What a roller coaster this first week has been! Today we finished day 4, and so far, I'm amazed and exhausted. We've gotten off to a rough start due to mama and one baby being sick with painful colds, but so far we've managed to stay on track with all of Alex's lessons.
We had a return of one old friend this week: the tantrum. Last year, anything that required Alex to write made him cry, whine, and/or scream for hours. He HATES writing. I'm finding that this year is no different in that regard. The minute an assignment asks for him to write something, he throws his pencil down and starts bawling. So we're looking to find ways to make writing less of a pain for him. I've had many good suggestions from friends, and I'm open to any more anyone can think of. If we don't figure this out soon, it could make for one miserable school year.
We're laughing, too, though. Some of the animations are so funny! And sometimes, we'll be sitting in the office deep in serious study, and we'll hear something funny from one of the toddlers. Having them around really lightens things up for Alex, and he's happy to not have to leave his little brothers behind every day.
One thing I'm noticing is that public school must be nothing more than state-mandated daycare. Nearly all of the work that Alex completed this week resembled what he used to bring home as homework last year. The only difference here is that we usually see either a short movie or animation before we actually have to do the work. And those don't take long at all. So what are our kids actually doing at school all day? Really makes me wonder..
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