i did megila how i like to do it. i told her in english, emphasizing details she didn't know so that it was new and interesting to her, and at the pace she likes.
it was a bit of a tough sell since today is the last day of one of her free trials for one of her video editors, and she's in the middle of making some action/spy movie thing. we got through 2 perakim until she asked to stop. she asked:
- would mordechai bow to the king?
- haman wanted to kill the rest of the jews? even though they did bow to him?
at one point, chana said to me, "i'm sorry, i wasn't paying attention. i missed that." and i repeated it. it reminded me of the cartoon my mother cut out over 10 years ago when i was homeschooling sarah. there is a picture of a kid sitting at a desk in the middle of his living room, and mom says," i'm looking for a volunteer to do a report on boll weevils. no volunteers? nobody? i'm going to have to pick one..."
and the caption says:
the down side of homeschooling
it's true that i tend to notice very quickly when my student stops paying attention. that's because most of our learning is interactive.
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