(a reading intensive, structured curriculum)之后，他们遇到了麻烦：他每天花很长的时间却只能完成小部分课程要求，母子关系也因为互相不理解而变得紧张。她的YouTube video
Executive Function and Homeschool Teens
详细地记录和讨论了他们的这段经历，分享了他们是如何成功解决这个问题的心得体会(“Details about how my teen and I addressed the achievement gap between what he wanted to accomplish vs. what he was actually doing. How we talked about it, steps we took to help connect and problem solve, and what wound up working for us.” --- quoted from her YouTube video description box)，希望对面临类似问题的家长们有一定的启发和帮助。 她的视频长达40多分钟，信息量比较大。 If you really want to get the most out of it, please view it in its entirety, maybe even for several times。下面是根据她的视频做的小结，错漏之处难免，仅供参考： Resources (0:00 - 1:55): She talks about books and other resources that helped them in solving their problem. Below is the list of resources which you can also find in the description box under her YouTube video: A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) by Barbara Oakley The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller Connected Parenting by Jennifer Kolari The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck Home Education (Original Homeschooling #1) by Charlotte M. Mason Lives in Balance6 Powerful Learning Strategies You Must Share with Students The problem (1:56 - 3:55): She details the problem --- her son spent too much time getting too few things done, and both of them were frustrated; Build connection and trust (3:56- 10:00): Mother and son had conversations to understand and connect with each other before tackling the underline problem(s) for his "failure". Strategize: use different skills/methods to solve the underlining problem(s) 1. Improve Reading Skills (10:01-18:09) --- Understand that different kinds of reading materials need different reading skills (nonfiction vs fiction, for example); --- How to read faster; ---Switch between light reading and heavy reading; --- Parsing the reading to achieve deeper comprehension: practice retrieving information after finishing a paragraph/a few pages until it becomes a natural part of the reading experience. 2. Time Management (18:10—22:07) --- Pamadoro method: divide a big chunk of time (e.g. 45 min) needed for a task into smaller chunks (15 min), during which one is fully concentrated, and take breaks (5 min) in between. 3. A Big-Picture View (22:08— 25:24) ---Estimate the time needed to get a task done before starting a day’s work ---Parse the long to-do list to make each task manageable ---Having a big-picture view takes away the anxiety 4.Mindset Shift (25:23-30:58): ---It is normal not knowing how to do something at first; ---Believe that “I am not able to do this yet, but this is a skill I can learn”; ---Should focus more on HOW to learn the curriculum: learn the skills to address the underlining problems, not just learn the material. 5. Honor and grow your individual attention span to improve your efficiency (30:59- 33:44) Summarize their experience (33:45---the end) Stage 1: Empathize Stage 2: Outline the problem Stage 3: Strategize to improve executive function. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************Not being able to accomplish something doesn’t mean that you are stupid, it just means that you have not learnt the skill to do it yet. This applies to both of you --- child and parent. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 相关帖子： 给临时homeschool家长的几点建议和书单--- Emily Cook给临时homeschool家长的推荐2: 书单和 hands-on activities --- Hana给临时homeschool家长的推荐3: School at Home--- Erica Arndt给临时homeschool家长的推荐4: The Reluctant Readers --- John Holt
Samantha (Creatively Misaligned Homeschool) 是一个居住在加拿大的有着多年homeschool经验的五个孩子的母亲。也许是因为之前他们的homeschool 使用的是unshooling approach (very flexible schedule, child-led, interest-based learning)，当她九年级的大儿子决定
她的视频长达40多分钟，信息量比较大。 If you really want to get the most out of it, please view it in its entirety, maybe even for several times。下面是根据她的视频做的小结，错漏之处难免，仅供参考：
Resources (0:00 - 1:55): She talks about books and other resources that helped them in solving their problem. Below is the list of resources which you can also find in the description box under her YouTube video:
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) by Barbara Oakley The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller Connected Parenting by Jennifer Kolari The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck Home Education (Original Homeschooling #1) by Charlotte M. Mason Lives in Balance 6 Powerful Learning Strategies You Must Share with Students
The problem (1:56 - 3:55): She details the problem --- her son spent too much time getting too few things done, and both of them were frustrated;
Build connection and trust (3:56- 10:00): Mother and son had conversations to understand and connect with each other before tackling the underline problem(s) for his "failure".
Strategize: use different skills/methods to solve the underlining problem(s)
1. Improve Reading Skills (10:01-18:09) --- Understand that different kinds of reading materials need different reading skills (nonfiction vs fiction, for example); --- How to read faster; ---Switch between light reading and heavy reading; --- Parsing the reading to achieve deeper comprehension: practice retrieving information after finishing a paragraph/a few pages until it becomes a natural part of the reading experience.
2. Time Management (18:10—22:07) --- Pamadoro method: divide a big chunk of time (e.g. 45 min) needed for a task into smaller chunks (15 min), during which one is fully concentrated, and take breaks (5 min) in between.
3. A Big-Picture View (22:08— 25:24) ---Estimate the time needed to get a task done before starting a day’s work ---Parse the long to-do list to make each task manageable ---Having a big-picture view takes away the anxiety
4.Mindset Shift (25:23-30:58): ---It is normal not knowing how to do something at first; ---Believe that “I am not able to do this yet, but this is a skill I can learn”; ---Should focus more on HOW to learn the curriculum: learn the skills to address the underlining problems, not just learn the material.
5. Honor and grow your individual attention span to improve your efficiency (30:59- 33:44)
Summarize their experience (33:45---the end) Stage 1: Empathize Stage 2: Outline the problem Stage 3: Strategize to improve executive function.
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Not being able to accomplish something doesn’t mean that you are stupid, it just means that you have not learnt the skill to do it yet. This applies to both of you --- child and parent. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 相关帖子： 给临时homeschool家长的几点建议和书单--- Emily Cook 给临时homeschool家长的推荐2: 书单和 hands-on activities --- Hana 给临时homeschool家长的推荐3: School at Home--- Erica Arndt 给临时homeschool家长的推荐4: The Reluctant Readers --- John Holt
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