Ok, we did a full morning of school today. It went well. The girls focused. Only needed one intervention from the Daddy for a bad attitude. But after over 3 hours of constant communication with my five dds...I am done, shot, exhausted of their talk!  Is that terrible? At lunch I was edgy, but trying to show only love and patience. Inside I couldn't wait for lunch to be done as I ordered the older three outside for the next hour and the younger two to bed for naps. Ahhhh, serenity of quiet and chaos of a messy house.

All in all, that is the hope I have for the rest of the year (at least on Tues, Thurs, and Fri). This was my litmus day. We didn't accomplish everything, of course, but darn near it. They still have to do their quiet reading time for literature/history.

I know it is Labor Day and all, but since we had no plans until this evening I decided to make the most of the day. Their was no complaints about starting...then again...they don't know it is a holiday.

We didn't get to those worksheets and activities. I learned a lot preparing to tell them about Labor Day. I always wondered why we had the holiday and now I know. Education isn't only for the young!

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Posted by Murdockb

You did good!

What do you do with the little ones during school? Are they off playing or do they hang around?

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Posted by mom25girls

Both. It depends on what we are doing. If I am actively trying to teach something that I want them to retain, I shoo them off do their room to play something and not make noise. If we are reading or I am being interactive with the other 3 then they stay and do what we are doing. It is not usually an issue b/c the 2 generally play together at great length without any problem. That is one of the reasons I had them both and not only one.

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