Try a mid-morning checkpoint for your older students.
Do you have any students in the guides from Creation to Christ on up? If so, it is very helpful to schedule a 30-45 min. mid-morning checkpoint to meet individually with your student.
What do you do during the mid-morning meeting?
During this mid-morning meeting, I go over any work that the student has completed. We fix and correct the work as we go over it. I ask any questions noted in the corresponding boxes in the guide. I also have my student read aloud any written narrations or give any oral narrations scheduled for that day. After we go over each completed box, I check it off in the guide and read aloud the key idea.
How do you close the mid-morning meeting?
At the end of the meeting, I do one of the ‘T’ boxes (such as Biblical worldview, composer study, art appreciation, devotional Bible study, composition, grammar, poetry, etc.) These ‘T’ box titles vary from guide to guide. For high school students, I go over ‘S’ boxes instead, as often there are not many ‘T’ boxes. I end the meeting by quickly pointing out the unchecked boxes that are left to complete. I clarify and give any guidance on those boxes, so my student understands what is left to be done.
What is the purpose of having checkpoints?
The mid-morning checkpoint helps keep me on top of my student’s day. It helps ensure my child does not fall far behind. Later, while my boys are eating lunch, I check any work completed since the mid-morning checkpoint. The checkpoint after lunch shows me whether my child has completed all needed work. It also points out whether I need to briefly meet with my student after lunch to make additional corrections. Then, I can have the child put any checked worked and corresponding materials away.
Try a mid-morning checkpoint with your student.
If you don’t have checkpoints in your day for your older students, you may want to consider adding these in to your day! Try it and see what you think!
Blessings,
Carrie
