Teaching Twins Together

Posted on January 17, 2012 by No Comments

We are home-educating our twins and today, my four year old identical twin girls asked to do “their maths” using a particular website on the internet.  Normally, when this particular activity is being utilised, I would allocate them each a turn offering them my individual attention but often the other twin still likes to watch while one is actively participating.  This scenario means that they both end up involved in the activity which is great but I have noticed that when this happens one twin always takes the driving seat.

Today, Twin 2 who has recently seemed the twin more content to take a quietly confident position decided to over rule her sister and become the more vocal confident twin answering all the questions first.  Interestingly, it wasn’t at all competitive and Twin 1 was quite happy to be the quiet confident one instead.  I am noticing more and more how the dynamics of their relationship can change in an instant.