Oh, goodness... Becca, Becca, Becca. I have painstakingly evaluated texts and planned out a nice little first grade curriculum, and she's already throwing boomerangs at me. How fast does this child's mind work? How much review does a five year old of Becca's intelligence need? I'm teetering between expecting too much and underestimating her. Underestimating Becca = bad thing to do. Okay, maybe not underestimating so much, but just assuming that a quick review of things would be painless.
I chose the Saxon math course for her because it was widely regarded as solid, thorough, and easy for parents to use. I'd hate for her to have any "gaps." I looked at the kindergarten text and decided that would be way too easy, so I checked out the first grade materials. They begin at a level where I feel comfortable starting with Becca - she's familiar with the start of it, but there are things deeper in that will challenge her. They use what is called an incremental approach, so there is a lot of review and new concepts are introduced slowly.
Did I just make an expensive curriculum blunder????
Time for me to re-think things. I have a nice little script but I have to go off the beaten path! I have to color outside the lines!!! Oh, the HORROR!!!!
Stop laughing, dad!
I'm going to keep reading the Saxon teacher's manual and try to figure out how to condense some lessons or just skip them altogether until we get to a part that will hold Rebecca's interest. Don't bore the child!
On a side note, we found a quick little reading level test online - it doesn't measure comprehension or anything, just word decoding. Becca is at a fourth grade level. Wow.
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