lifesadream83 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Sometimes, I wake up and I just don't want to school. I love homeschooling but the headache that comes with a screaming toddler just makes me want to let them both play all day so I don't have to hear her scream because someone is not giving her their undivided attention. Okay, it felt really good to let that out LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: we are taking off school today and tomorrow so I can prepare for my youngest's birthday party Saturday. Next week is our spring break, so we're just getting a jumpstart. :) Maybe you need a spring break today. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathy_overman Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I want to run to the local PS and drop off my 10 year old who year after year acts as if school is a joke! Come on kiddo, get a grip!!! :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesadream83 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I want to run to the local PS and drop off my 10 year old who year after year acts as if school is a joke! Come on kiddo, get a grip!!! :banghead: I have threatened ps many times and I need to stop. It really isn't an option for us at this time in our lives. DD doesn't want to go and she does fairly well most days. I just get overwhelmed with them home all day every day. I love it being with them and did the working mom thing so I know the difference and I know that is not what I want for our family. I am sure things will be better when we are all settled into our new place. I hope you boy eventually appreciates homeschooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooakharborhicks Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I'm afraid I've threatened public school so many times in the past 2 months that my four year old now parrots it every time his brother doesn't do what he wants. As in "Give me those Legos or I'm sending you to public school. Do you want that? Do you?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabet1 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I know the feeling! I have had plenty of times where I decided math was not worth letting the toddler who wants to play with big sibs scream. I do know of a parent who makes playing with younger sibs, or reading to them, or whatever, a part of the curriculum. I justify it with that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zookpr Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Oh I love confessions! I confess that we have taken off waaayy more days than we should have simply because I was tired and just preferred to clean the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perogi Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I bit my 10 year old's head off, chewed it up, and spit it out today. Texted my husband and said I need an island to run away to today. I am irritated today by chewing, coughing, breathing, pencil dropping. I recognize there is really nothing they can do right today, because of my own level of irritability. We got thru school this morning, just barely, and they are watching a movie thru lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: we've done nothing but watch Frozen today. Twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm with ya! It seems like doing school with my DS is the easiest thing I do....keeping the other two entertained while I do it is the hard part. I set out little activities for them to "find" in a few different rooms. It helps a little. Hang in there :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Above The Rowan Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I woke up today not at all in the mood to teach. I have brought in a supply teacher named Miss Frizzle. We are marathoning that and River Monsters today and calling it a science intensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haley Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I'm considering sending my oldest to science camp in the summer so that I don't have to teach during that week even though we HS year-round. Also, we're 2 days behind on completing assignments for this week. Eek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRmommy Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I am in the same boat most days with my 19 month old and she hasn't taken a nap in the last 3 days. As a matter of fact, she is in her crib calling me to come get her now. You're not alone! Sometimes, I wake up and I just don't want to school. I love homeschooling but the headache that comes with a screaming toddler just makes me want to let them both play all day so I don't have to hear her scream because someone is not giving her their undivided attention. Okay, it felt really good to let that out LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathy_overman Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I woke up today not at all in the mood to teach. I have brought in a supply teacher named Miss Frizzle. We are marathoning that and River Monsters today and calling it a science intensive. I love this. I think I may plan a "Science Intensive" tomorrow. Someone here recently mentioned University of Nottingham's Periodic Table videos - many include explosions. Tomorrow, they will learn about the Periodic Table, and I will try not to care, too much, of all the things I wish they were doing instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: We made school extra short today so we could go to the history museum. We spent over an hour on buses so I didn't have to deal with the traffic and find a parking space. We were in the museum 15 minutes, looking only at the auto racing exhibit. And when quiet time is over, DS is going to watch Cars for probably the tenth time this month. :driving: (I think racing is a ridiculous waste of resources to begin with, and too d*** loud.) But it counts as a school day 'cause we did reading, math, and geography before we left. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I allowed about an hour of free writing/reading after lunch today so that I could work on my own novel. And I plan to cheat on my house-keeping time so that I can do more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: Sometimes, I cancel school for an entire week...on the fly...because I'm just so far behind in other areas of life, that I need that week to catch up. Confession: Sometimes, when I see the school bus drive by, I literally want to run after it, screaming, "PLEASE TAKE MINE TODAY! JUST FOR TODAY!" because I'm home with four kids ALL DAY LONG and rarely have a break from them. Confession: I, too, have threatened the "I'll send you to public school if you don't shape up" routine. And to make it worse, my husband has (against my wishes) completely vilified public school...to the point where my oldest two firmly believe that the public school is a place where you go to get beat up and made fun of by other kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Very glad that I'm not the only one threatening public school. Confession: We are apparently taking the afternoon off. She did amazing before lunch and I forgot to tell her to get back to work after lunch. I probably won't. Also, she had brownies with a side of waffles for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: My kids did their school work almost entirely on their own today. I haven't been feeling good and just wanted to do nothing. So I did. At least mostly...I DID read History and Math to DD... ETA: I also did not make their lunch. DS11 made it. And DS14 fed everyone breakfast. If I could just find someone willing to do dinner, I'll have escaped the making of every single meal in the house for the day. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 My kids make their own breakfast, lunch, and dinner more often than not. I call it teaching them independence. In reality I hate to cook. We've only done the 3 R's all week, because I just got licensed as a real estate agent last week so I have been setting up email, website, twitter, etc... all week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Coast School Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Confession: I threatened to put DD in PS...and followed through with the threat. And gosh darn it, she really likes it there. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooakharborhicks Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Okay, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who doesn't make breakfast or lunch. That is actually a real load off my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 This thread has has made me smile. Thank you! Confession: we are on spring break and are doing absolutely nothing educational...despite my intentions. And I a totally ok with it. Confession: my kids fed themselves breakfast the last 3 morning. And the 8 yo made lunch today. Confession: I dropped my 4 yo off at church nursery first last night (usually I drop the big ones off first), when they were surprised to see my big kids in preschool I confessed that I NEEDED to drop off the little one first...she may not make it up and back alive....all of my buttons were broken...as in nothing left to push...all broken. Confession: I am looking at the next 11 weeks wondering what we can cut to make summer break happen just a little earlier... Confession: I have too often threatened my kids about b&m school lately that my 4 yo has been saying "don't you think they should go to school so we can have some time just you and me?" And sheesh. It sounds tempting! That's enough. My confessions are making me depressed! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 This thread really makes me feel like I'm not alone - thank you! :) Confession: Today I conducted half of school from my bed.. Everything got done and Mama and kids were all happy and now we're outside at the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WistfulRidge Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Confession: we've done nothing but watch Frozen today. Twice. We have days like that, except at our house it is Cars or Monsters Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Confession: we've done nothing but watch Frozen today. Twice. That's what we did!! Only once though. I had a really long list of things to do and I just handed it over to my husband when he came home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I used to threaten b&M school to my olders but realized that was not a productive thing to do. It doesn't take much to vilify public school because all the stories are true! Once I realized this, I determined to stop the threat. It loses effectiveness anyway when the kids know you won't do it. If a day is going off, we stop for the day. Nothing wrong with that. Better to preserve the relationship then prolong the agony for us all. We school year round and that is also easier on me because I don't feel the pressure to cram it all in. Every State is different, I know, in what they require. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Confession: Due to a math meltdown, I dismissed school and let the kids watch March Madness games all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 We have days like that, except at our house it is Cars or Monsters Inc. We have those days, too. :) We're equal-opportunity movie lovers! (A few weeks ago, our movie-of-choice -- for the moment -- was Monster's University. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haley Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I love all of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Confession: we watched Winnie the Pooh. Pretty sure my kids are doing this on purpose lately..bringing me books and then " heeeyyyy we should watch the movie." Lol. Here is a bad one- I read The Classical Teacher while my husband and son put up laundry. I did feel guilty. That counts right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Confession: Sometimes, I cancel school for an entire week...on the fly...because I'm just so far behind in other areas of life, that I need that week to catch up. UGH. Yes. Yes. Yes. Too many times, yes. Confession: If I am not up and moving by 9:30/10, school doesn't ever start that day. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 UGH. Yes. Yes. Yes. Too many times, yes. Confession: If I am not up and moving by 9:30/10, school doesn't ever start that day. :/ Oh gosh, school NEVER starts earlier than 10:00 here, lol! We're usually having breakfast at 10:00... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 UGH. Yes. Yes. Yes. Too many times, yes. Confession: If I am not up and moving by 9:30/10, school doesn't ever start that day. :/ Oh gosh, school NEVER starts earlier than 10:00 here, lol! We're usually having breakfast at 10:00... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Confession: Every two weeks or so, my son will play MineCraft all.day.long. I call it critical problem solving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heidip2p Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Can I just say BEST THREAD ever! We had a really rough day and this was exactly what I needed. :) Confession- our dog found a very a large bug and dropped it on our back patio. We googled and found out what kind it was. I totally counted this as science for today and maybe tomorrow! Confession- I need to call my bug man. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenjenn Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Of particular relevance to the OP: So here's my confession: when I started homeschooling, I put my youngest in preschool 5 days a week. I didn't even care about whatever educational content the preschool did or didn't have. I just wanted affordable, structured, with a nice teacher so I could get the little one out of my hair for a few hours while I homeschooled her sister. I don't even feel guilty about it. Best. Decision. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprez Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I don't like to cook. Atleast twice a week I eat out with DD to try lunch sets at different restaurants. I justify it as research for when DH gets back from deployment , we know which are the good ones to take him. I also count it as culture class and away for DD to practice Nihongo and immerse in Japanese culture. Did I mention that DD and I live on fruits and salads when it's only us? I love to bake though, we have a steady supply of cookies or cupcakes in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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