Going homebound

[mom4holly]

You might remember my last post about my daughter having to wear a mask to school....well--we are going homebound now. Hopefully it will only be for a month or 2 while we get her back on track. She's getting her IV abx & if this doesn't work I might actually scream so loud that everyone on here will actually hear me from around the world.

the doctor has it set up so a teacher will actually be coming to our house-she will be there for 1 hour a day to deliver her assignments & check over her work from the day before.

This makes me very nervous-she is already so far behind. The rest of the kids in her class are reading the stage 1 books & she is just now learning her letters. She knows how to write her name but doesn't know the letters in her name. She was also in speech in school which will be stopping until she is re enrolled as active.

Please-if anyone has any advice on how to make this a better experiencing for her or how to help your child learn please tell me.

 

[mom4holly]

You might remember my last post about my daughter having to wear a mask to school....well--we are going homebound now. Hopefully it will only be for a month or 2 while we get her back on track. She's getting her IV abx & if this doesn't work I might actually scream so loud that everyone on here will actually hear me from around the world.

the doctor has it set up so a teacher will actually be coming to our house-she will be there for 1 hour a day to deliver her assignments & check over her work from the day before.

This makes me very nervous-she is already so far behind. The rest of the kids in her class are reading the stage 1 books & she is just now learning her letters. She knows how to write her name but doesn't know the letters in her name. She was also in speech in school which will be stopping until she is re enrolled as active.

Please-if anyone has any advice on how to make this a better experiencing for her or how to help your child learn please tell me.

 

[mom4holly]

You might remember my last post about my daughter having to wear a mask to school....well--we are going homebound now. Hopefully it will only be for a month or 2 while we get her back on track. She's getting her IV abx & if this doesn't work I might actually scream so loud that everyone on here will actually hear me from around the world.

the doctor has it set up so a teacher will actually be coming to our house-she will be there for 1 hour a day to deliver her assignments & check over her work from the day before.

This makes me very nervous-she is already so far behind. The rest of the kids in her class are reading the stage 1 books & she is just now learning her letters. She knows how to write her name but doesn't know the letters in her name. She was also in speech in school which will be stopping until she is re enrolled as active.

Please-if anyone has any advice on how to make this a better experiencing for her or how to help your child learn please tell me.

 

[mom4holly]

You might remember my last post about my daughter having to wear a mask to school....well--we are going homebound now. Hopefully it will only be for a month or 2 while we get her back on track. She's getting her IV abx & if this doesn't work I might actually scream so loud that everyone on here will actually hear me from around the world.

the doctor has it set up so a teacher will actually be coming to our house-she will be there for 1 hour a day to deliver her assignments & check over her work from the day before.

This makes me very nervous-she is already so far behind. The rest of the kids in her class are reading the stage 1 books & she is just now learning her letters. She knows how to write her name but doesn't know the letters in her name. She was also in speech in school which will be stopping until she is re enrolled as active.

Please-if anyone has any advice on how to make this a better experiencing for her or how to help your child learn please tell me.

 

[mom4holly]

You might remember my last post about my daughter having to wear a mask to school....well--we are going homebound now. Hopefully it will only be for a month or 2 while we get her back on track. She's getting her IV abx & if this doesn't work I might actually scream so loud that everyone on here will actually hear me from around the world.

the doctor has it set up so a teacher will actually be coming to our house-she will be there for 1 hour a day to deliver her assignments & check over her work from the day before.

This makes me very nervous-she is already so far behind. The rest of the kids in her class are reading the stage 1 books & she is just now learning her letters. She knows how to write her name but doesn't know the letters in her name. She was also in speech in school which will be stopping until she is re enrolled as active.

Please-if anyone has any advice on how to make this a better experiencing for her or how to help your child learn please tell me.

 

[65rosessamurai]

Hi mom4holly,

Sorry I did not have the chance to read the post about your daughter wearing a mask to school, though I can relate to that feeling quite well (The wife insists I wear a mask on the train during my commute to work, and honestly I can't breath with one on!).
I'm not a teacher, though I do teach English to my Japanese co-workers. I also speak fluent Japanese, though I sometimes stumble because I started learning it 17 years ago, when I was about 27.
The three main methods I found for learning was:
1. listening to the language on tape repeatedly.
2. having someone to explain to me how and why things are said as they are said.
3. finding some fun in learning (of course).

Perhaps, since she is at home, I'm sure there is a way to make a schedule for her to be studying?
Also, even though the best way to learn the language is by repetition, I'm suere because of her age she still will pick up the language.
I do remember when I was in 5th grade, I was helping with the set-up of the afternoon kindergarten class. In the class, they had these easy-to-remember characters that were the shape of the alphabet. Along with repetition, finding recognition between things also seems to enhance the memorization. For example, I think the most recollective of the "alphabet character" I remember was a big guy that was the shape of the letter "V", and his name was "Vito Velvet" or something to the nature of connecting "Velvet" to the letter "V".

I do hope that is a start for offering help.

good luck.

 

[65rosessamurai]

Hi mom4holly,

Sorry I did not have the chance to read the post about your daughter wearing a mask to school, though I can relate to that feeling quite well (The wife insists I wear a mask on the train during my commute to work, and honestly I can't breath with one on!).
I'm not a teacher, though I do teach English to my Japanese co-workers. I also speak fluent Japanese, though I sometimes stumble because I started learning it 17 years ago, when I was about 27.
The three main methods I found for learning was:
1. listening to the language on tape repeatedly.
2. having someone to explain to me how and why things are said as they are said.
3. finding some fun in learning (of course).

Perhaps, since she is at home, I'm sure there is a way to make a schedule for her to be studying?
Also, even though the best way to learn the language is by repetition, I'm suere because of her age she still will pick up the language.
I do remember when I was in 5th grade, I was helping with the set-up of the afternoon kindergarten class. In the class, they had these easy-to-remember characters that were the shape of the alphabet. Along with repetition, finding recognition between things also seems to enhance the memorization. For example, I think the most recollective of the "alphabet character" I remember was a big guy that was the shape of the letter "V", and his name was "Vito Velvet" or something to the nature of connecting "Velvet" to the letter "V".

I do hope that is a start for offering help.

good luck.

 

[65rosessamurai]

Hi mom4holly,

Sorry I did not have the chance to read the post about your daughter wearing a mask to school, though I can relate to that feeling quite well (The wife insists I wear a mask on the train during my commute to work, and honestly I can't breath with one on!).
I'm not a teacher, though I do teach English to my Japanese co-workers. I also speak fluent Japanese, though I sometimes stumble because I started learning it 17 years ago, when I was about 27.
The three main methods I found for learning was:
1. listening to the language on tape repeatedly.
2. having someone to explain to me how and why things are said as they are said.
3. finding some fun in learning (of course).

Perhaps, since she is at home, I'm sure there is a way to make a schedule for her to be studying?
Also, even though the best way to learn the language is by repetition, I'm suere because of her age she still will pick up the language.
I do remember when I was in 5th grade, I was helping with the set-up of the afternoon kindergarten class. In the class, they had these easy-to-remember characters that were the shape of the alphabet. Along with repetition, finding recognition between things also seems to enhance the memorization. For example, I think the most recollective of the "alphabet character" I remember was a big guy that was the shape of the letter "V", and his name was "Vito Velvet" or something to the nature of connecting "Velvet" to the letter "V".

I do hope that is a start for offering help.

good luck.

 

[65rosessamurai]

Hi mom4holly,

Sorry I did not have the chance to read the post about your daughter wearing a mask to school, though I can relate to that feeling quite well (The wife insists I wear a mask on the train during my commute to work, and honestly I can't breath with one on!).
I'm not a teacher, though I do teach English to my Japanese co-workers. I also speak fluent Japanese, though I sometimes stumble because I started learning it 17 years ago, when I was about 27.
The three main methods I found for learning was:
1. listening to the language on tape repeatedly.
2. having someone to explain to me how and why things are said as they are said.
3. finding some fun in learning (of course).

Perhaps, since she is at home, I'm sure there is a way to make a schedule for her to be studying?
Also, even though the best way to learn the language is by repetition, I'm suere because of her age she still will pick up the language.
I do remember when I was in 5th grade, I was helping with the set-up of the afternoon kindergarten class. In the class, they had these easy-to-remember characters that were the shape of the alphabet. Along with repetition, finding recognition between things also seems to enhance the memorization. For example, I think the most recollective of the "alphabet character" I remember was a big guy that was the shape of the letter "V", and his name was "Vito Velvet" or something to the nature of connecting "Velvet" to the letter "V".

I do hope that is a start for offering help.

good luck.

 

[65rosessamurai]

Hi mom4holly,

Sorry I did not have the chance to read the post about your daughter wearing a mask to school, though I can relate to that feeling quite well (The wife insists I wear a mask on the train during my commute to work, and honestly I can't breath with one on!).
I'm not a teacher, though I do teach English to my Japanese co-workers. I also speak fluent Japanese, though I sometimes stumble because I started learning it 17 years ago, when I was about 27.
The three main methods I found for learning was:
1. listening to the language on tape repeatedly.
2. having someone to explain to me how and why things are said as they are said.
3. finding some fun in learning (of course).

Perhaps, since she is at home, I'm sure there is a way to make a schedule for her to be studying?
Also, even though the best way to learn the language is by repetition, I'm suere because of her age she still will pick up the language.
I do remember when I was in 5th grade, I was helping with the set-up of the afternoon kindergarten class. In the class, they had these easy-to-remember characters that were the shape of the alphabet. Along with repetition, finding recognition between things also seems to enhance the memorization. For example, I think the most recollective of the "alphabet character" I remember was a big guy that was the shape of the letter "V", and his name was "Vito Velvet" or something to the nature of connecting "Velvet" to the letter "V".

I do hope that is a start for offering help.

good luck.

 

[Buckeye]

Maybe having the private teacher all to herself will be a good thing - they can work on what she needs to do to get back on the same level with the other kiddos in the class. Why are they not providing the speech therapist while she is home? If it is part of her IEP they would be required to do it at home also. You might want to ask the school about that again - it would make sense that if she needs speech while in school, she needs speech while in home bound school.

 

[Buckeye]

Maybe having the private teacher all to herself will be a good thing - they can work on what she needs to do to get back on the same level with the other kiddos in the class. Why are they not providing the speech therapist while she is home? If it is part of her IEP they would be required to do it at home also. You might want to ask the school about that again - it would make sense that if she needs speech while in school, she needs speech while in home bound school.

 

[Buckeye]

Maybe having the private teacher all to herself will be a good thing - they can work on what she needs to do to get back on the same level with the other kiddos in the class. Why are they not providing the speech therapist while she is home? If it is part of her IEP they would be required to do it at home also. You might want to ask the school about that again - it would make sense that if she needs speech while in school, she needs speech while in home bound school.

 

[Buckeye]

Maybe having the private teacher all to herself will be a good thing - they can work on what she needs to do to get back on the same level with the other kiddos in the class. Why are they not providing the speech therapist while she is home? If it is part of her IEP they would be required to do it at home also. You might want to ask the school about that again - it would make sense that if she needs speech while in school, she needs speech while in home bound school.

 

[Buckeye]

Maybe having the private teacher all to herself will be a good thing - they can work on what she needs to do to get back on the same level with the other kiddos in the class. Why are they not providing the speech therapist while she is home? If it is part of her IEP they would be required to do it at home also. You might want to ask the school about that again - it would make sense that if she needs speech while in school, she needs speech while in home bound school.

 

[JORDYSMOM]

I know it's scary and somewhat intimidating to do homebound. I've done it. My situation was a little different, because my son was a junior in high school when we did the homebound program. However, I wanted to mention that even though we were homebound, we could schedule times to meet with any of his teachers for private consultation on that particular subject. We met very early before school or after school when everone was gone. Maybe you can set something like that up with the speech therapist.

I was somewhat intimidated at the thought of being the "teacher" for my son. It had been quite some time since I had been in high school. lol YOU really are the teacher for the most part when on homebound. That hour that the real teacher is there doesn't give much time to cover everything. I found that it was very rewarding to be able to help my son with his school work. I found I was much stronger than I had given myself credit for. I learned a few things myself. lol You will find that strength in yourself.

Once you get your daughter healthy again, the learning will come more easily. Try to look at this as an opportunity rather than a set back. Hang in there - you can do this.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

I know it's scary and somewhat intimidating to do homebound. I've done it. My situation was a little different, because my son was a junior in high school when we did the homebound program. However, I wanted to mention that even though we were homebound, we could schedule times to meet with any of his teachers for private consultation on that particular subject. We met very early before school or after school when everone was gone. Maybe you can set something like that up with the speech therapist.

I was somewhat intimidated at the thought of being the "teacher" for my son. It had been quite some time since I had been in high school. lol YOU really are the teacher for the most part when on homebound. That hour that the real teacher is there doesn't give much time to cover everything. I found that it was very rewarding to be able to help my son with his school work. I found I was much stronger than I had given myself credit for. I learned a few things myself. lol You will find that strength in yourself.

Once you get your daughter healthy again, the learning will come more easily. Try to look at this as an opportunity rather than a set back. Hang in there - you can do this.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

I know it's scary and somewhat intimidating to do homebound. I've done it. My situation was a little different, because my son was a junior in high school when we did the homebound program. However, I wanted to mention that even though we were homebound, we could schedule times to meet with any of his teachers for private consultation on that particular subject. We met very early before school or after school when everone was gone. Maybe you can set something like that up with the speech therapist.

I was somewhat intimidated at the thought of being the "teacher" for my son. It had been quite some time since I had been in high school. lol YOU really are the teacher for the most part when on homebound. That hour that the real teacher is there doesn't give much time to cover everything. I found that it was very rewarding to be able to help my son with his school work. I found I was much stronger than I had given myself credit for. I learned a few things myself. lol You will find that strength in yourself.

Once you get your daughter healthy again, the learning will come more easily. Try to look at this as an opportunity rather than a set back. Hang in there - you can do this.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

I know it's scary and somewhat intimidating to do homebound. I've done it. My situation was a little different, because my son was a junior in high school when we did the homebound program. However, I wanted to mention that even though we were homebound, we could schedule times to meet with any of his teachers for private consultation on that particular subject. We met very early before school or after school when everone was gone. Maybe you can set something like that up with the speech therapist.

I was somewhat intimidated at the thought of being the "teacher" for my son. It had been quite some time since I had been in high school. lol YOU really are the teacher for the most part when on homebound. That hour that the real teacher is there doesn't give much time to cover everything. I found that it was very rewarding to be able to help my son with his school work. I found I was much stronger than I had given myself credit for. I learned a few things myself. lol You will find that strength in yourself.

Once you get your daughter healthy again, the learning will come more easily. Try to look at this as an opportunity rather than a set back. Hang in there - you can do this.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

I know it's scary and somewhat intimidating to do homebound. I've done it. My situation was a little different, because my son was a junior in high school when we did the homebound program. However, I wanted to mention that even though we were homebound, we could schedule times to meet with any of his teachers for private consultation on that particular subject. We met very early before school or after school when everone was gone. Maybe you can set something like that up with the speech therapist.

I was somewhat intimidated at the thought of being the "teacher" for my son. It had been quite some time since I had been in high school. lol YOU really are the teacher for the most part when on homebound. That hour that the real teacher is there doesn't give much time to cover everything. I found that it was very rewarding to be able to help my son with his school work. I found I was much stronger than I had given myself credit for. I learned a few things myself. lol You will find that strength in yourself.

Once you get your daughter healthy again, the learning will come more easily. Try to look at this as an opportunity rather than a set back. Hang in there - you can do this.

Stacey