I am probably getting kicked out of the homeschool club for this one.
Confession: I hate reading out loud. I hate the way my voice grows weak and feels tired. I hate the work behind it only to have to work to keep the kids' attention.
I am an excellent read to myselfer.
But I am a homeschool mom. I am pretty sure I am supposed to love to read out loud. I have skated by with audio books (Story of the World on audio - For The Win!) and audio books from the library. If Apologia put their science books on audio, I would probably be farther than lesson four after working on it for two years. And no, I am not kidding. We just wrapped up chapter four. I even got the audio for First Language Lessons for the Well Trained Mind.
Unfortunately, my 6 year will not cooperate in my read aloud avoidance. She is an excellent reader but she wants to sit on my lap and give me things to read to her. Because she is the baby and really cute, she can normally talk me in to it.
She has done it enough that recently the children got done listening before I got done reading. I found myself liking it.
Now, I am not promising to like it again, and I am not promising to actually finish "The Wind in the Willows" but it does at least seem possible!
It just goes to back up what I tell the kids, with enough practice, you can do pretty much anything.
1 comment:
I highly doubt you're alone in this; often it's best to put this kind of thing out there to find encouragement [smile].
Personally, this is one of the things I love about homeschooling: We can adapt! I struggled with reading for so long, I used audio books in high school to help me through AP English. And it worked! Keep up the good work, and may you find joy in homeschooling, no matter how you tackle the material!
~Luke
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