Loved this video, we are still very early in our journey little man is only 4 in Feb, I was stressing a little how to teach him his letters ect but he's so not ready for it, am so glad I found this video with your advice and waiting until they are older. I guess this is one of the reasons we do decide to home ed as we can go with their flow and what works for them. Thank you,
Also a neurodivergent home-ed Pagan household here. ❤️ Expecting my 4th within literally weeks (Pre-term risk, induction date is 19th of Jan, literally the day after youngest turns 4! Older 2 are 7 and 5). We fortunately knew my kiddos are neurodivergent before we started; oldest was showing very clear signs from 3, some grey area signs from infancy. Younger 2 are being monitored for ADHD, their dad is on the wait list and I'm waiting for an ASD diagnosis. So as soon as we started home-ed I knew we needed a routine to run like clockwork. I have 26 alarms with different sounds to mark the start of something different (Some for transition warnings too). We do a 2-mile walk every morning (When I'm not having heart issues or a baby making me physically unable to move without literally crying from pain. 😅, when we don't do the walk we use the indoor trampoline for about 1hr where they take turns and whoever isn't on bounces around the room. 😂), and most of our learning is child-lead or play-based. Play-dough with fun tasks (One week we had to make one of the obstacles from Bear Hunt each day to practice fine motor skills in a fun-but-structured way). Then drawing/colouring. Then work sheets or flash cards. Then play time. Then they help with lunch. We do board games and stories after that. Then they do some Reading Eggs lessons and get the rest of the day 'off'. Which usually means pretend play, counting, world building, making stories, putting on plays, blocks, design and drill toys, and some of our books from our home-library (I'm raising feirce book-dragons here!). They know via natural curiosity the science of where babies come from and the correct names for things. Ask about history, cultures and religion. Are CONSTANTLY asking questions about things they see when we do our walks. And I always either answer or make a note for us to learn it ASAP when we're finished with what we're doing. Oldest gets DLA which they opt to use on Kiwi Crates for themselves and the siblings to share so we do those on the weekends and everyone gets involved with each others boxes. Middle is considered to be behind by about 1yr (As confirmed by her most recent assessment regarding the neurodivergence), and 3 is in some things but advanced in others. Oldest has always been about 2yrs ahead. They all help each other out with things the other struggles with and encorage each other which is beautiful to see. They feed each others thirst for learning often too. Given everyone is neurodivergent though we often have a lot of fights or melt-downs if someone makes the wrong noises, if the weather is 'wrong' so dressing appropriately causes sensory issues or for other things. It can make it feel like I'm missing things or not doing a decent enough job. Videos like this give me something to look at instead of just wallowing in mum-guilt. Actionable things. "Am I doing these things? Would doing them this way instead improve things?" Vs just "Everything is hard and I feel like we're getting nowhere". I think one of the most important steps I've found with home-ed that needs to be taken is to make a habit of stopping and looking at it all. Then asking "Are they happy, healthy and open to learning? Are they ready to be learning these things or is it perhaps a bit too soon for this child? Are they learning in general (The answer is almost always yes!)" And suddenly, it feels a lot more like it's going right.
I'm thrilled to hear that reading, maths, and nature study were mainly focused on at age 6 with your youngest. I have lately felt like we aren't doing enough for my son's home education even though I do those and also follow his interests daily/weekly, such as how the body works/particularly animals. I deregistered my son from school at the end of Reception due to his severe struggle with self-esteem and meltdowns, persistently losing his break times due to these, or refusing to do his writing. We suspect he has ASD possibly with a PDA profile/ADHD. He has recently been accepted onto the neurodevelopmental pathway and is no longer reluctant to do his work or learn how to read at his pace. Your project-based home-ed curriculum looks fantastic and is something that would keep him entertained once I feel that he can hold his attention a bit longer as he also has a global development delay of 12-18 months. I have been watching your videos here on UA-cam for a few years since he was a baby. Your knowledge and videos definitely helped me to know the laws etc and that deregistering was right for my son. It is not something that is widely publicized for parents and many of my friends have been shocked at how easy it was for me to do this and that it is even an option. Thank you for continuing to share your journey!
Thank you for your lovely message. I'd love to adapt the curriculum for younger ones and aim it at preschool age with projects to be done together. Would that be useful? X
@@AdventureAllTheWay You're welcome, you deserve it. I would love that to be an option to purchase, as he isn't able to hold his attention on large projects or large pieces of writing yet. Although once his DLA comes through, hopefully by January I was considering booking in for a curriculum to suit him as I loved the free one month of project-based learning and how it was broken down into days and subjects 🤩
I don't use tick tock. But I follow you here and on insta. With screens ollie goes on switch when he wakes up usually for just under an hr its like his wake up thing. Then he goes on tablet during lunch while I tidy and before dinner each for about half an hr 45 mins. I find if he goes on it for longer he just turns extra feral hahaha. We have a great routine during the week but I need tovwork on our routine at the weekends
Loved this video, we are still very early in our journey little man is only 4 in Feb, I was stressing a little how to teach him his letters ect but he's so not ready for it, am so glad I found this video with your advice and waiting until they are older. I guess this is one of the reasons we do decide to home ed as we can go with their flow and what works for them.
Thank you,
Also a neurodivergent home-ed Pagan household here. ❤️ Expecting my 4th within literally weeks (Pre-term risk, induction date is 19th of Jan, literally the day after youngest turns 4! Older 2 are 7 and 5). We fortunately knew my kiddos are neurodivergent before we started; oldest was showing very clear signs from 3, some grey area signs from infancy. Younger 2 are being monitored for ADHD, their dad is on the wait list and I'm waiting for an ASD diagnosis. So as soon as we started home-ed I knew we needed a routine to run like clockwork. I have 26 alarms with different sounds to mark the start of something different (Some for transition warnings too). We do a 2-mile walk every morning (When I'm not having heart issues or a baby making me physically unable to move without literally crying from pain. 😅, when we don't do the walk we use the indoor trampoline for about 1hr where they take turns and whoever isn't on bounces around the room. 😂), and most of our learning is child-lead or play-based. Play-dough with fun tasks (One week we had to make one of the obstacles from Bear Hunt each day to practice fine motor skills in a fun-but-structured way). Then drawing/colouring. Then work sheets or flash cards. Then play time. Then they help with lunch. We do board games and stories after that. Then they do some Reading Eggs lessons and get the rest of the day 'off'. Which usually means pretend play, counting, world building, making stories, putting on plays, blocks, design and drill toys, and some of our books from our home-library (I'm raising feirce book-dragons here!). They know via natural curiosity the science of where babies come from and the correct names for things. Ask about history, cultures and religion. Are CONSTANTLY asking questions about things they see when we do our walks. And I always either answer or make a note for us to learn it ASAP when we're finished with what we're doing. Oldest gets DLA which they opt to use on Kiwi Crates for themselves and the siblings to share so we do those on the weekends and everyone gets involved with each others boxes.
Middle is considered to be behind by about 1yr (As confirmed by her most recent assessment regarding the neurodivergence), and 3 is in some things but advanced in others. Oldest has always been about 2yrs ahead. They all help each other out with things the other struggles with and encorage each other which is beautiful to see. They feed each others thirst for learning often too.
Given everyone is neurodivergent though we often have a lot of fights or melt-downs if someone makes the wrong noises, if the weather is 'wrong' so dressing appropriately causes sensory issues or for other things. It can make it feel like I'm missing things or not doing a decent enough job. Videos like this give me something to look at instead of just wallowing in mum-guilt. Actionable things. "Am I doing these things? Would doing them this way instead improve things?" Vs just "Everything is hard and I feel like we're getting nowhere".
I think one of the most important steps I've found with home-ed that needs to be taken is to make a habit of stopping and looking at it all. Then asking "Are they happy, healthy and open to learning? Are they ready to be learning these things or is it perhaps a bit too soon for this child? Are they learning in general (The answer is almost always yes!)" And suddenly, it feels a lot more like it's going right.
I hear you! You are doing amazingly! Thank you so much for sharing x
I'm thrilled to hear that reading, maths, and nature study were mainly focused on at age 6 with your youngest. I have lately felt like we aren't doing enough for my son's home education even though I do those and also follow his interests daily/weekly, such as how the body works/particularly animals. I deregistered my son from school at the end of Reception due to his severe struggle with self-esteem and meltdowns, persistently losing his break times due to these, or refusing to do his writing. We suspect he has ASD possibly with a PDA profile/ADHD. He has recently been accepted onto the neurodevelopmental pathway and is no longer reluctant to do his work or learn how to read at his pace. Your project-based home-ed curriculum looks fantastic and is something that would keep him entertained once I feel that he can hold his attention a bit longer as he also has a global development delay of 12-18 months. I have been watching your videos here on UA-cam for a few years since he was a baby. Your knowledge and videos definitely helped me to know the laws etc and that deregistering was right for my son. It is not something that is widely publicized for parents and many of my friends have been shocked at how easy it was for me to do this and that it is even an option. Thank you for continuing to share your journey!
Thank you for your lovely message. I'd love to adapt the curriculum for younger ones and aim it at preschool age with projects to be done together. Would that be useful? X
@@AdventureAllTheWay You're welcome, you deserve it.
I would love that to be an option to purchase, as he isn't able to hold his attention on large projects or large pieces of writing yet. Although once his DLA comes through, hopefully by January I was considering booking in for a curriculum to suit him as I loved the free one month of project-based learning and how it was broken down into days and subjects 🤩
❤ Do not do tic tok. Please keep UA-cam up!
I have been doing it but it's not a nice place, I don't think. 😞 I won't be giving up here at all now I don't think. ❤️
I don't use tick tock. But I follow you here and on insta. With screens ollie goes on switch when he wakes up usually for just under an hr its like his wake up thing. Then he goes on tablet during lunch while I tidy and before dinner each for about half an hr 45 mins. I find if he goes on it for longer he just turns extra feral hahaha. We have a great routine during the week but I need tovwork on our routine at the weekends
Love hearing from you and what you and Ollie get up to. ❤️