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Monday, April 5, 2010
One battle- MESS
Ok, so i've been RUNNING through this morning at breakneck speed trying to get everything done, knowing that i have a LOT more energy in the beginning of the week than at the end and that eventually i slow down and i need to get more done TODAY! Well, one obstacle that has really hit us hard is that of mess and losing books. I went to get the curriculum for little kid school, got it, looked at the books we needed, and then found the preschool basket half empty and both books needed were GONE. ugg. So went to the girls room to look for them, sure enough anna had brought several books to her room and not returned them. AND their room was a PIGSTY. UGG. I totally need to get dh to do the nightly inspection because i'm just zonked by then. This is a reminder to me to talk with him about that tonight!! What do you havef your dh do in your homeschool? does he teach certain subjects, does he do most of the discipline? how does he work to take some of the pressure off YOU, the homeschooling mom?
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sadly, he doesn't do much. My husband loves that I homeschool, but as far as helping to teach? Not so much. He only disciplines when at home and after work. And the only time he has ever taught was last week when I begged him to because I was recovering from surgery. So, no help from the DH in any significant terms in regards to homeschooling, except in being our cheerleader and going to the extra curricular activities.
ReplyDeleteDh's primary contribution to homeschooling is support and letting me do it. He provides most transportation to activities this year, taking DD to computer class on Mondays and DS to taekwondo Tuesdays through Saturday. I taxi to swimming. He also ensures that the kids do their assignments when I'm gone, whether it's just for an hour or two for errands or days days for my retreats. I do all of the teaching before and make sure they know what to do, leaving him with only supervisory duty. We both discipline kids as needed.
ReplyDeleteThat's AWESOME JoAnn! If we went many places i'd LOVE for dh to do the driving. ugg. HATE driving! Annette- So sorry :( your dh is in the military right?? i remember how erratically dh was home when he was in the army, that was NO FUN!
ReplyDeleteAs for us, i'm going to talk to dh tonight and ask him if he'd be willing to oversee evening inspection and dilligently make sure the chores are done, the kids rooms are cleaned and the living area is cleaned, because i just can't manage to get it done!! hopefully that will help. i can't deal with mess, it really keeps me from functioning properly.
Last school year (2008-2009) we set up a schoolroom in our downstairs, and dh watches Tarquin from 9am to 1pm every school day. This has made a miraculous difference, that's for sure. The older children return to school after our lunch break, but I take over Tarquin then. Dh also does all medical appts (with the younger 3's condition, that's always more than one a week). But all of this is possible because he works swing shift.
ReplyDeleteWoh, look at this! Great picture! Is that in Bellevue? My dh's contribution was talking me into homeschooling when dd was a baby. After that nothing. I definitely wouldn't have let him discipline. I wouldn't have minded if he'd helped with Russian, but it was basically established that the car was his domain and the kid was mine. I had the degree in early childhood and he had the career with cars.
ReplyDeleteOh, I bet its near the glass museum in Tacoma? DD wants to know why the title on your blog is crossed out.
ReplyDeleteAmy- its the font, its supposed to be like handwriting :-)
ReplyDeleteand the pic was taken at seattle center :-)