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Date Posted: 07:08:20 06/24/02 Mon
Author: Kris in TN
Subject: making Vol 1 more challenging ...
In reply to: Tracey 's message, "Re: Almost ready to begin school ... Yippee!" on 20:02:31 06/23/02 Sun

>I could always
>save Vol. 1 for later, but then he will be 10 but my
>other boys are younger. Any ideas on how to make it
>more challenging for older children would be
>appreciated.

Some ideas for making ANYTHING more challenging:

- require a research paper during each unit; nothing big, maybe a page a week summarizing what the child has learned
- oral reports at the end of the week on any topic studied that week; this is great for working on speaking skills. The child could read from the research paper he has been working on.
- book reviews; child would read a book ON TOPIC for the week and then give a summary and opinion on the book. The book could be fiction, biography, etc.
- extra map work or geography study
- add in science experiments to go along with what is being studied; stress the hypothesis/conclusion, etc. part of the study


These are just some ideas off of the top of my head. If I think of anything else, I'll add to it later.

Kris

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