs and determining their gender, or watching dissection videos on YouTube, or listening to a podcast on astronomy or the Permian extinction. Blaise can identify most of the bones in the human body.
We also take breaks between lessons. Sometimes, he asks for them himself; sometimes I dictate them, when I realize he isn’t paying attention. Usually he retires to play LEGO for 15 minutes. Sometimes he asks to play a video game, but I generally discourage it during school hours, because it hypes him up and scatters his attention even further. This can lead to a tantrum.
Social studies is also a struggle. I don’t want it to be memorizing strings of facts, but I want him to know about things like the American Revolution. We spend a lot of time in the state museum, and use books we buy there to teach him. At six years old, however, social studies is mostly memorizing your name, the fact that states exist, and your country. So I have some time yet. Luckily, the state museum involves a lot of walking around, so we can learn on our feet.
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