dangermom Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 ...that if you don't dawdle and buckle down and do your work, it gets done really fast. She is just 8, and a terrible dawdler (her imagination is way better than reality!), and all year it's been a struggle to get her to just do her work and get it done. Now that the school year is almost over and Thursday is our last day, she has been cheerfully sitting down with her work and saying "I'm going to do it now so I can play more with my friend!" Then she's done by, like, 10 am. She has learned it just in time for summer--and $50 says that by fall she will have forgotten this simple fact of life. :lol: :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankins3 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 My son, at 9, is exactly the same way. Oh my goodness, so much wasted time with the dawdling and squirming around and complaining about how long it takes... and then a light bulb about a week ago. Like you, I fear that by the time we begin next year he will have forgotten it again!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasar31629 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Mine has been opposite. She started out great and has gotten progressively slower as the year winds down. We are on task 3 and it's been 4 hours. These are minor assignments and all 3 should be done and over with- preferably 3 hours ago. :glare: :willy_nilly: Hopefully next fall will be better! We school through the summer, albeit lightly. I am definitely taking a week or so off early June though- we need a lounge week to :chillpill:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Oh please send your DD over here to teach my girls, especially Becca!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothergooseof4 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Congrats! My almost ds didn't figure that out until 5th grade. Now, if only he would learn that if you take care to do it right the first time, you don't get to do it twice. That would save even more time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I don't think any of mine will ever learn that. Congratulations! Even if she forgets, she's at least realized it once. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 This is why I've always had a checklist of work to do each day for the kids to see. We don't school by time, like math for 30 minutes. We school by assignment and sometimes they get through assignments very quickly. Every time they finish an assignment, they check it off the list. They get to see the blanks filling up fast and know exactly how much more they have left to do. And then when the work is done, the school day is over. This has always been a huge motivator for my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 My 8 and 10 year old mutinied last night and did ALL their school work after I went to bed. "We don't need you to teach any more! We just have to read the directions to figure out what to do." :lol: :D :glare: and so they got a day off. We'll see if they pull that stunt again tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 My 8 and 10 year old mutinied last night and did ALL their school work after I went to bed. "We don't need you to teach any more! We just have to read the directions to figure out what to do." :lol: :D :glare: and so they got a day off. We'll see if they pull that stunt again tonight. Hey, I could get behind that kind of mutiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 This is why I've always had a checklist of work to do each day for the kids to see. We don't school by time, like math for 30 minutes. We school by assignment and sometimes they get through assignments very quickly. Every time they finish an assignment, they check it off the list. They get to see the blanks filling up fast and know exactly how much more they have left to do. And then when the work is done, the school day is over. This has always been a huge motivator for my children. We have checklists too, but it hasn't seemed to be the motivator for my 8yo like it has been for her big sister. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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