Before I started homeschooling, I had visions of all the children sitting down and listening. Enjoying education as much as I did, I was sure they would, since after all, I LOVE to teach. But here is what day 3 looked like for us:
1. I stayed in my pajamas all day long
2. I yelled at the kids at least 10 times.
3. I threatened them with public school.
4. I forgot to feed one of them lunch until 3 o'clock. (he never said he was hungry!)
5. We did get school done though, they reviewed a lot of grammar and math and learned the proper form for writing a letter. A lot of what we are doing is review anyways because I pulled them out at the semester. That has been challenging trying to figure out what they learned and what they haven't learned so I will know what to teach and what not to teach. It has been and adventure and one that we are all enjoying together, even if numbers 1-4 happen again.
yes, threatening with public school happens at least 1x every other week here. But it gets better. I think we learn as much as they do!
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