Because of the sleep disorder, some days she gets up early, some nights she doesn\u2019t sleep at all, so getting up is much more difficult for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We try to keep as steady a schedule of bedtimes and wake-up times as possible but some days are just not going to be good for formal learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On those days I allow her to do self-directed learning. She can pick a subject and research to her heart\u2019s content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To double-check that learning is actually occurring on those days, I ask her to \u201cteach\u201d me what she learned. If she can successfully teach what she researched we count it as learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of topics include: volcanos and earthquakes, hurricanes, equine management, retraining Western Pleasure horses in classical English Dressage, the mechanics of horse bits, black holes, dark matter, JSBach, Baroque music, Baroque horses, pipe organs, and writing code for MineCraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n