CC Review: Because
David really wants to learn all this stuff with us (or most of the subjects),
we review all the stuff 1-2x the same night of our CC intro day. We do this
right before bed, and the kids love it because they are ‘teaching daddy the new
stuff’. This takes about 5-6 minutes total
On other days we do CC review right after lunch, also
usually when daddy has 10 minutes to do it with us. On normal days I do not
spend more than 15 minutes in review, and sometimes only 5. The first few days
after an intro I just review that stuff to keep it fresh, toward the end of
that week I review older stuff along with the new stuff. I feel like we
memorized the earlier weeks better because every time I took them to school on the
electric scooter or in the car, we would sing the songs and try to get through
every subject, if we did a lot then, we sometimes would do a quick 5 min review
at lunch, or not.
On Saturdays we try to do a more thorough review through
games right before I open the ‘school store’ where they spend ‘school bucks’ on
small toys or small candy. They do get ‘school bucks’ for CC and reviews, it is
good incentive. Early on I would give treats after a good review, daily. I
stopped this and reminded that they get ‘school bucks’ and get their treats at
the end of the week. Other incentives
include: letting them dance around crazy (as long as they are saying it with
me), or stand on the coffee table!
Now, as the facts build up through the weeks, sometimes
you may feel lost in review. There are many ways to build good review systems
and quite honestly I have just been feeling my way through it. I know what they
are weak in and strong in, and I usually know what is coming, etc. But I do try to go through every previous fact
for every week (we are on week 15) at least 1x that week. We do the full timeline up to the part we are
on probably 2x/week (with doing the current sections or current few weeks
daily).
Some people break up the subjects and review different
subjects on different days. For example: Mon: TimeLIne and Latin, Tues: History
and Science, Weds: Math and English Thurs: Geography, and Timeline, or something
like that….
