The week started off on a sour note with D refusing any sort of instruction or direction from me, arguing with B to the point of tears, and wiggling and squirming so much he was unable to concentrate (or even hold a pencil for that matter). It made me evaluate how I've been presenting D's lessons to him and I took some time to rethink my approach as well as my expectations. One thing that seems to be helping is making sure he only does one or two pages of math and phonics per day, and one lesson from OPG (learning to read). I have to keep in mind that even though some of the lessons may seem easy to him, or that he grasps a concept more quickly than expected, he does tire easily and has a low tolerance for repetition (read: VERY low tolerance for anything repetitive). The rest of the week improved, to the point that D completed all his lessons yesterday with almost NO complaints whatsoever.Today is a light workload day, with grandma coming to visit and a trip to the playground planned. Hubby and I are going on a DATE tonight.... ahhhh, how long has it been??? He got tickets to a UNH Wildcats hockey game from a friend at work, and I'm getting excited to go. It's been decades since I've been to a hockey game, and I love the sport. Go Wildcats!
2 comments:
Oooh, enjoy your date! :)
My children are older but they still aggravate one another sometimes. I am not telling you that to discourage you :) but just to let you know I know how it is.
~Have a great week-end.
Love your weekly report form - how do you get that on your blog?
Have fun on your date!
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