The Ontario government announced yesterday that our schools will remain closed until at least September. Believe it or not I did the dance of joy around the house! First of all it means our plans to move the family to the country this weekend can go ahead..... and Secondly the government agrees not to make our children guinea pigs.
YAY!!
Of course that means home schooling continues...........
But that doesn't stress me much at all -- cause now I have till September to get the information across...... and yes we are gonna do school work even during the summer.
After all -- truthfully - what else will there be to do over the summer?? pools are closed, parks are closed, art/dance programs are closed........ sooooooo an hour or so a day of school work is not such a bad idea. AND the extra work will ensure that the lil one has 'got' it!
Yesterday we started working on division......... GAH!! the virtual learning involved a website that used all sorts of graphics (like the one at the top). It involved a whole lot of counting apples or squares or lines that were on the screen. Dear god in heaven!! That just meant there was wayyyyyyyy more room for error. The lil one was supposed to count each of the graphics.... 24 books - apples - lines - circles whatever!! She would count - skip one by mistake - and end up with the wrong answer........ GAH!!
So THIS teacher said "screw this! let's work with numbers only!" soooooo we wrote out the equation - "24 divided by 6 = ??" - skip count by 6 until you hit 24 and that's the answer!! it took a bit -- and it's slow -- but she was starting to get it!! YAY!! She just needs practice........... and another 4 months of practice should do the trick!!
Life is good when things fall into place.
Hey Morningstar,
ReplyDeleteWe did the happy dance here too with that announcement. There was no way I was sending our daughter back. The daughter also decided to do "double" summer school this summer (2 courses) since everything was still limited/closed. It will keep her busy at least.
Blissfully, that means all of us are still here at home. What does that mean? Well, the Sheriff is in full protection mode right now, which is sweet and frustrating. However, I LOVE it! I asked for him to be this way, and the good thing about COVID is that he has ample opportunity to develop into his role.
Hugs
Boo
p.s. remind me of this later when I am complaining that he is too much. HAHA
Hi Morningstar,
ReplyDeleteSchools here started back this week, much to the delight of many parents lol. This is great news. The lil one is doing so well with home schooling and you are doing an amazing job :)
Hugs
Roz