********* Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Yesterday, ds6 had a comprehension page to. He was to read through a list of habits, and mark each one 'good' or 'bad'. In hindsight, I should have gone through them with ds. :001_smile: There were three that he got 'wrong', but after discussing them with ds, I marked them right. Here's the three; please tell me that other 6 year old boys reason like this. Ds kinda amazes and scares me at the same time sometimes with his reasoning skills... 1) Eating everything on your plate - ds marked that a bad habit, the book says it is a good habit. Ds correctly remarked that we do not do that; that if he's full, he can stop eating. We don't have the 'eat everything on your plate' rule at our house. I'm trying to teach the dc to listen to their bodies, to eat when they're hungry and stop when they're full. Now, we do have the no-you-must-eat-your-broccoli rule; they're not allowed to eat only what they *love off their plate, and then suddenly be 'too full' to eat their veggies. :001_smile: But ds understands this, and just stops when he's full. 2) Listening when someone is speaking - ds marked that a bad habit, the book says it is a good habit. Clearly, the book should have said 'listening when someone is speaking TO YOU'. When I asked ds why that was a bad habit, he reminded me how he's not supposed to listen to conversations that are not for his ears. (He's had a bit if a habit in the past of trying to listen in on talks between dh and I that are not intended for him to hear, so we've stressed that point to him in the past.) 3) Asking for help when you don't don't need help - This is obviously a typo, as the teacher's manual has only one 'don't'. But ds figured out that if you don't don't need help, that means you DO need help, so he marked this as a good habit. :D Anyone else have some good ones to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Too funny! Smart boy. I agree with him on all accounts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Wow, I would be really proud of him for thinking those through like that. Good job! Also, shows the advantage of hs, where he can explain his answers and not get them marked wrong because the book SAYS they're wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeleigh2000 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Good thinking skills!! I definitely think the right answer for number one should be what he said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 sounds like wonderful logic skills. :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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