After having a week and a half of spring break, we had to start learning from home. Oi. School is canceled until the 1st of May, although that is subject to change. I picked up packets of work for the little kids and the older three kids have assignments coming through their emails.
Let me just say that I've never wanted to homeschool my kids. I still don't. This is turning into a bit of a challenge. The two little kids need help knowing what to do and what they need to get done during the day. The older kids are doing it by themselves but occasionally need some assistance. I feel like I'm trying to teach an 11th, 8th, 7th, 2nd grader and a kindergartner.
It's taken a couple of days but we are finding our groove. I preferred being quarantined with no school. We could do whatever we wanted. Most days we wrap up around lunch time. It's definitely shorter than a regular school day but I'm the one teaching.
There are a couple things I'm glad about. I'm glad that I'm a stay-at-home parent and can help my children with this. I don't know how some moms are still working and making their kids write their ABC's and getting their trigonometry done. I'm also glad that Maxine is not a senior. I think this would be a really crappy way to end a senior year of high school. I'm also glad that my kids are generally pretty smart and can get a lot of the work done by themselves. Jack and I had a day where I had to watch the teacher lesson for 15 minutes before I could help him with his congruent triangles homework. We put our heads together and we got it done. Juliet likes that it only takes a few hours to finish her school work instead of spending all day at school. I was really excited for the weekend when it finally came.
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