So Hailey (almost 13) had her first day of classes at the new homeschooling site we signed up for. She is taking tennis, theater, and 3-D art. To her advantage, she already knows many of the students in her classes as they are friends we have known through homeschooling for years.
She wanted to have the experience of taking classes to see how she could handle it and for the social aspect. I am curious to see if she needs any accommodations for the classes and if she notices any difficulties that we will need to be aware of for her future college career - which she insists will start in two years when she can take college classes as a high school student.
Concerned she might be overwhelmed with it being a new experience, I requested that she start with only the three classes and to make them "fun" classes. Well, she is already talking me into letting her take a fourth class - creative writing. So we are checking to see if there is still a way she can add on one more. Hailey is definitely a reach-for-the-stars kind of person and sees no limits to doing what she wants in life. (This is definitely an asset in her life.)
So as you have guessed by now, she loved the classes! She also adored the experience of eating a rushed lunch with all the other kids and even the idea of having a packed lunch! Seriously, she was excited about the packed lunch; I guess if you aren't a kid who has spent so many years going to school, the novelty of it is pretty exciting.
I'll definitely keep everyone who follows this blog updated on her progress. So look for the amazing adventures of my perseverant, optimistic APD teenager to come. (I'll take time to go back and write past experiences and helpful advice as I can too - especially about the younger years when her future seemed more questionable.)
* UPDATE * : Hailey woke up this morning and decided to do her homework for her theater class. She had to read two articles on public speaking and pick a poem to memorize that she will perform in seven weeks. My sweet, go-get-em girl not only read the articles, but wanted to write them down in entirety; so I told her about this wonderful thing called taking notes and she paraphrased the main ideas and wrote them down instead. Then she picked her poem and started to memorize the first stanza. I couldn't be prouder.
She wanted to have the experience of taking classes to see how she could handle it and for the social aspect. I am curious to see if she needs any accommodations for the classes and if she notices any difficulties that we will need to be aware of for her future college career - which she insists will start in two years when she can take college classes as a high school student.
Concerned she might be overwhelmed with it being a new experience, I requested that she start with only the three classes and to make them "fun" classes. Well, she is already talking me into letting her take a fourth class - creative writing. So we are checking to see if there is still a way she can add on one more. Hailey is definitely a reach-for-the-stars kind of person and sees no limits to doing what she wants in life. (This is definitely an asset in her life.)
So as you have guessed by now, she loved the classes! She also adored the experience of eating a rushed lunch with all the other kids and even the idea of having a packed lunch! Seriously, she was excited about the packed lunch; I guess if you aren't a kid who has spent so many years going to school, the novelty of it is pretty exciting.
I'll definitely keep everyone who follows this blog updated on her progress. So look for the amazing adventures of my perseverant, optimistic APD teenager to come. (I'll take time to go back and write past experiences and helpful advice as I can too - especially about the younger years when her future seemed more questionable.)
* UPDATE * : Hailey woke up this morning and decided to do her homework for her theater class. She had to read two articles on public speaking and pick a poem to memorize that she will perform in seven weeks. My sweet, go-get-em girl not only read the articles, but wanted to write them down in entirety; so I told her about this wonderful thing called taking notes and she paraphrased the main ideas and wrote them down instead. Then she picked her poem and started to memorize the first stanza. I couldn't be prouder.
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