Thank you for the replies and thread...well I remember trying half speed in the past and it actually made her SLOWER
She just seems to lose focus and I don't feel like I have time to sit on top of her, you know? The work is not too difficult, she understands all her readings and her narrations are excellent...It doesn't seem to matter whether I am in the same room or not. For example, it took her over an hour to read p 90-109 in Michael Faraday...but was able to do the follow-up assignment without a problem. It seemed like it was just because she was daydreaming...Perhaps I can give half-speed a go again, but we are on unit 4 (started half speed in october then interrupted for a month due to the move) and I feel pressed for time-I do NOT want to be schooling through the summer, and I want to be ready to start the new guide with her next September. She does well with the writing course and her math. Grammar is better now with R&S. Science is a breeze, even doing the advanced option.She loves the State Study and does fine with the Signers. Projects and Independent History Study are no problem. World View and Music are with me, so they are fine. Her major difficulty is with subjects that have more of reading, i.e. the Reading About History, Inventor Study, and DITHOR. She also dawdles over the Independent Bible Study. Looking back I could have had her do RtR with the Option 2 Science, but I feel like it's too late, and besides, as I said, she is not having any comprehension struggles, she just reads verrrry slowly. No vision problems either, she has 20/20 vision or better...
Edited to add, I think maybe it's the heart issues creeping up again...I discovered just before we moved that she had a BOYFRIEND in our old neighborhood and hadn't told me until after several months-I was unhappy about this because I don't believe in that kind of relationship at that age-so perhaps it has more to do with her being preoccupied because she can't see this boy every day anymore. This has to be why she wanted to go back to that public school, because that is where she met him. I have talked to her about relationships, sex, marriage...it kind of blindsided me because I didn't have to deal with this with my other older kids-my son is 19 and has his FIRST girlfriend whom he intends to marry, and my other daughter is 16 and has rebuffed unsuitable suitors, so has no relationship issues and is focused on school and ballet. My youngest hardly notices boys yet. I think what we really need is prayer and wisdom!
. If you really think that the work is not too difficult than I remember reading here on the boards to set a timer for each subject. If it is a placement issue this won't help. It might take a little while before she is within the recommended time but it will clearly define the amount of time meant to be spent on each activity. I don't know how to link threads but maybe you could do a search for it. HTH