“Stay at home and don’t talk to people? I was born for this!” said my hilarious and introverted husband. Well, he went off to work today and I stayed home with the boys.
Being a former 4th Grade teacher and a homebody has probably helped me ease into this sudden new norm.
There have been some areas of my younger boys’ 21st Century schooling that has left me a little disappointed. Written communication seems to have taken a backseat. When you have lots of kids at different learning levels, teaching them how to write is a difficult task. So, I get this chance (probably at least eight weeks) to try to give them a solid foundation.
How scheduled is this school? I love a schedule!
8am- Wake up, make bed, straighten room, make your own breakfast (Today Caleb cooked oatmeal for 3 of us.) Lighting the gas stove is a little scary. For both of us.
9:15am- Walk Lizzie the Dog
9:45am- Bible reading on your own
10am- 6th Grader Caleb: Read The Washington Post online and prepare the WSCH News Show. (Daniel found some good articles for him ahead of time.)
10am- 5th Grader Isaac: Writing from the Institutes for Excellence in Writing Curriculum https://iew.com/ (I used to teach from this at Trinity.)
10am- Nathan: Handwriting, States and Caps, Phonics
11am- Isaac: Math facts, cursive handwriting, States and Caps
11am- Nathan: Math facts, reading, write a book report
12pm- Everyone makes their own lunch and prepares for WSCH
1:15pm- Record the WSCH News Show: https://youtu.be/68BcIO1lnF8
1:30pm- Music (tuba, baritone, piano) (and Caleb needs his turn with the USA puzzle)
1:45pm- Chores (We ran out of time today)
2pm- PE! Caleb and Isaac rode their bikes around Lake Accotink (4.2 miles) and Nathan biked while Lizzie and I ran an out and back 3.4 miles on the trail
3pm- Free time
6pm- Get ready for supper (help Mom cook, set the table, clean up, etc…)
Because there’s not much traffic these days, Dad should come home earlier than usual! Hurray!
Hopefully Day 2 will go as well as it did today.
suburban shebear 