School is back in at the Gee house.
We have already been at the negotiating table, as Haribo catches up in his maths book.
After we had a month off the books doing Christmas stuff in December, it is actually very nice to be back in some kind of schedule, and we have been spending the last week settling down back into writing and maths!!
We have had a trip to the library and re instituted our quiet reading time, and planned the term ahead.
Here in lay the negotiations.
Haribo has always struggled with his maths. At mainstream school, he was receiving extra help, but in all honesty, after so long struggling with something, I really feel he lost his confidence in his ability.
As a consequence, when we began homeschooling, he started at a lower level in his Maths than in his other subjects.
He has really moved forward in his confidence, but he is still behind.
So, we found a great incentive to motivate a 12 year old boy: Lego!!
We made the deal that if he could catch up to where he is on all the other subjects in 7 months, he can have a full Lego set.
For a boy who was born playing Lego, this was just what he needed to give him a new perspective on Maths!!!
What sort of things do you use to motivate your children?
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