Just another chiming in with the advice to wait. Seriously, you will do him no harm by backing off for a while! My oldest was pressured so hard...
Isn't it wonderful? I had the same experience when I pulled my oldest from third grade several years ago. He was like a different child in no...
That's the hard part: knowing whether he really can't do it, or if he's just being lazy. He acts like making him write is the most overwhelming...
I wasn't quite sure how to title this, but basically what's going on is that my 12 y.o. son aces his spelling tests, does well with his grammar...
This is our first year using it, and I like it quite a lot. The kids seem to like it too, which is what matters to me. My 2nd grader especially...
Aside from a weekly spelling test (and the quizzes built into DS1's Teaching Textbooks Math) I rarely give tests. When people ask about their...
My 2nd grader started using this last year, and likes it OK. It's good basic lessons in phonics. My son isn't thrilled about doing it, but he...
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/more-school-obama-would-148087.html I thought this was particularly interesting: Obama and Duncan say...
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