We did our first whole day of school yesterday, which meant that by 10:30 am I was completely run over. The "how do I do this? what does this mean? which notebook do I use? should I be done or do more? is this right?" storm just about did me in. So yesterday afternoon, as I wrote out a menu plan for the week, I decided to assign my children times when they could ask me questions. In doing this, I felt as if I was going against everything big homeschooling families cherish: "oh, the time with my children.....they can ask all the questions they want to and I'm just never too busy to answer them." I will absolutely not make it through the first half of September, or in the case of yesterday, the first half of the day.
So, the toddlers get me from 7:30 to 7:50. Eli gets the next 30 minutes followed by breakfast. It's Levi's turn from 8:45 to 9:15, Sadie's turn from 9:15-9:30 and the toddlers again until 10. The older girls get their turn until noon. Day One? My eyebrows are still above my eye sockets. Everyone got school done earlier than usual. I could remember who was learning what.
So far, Day Two definitely exceeded Day One. Only 178 more days to go.
178 ?!?!?!? We only have to do 140. Move to Iowa!
ReplyDeletewell done! i love how you diagnose and problem solve. i can't think clearly enough to do that when kids are squawking at me. you're gonna feel so great when you're over the hump of day 89.
ReplyDeletewell, i took my face out of my paper bag long enough to read this....i am no longer hyperventilating.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get together with you. i'll let you know when soon.