mom31257 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Starting us off... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Good morning! I don't have as many alarms set today! breakfast and lunch for dh medicine bible study did a logic puzzle to decide if I want to give it to some students exercise shower and get ready coffee prep for lessons today meals for just myself today 2 Zoom sessions dentist for cleaning two in-person (the siblings) coming together; It will be challenging, and I don't believe the older one needs as much help as the younger one. order some letter/phonics tiles prep for classes tomorrow including some grading watch something and relax Edited September 13, 2023 by mom31257 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Good morning! It's back to the grind here: make ds lunch work on literature project finish anatomy work history class stop by the bookstore to find out what's up with my order Trader Joe's for more oatmeal, yogurt, and snacks go over homework with ds/check chores dinner? I'm not sure yet. Something with chicken scouts take ds to practice second dinner? 10,000 steps violin French 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Good morning! I need to get a shower and change clothes to go to Bible study. Later: Call mom Bank ✔️ Grocery CSA box ✔️ Mail a package to Dd ✔️ Tutor one student ✔️ Dinner is leftovers? I may make a meatloaf and some sides tonight, so there food in the fridge for Ds’ 10:30 pm second supper. Edited September 12, 2023 by ScoutTN 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Good morning! Today I have: ....coffee ...look over the list for today's PreK kid, make sure I have everything ...make sure all the kids are up on time, and out the door on time ...go do the PreK stuff ...come home, make sure everything is ready to go for tomorrow ...finalize what adapted handwriting I want to use with the kiddo with motor delays, print that for the next few weeks, and email mom some of it to use at home ....scan in this week's math to email to same mom b/c she still hasn't ordered the books yet ....email her both of those things ...fencing drills ...make sure I've finished typing up reports for the tutor kids today, and have everything ready to go ...when the kids get home, help DS go over history stuff, help him pick/narrow down a topic for their first project ...lunch/nap ...Middle is cooking dinner - DH will be around to help ...go tutor the 2 girls (mine are sibs but since I go to them, I do one at a time; together is hard @mom31257! I've always split the time when I've had sibs, so one gets however long, then the other gets however long, but we don't work together at the same time....is that an option??) ...come home, eat dinner ...change/get ready for fencing/go to fencing ...come home, veg out We had a fencing tournament on Saturday, and y'all -- I won 2nd place!!!! It was a small one, but I finished ahead of my coach & my other coach's wife! Gah! I could not believe it!! So now I'm super excited, and also going to try and keep working hard, so maybe at the bigger tournament we have next month, I might also finish well. Edited September 12, 2023 by TheReader 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 @TheReader Hooray for you! Fencing is cool. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Found & emailed the handwriting stuff to the mom Scanned & emailed the math stuff to the mom Kids are all up, getting ready to go PreK stuff sorted & ready to go 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Congrats @TheReader!! That’s awesome! Dh took today off so I won’t be doing much today. grocery pickup. read. bible. list something on FB marketplace that I keep putting off. fix my elliptical, dh keeps putting it off. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 kids left 10 mins late - ugh (this is actually "on time" if any of us was driving; with Oldest driving....hopefully they make it, but at least their first class does allow late entrance...:sigh:) grabbing a quick bite and then heading to my PreK kid 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history-fan Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 @TheReadercongrats on the fencing!! laundry going day 5 with no sugar-challenging myself use carpet cleaner in lr drop off photo collages 1 zoom mtg household chores gather materials for ds he has been asked to tutor a couple highly gifted students training time with pup watch movie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Thanks, y'all! I am still pretty giddy over it! Home from doing PreK - the kid is adorable, and the mom feeds me muffins when I leave, so it's fast becoming my favorite gig, LOL! Impatiently waiting for a package to be delivered (shirt/dress I ordered online last week) The trash company finally dropped off our new trash can (the old one was broken at the bottom) - yay! Gassed up so we don't have to later 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 ds is off at school. anatomy work is turned in. grocery shopping done. Up next, book store and history class. And YAY! My history book made it here today! I had the next chapter available online, but I think this is one I want to keep for good. It's all primary sources relating to and about women, which is something I don't already have on my shelf. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 @TheReader, way to go!! I only met with them the first time yesterday. She is 5th, and he is 2nd. I sat them at each end of the dining room table. I tried going back and forth. For her, I'm more there to make sure she is doing the homework than tutoring. It started out as tutoring, but she has improved a lot. He is going to need a lot of help with reading and writing. I had him read some in a book that was in his backpack, and he didn't even try to sound out the words. The first student woke up sick, so we rescheduled. I had another student who needed some extra help, so we hopped on Zoom to do that. I'm about to meet with the second one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Finished typing up the notes from tutoring so far, and printed that, so I can take the agreement & initial assessment to the parents today when I go Need to check with DH what we agreed for Thurs, so I can let the tutor family know (I think I will do 45 mins each, so they still get some work, but I can still leave on time for my concert that night - we're going to see Iliza Schlushinger (sp???)) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 @TheReader Congrats!! That is so awesome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Got DS going on his homework - what he has so far for creative writing is good! Got him going on the remaining bits, and helped him pick a topic for his history game/research project. As they actually had lab this week for Geology, there's no other stuff I need to help with, and I'm set for tutoring, so going to organize my closet real quick, do my fencing drills, grab a snack, and pack the fencing bag before I go tutor. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Bible study was good! Did some AHG things. Sent some emails to teachers. The online gradebook is at least a week behind in all his classes and we need accurate data. Headed out to tutor. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 @ScoutTN and @TheReader, any recommendations for studying spelling words with this 2nd grader? She definitely wants me to help him with those each week. He is a slow writer, and it's barely legible. I plan to get better tiles to use, but I'm using letters from Upwords today, even though they are all capitals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 @ScoutTN, are you doing a published study or something the leader is doing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, mom31257 said: @ScoutTN and @TheReader, any recommendations for studying spelling words with this 2nd grader? She definitely wants me to help him with those each week. He is a slow writer, and it's barely legible. I plan to get better tiles to use, but I'm using letters from Upwords today, even though they are all capitals. I like the All About Spelling tiles. It’s a thorough Orton-Gillingham (multi sensory) program. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Another vote for All About Spelling. You could have him use the tiles to do the spelling words, and in general work on is he hearing the phonemes, able to spell the phonemes (so, if the word is cat, can he segment it into /c/, /a/, /t/?). With the girl I'm working with, she can spell the word if I give it to her sound by sound, but not if its all together. We're working on it. (I'm using Barton with her, but b/c I have it; it's pricey to purchase just for one tutor kid, and AAS is very similar in their approach to spelling). You can also do stamps, letter magnets on a cookie sheet, put some fine sandpaper on a clipboard that he uses for writing, so he gets more tactile input (may help the handwriting), and do traceable words (you can write the list in highlighter, and have him trace it, or you write it in pencil and let him trace w/different colored highlighters). 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 home from tutoring - gave mom the goals/assessments, etc. and agreed on a shorter time for Thursday got the closet organized never did my fencing drills....may have time if I hurry before dinner, if not, that's okay Time to change, pack the fencing bag, eat, go to fencing 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Today was a better day with my 4th hour class...not great, but better, so I'll take it. Spent the evening figuring out supplies we need to order for electrical (lights, smoke detectors) and ceiling (a flush mount grid system). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 6 hours ago, mom31257 said: @ScoutTN, are you doing a published study or something the leader is doing? It’s a study of 1 and 2 Peter by Lydia Brownback. Various women teach on the week’s passage, then we break into small groups to discuss the lesson in the book. The book is more of a springboard than anything, but I am enjoying it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Feeling lots of criticism and pressure from Dh about not being employed FT. 😢 I have no qualifications for anything that pays decently. Two religion/theology degrees and decades of experience in children’s ministry. Not changing churches or moving, so no ministry job options. Late middle aged. Weak tech skills. I scanned the Indeed site for hours tonight and saw one possibility. One. Will apply tomorrow. No teaching certificate, so no school jobs. Subbing is super crummy pay. No money to go back to school. No idea what I would pursue even if it were possible. I cannot get all the household things done and keep up with all the admin as it is. Who will cook, manage the household stuff, do the budget, run all the errands etc. if I get a FT job? (Not that that is likely.) Stuck. 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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