Today I thought about teaching. Specifically teaching Levi, because he is the one closest to me at any one second. I don't know how anyone homeschools because in the time that I have been reading with Levi, I think he has actually gone backwards in his skills, not forwards. There are times that I wonder if he will ever read. I get frustrated and annoyed by the lack of progress and it makes me a poor teacher. Levi doesn't want to learn to read. He doesn't want to bother and that too I find really frustrating.
Now if it is something he wants to learn he can be insatiable. He loves the camera and I love to just let him have it. It hasn't been long since digital cameras came onto the true retail market, but they are a Godsend to those of us with budding photographers. I can just hand him the camera and put the strap around his neck and let him run. He can take hundreds of photos and we can go through afterwards and pick out which are the good photos and which are not as good. He can get a good shot sometimes. He has a great eye!
So we get shots like the ones below and yesterday's sun behind the cloud photo. The one I love the best though is the one above. That gives me an enormous amount of joy, watching Levi get so much joy from something that I can, in fact, teach him!
I understand the feeling of satisfaction at being able to teach your child something. :)
ReplyDeleteAs for the reading, you may disagree with me, but I say, "Don't stress it." The ability to read is a developmental thing & boys often are slower to reach the point where they are able to learn how to read. Levi's 6... it's not like he's a 10 year old who can't read. So relax & know that when his brain is ready to learn to read, he will. I say this as a homeschooling mom who has taught 6 of her 9 kids how to read. Earliest reader was 4. Latest was 7. It made no difference in their ability to learn, nor was it a predictor for their academic success or love of reading.
JMO!
The pictures are great, too! :)