My 8-year-old daughter flat out refuses to do any school work
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 My 8-year-old daughter flat out refuses to do any school work Question I have been homeschooling for three years now and my oldest of 8 years flat out refuses to do any school work, she takes all day to do her work. We are currently using [...]
My 7-year-old refuses to do any work except reading
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 My 7-year-old refuses to do any work except reading Question This is my first year homeschooling. Actually, my first month and I feel like a failure at it. My seven-year-old refuses to do any work except reading. When math time comes or he has to write [...]
It’s like pulling teeth some days to get work out of my daughter
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 It’s like pulling teeth some days to get work out of my daughter Question I’m having a really hard time with my 9yo/4th grader in this our second year home. Last year she came home in October and to ease the transition I allowed her to [...]
Discipline issues and choice of curriculum
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 Discipline issues and choice of curriculum Question I have been homeschooling for a few years. I have many discipline issues with my sons, but my biggest stress is that my 10-year-old son is woefully behind in academics. This year I plan to use [a secular pre-packaged] [...]
Am I really helping my children when I feel as though I am constantly pushing?
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 Am I really helping my children when I feel as though I am constantly pushing? Question Am I really helping my children when I feel as though I am constantly repeating myself (nagging, yelling, sighing, threatening them) to get focused, do your work, settle down, get [...]
Will CHC give my children a renewed interest in learning?
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 Will CHC give my children a renewed interest in learning? Question I’ve noticed recently that my children seem to learn more from watching a program from the TV than retaining what they’ve done for homework. Is it because they enjoy the educational animal program or is [...]
Most of my friends are planning to go with a classical curriculum and/or design their own
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 Most of my friends are planning to go with a classical curriculum and/or design their own Question I plan to homeschool my 4 1/2-year-old starting in the fall and am very attracted to the CHC lesson plans and materials. However, most of my friends are planning [...]
How do you find peace with your homeschooling choices?
Mom-to-Mom Support/Archives for Rita Munn / Mom-to-Mom Support/Page 4 How do you find peace with your homeschooling choices? Question How do you find peace with your homeschooling choices? There are so many wonderful Catholic choices out there (how wonderful). But I seem to have a difficult time narrowing down my choices and as a result, [...]
