29th March 2020
Just laying in bed thinking about getting up. Thinking about how things went last week with 'school', and scrolled past an article about dropping the ball, I didn't read it, but the feel of it resonated and got me thinking.
Last week seemed to start well.
Day 1 - Six kids sat down to work (not including my big kids). Everyone seemed focused and got on well with the work and each other.
Day 2 - We're down to three children, still some focus but not quite like yesterday, still getting on well though.
Day 3 - We have four now aged 6-10 yrs. I've noticed we are having trouble focusing. Even one I wouldn't have thought , and especially one I already noticed struggling yesterday BUT... I'm struggling too.
Day 4 - Back to the same three as Tuesday. Much less focus.
Day 5 - Just us, focus no better.
I look back and see I struggled at the the start of the week to focus on anything. I thought it was because I was going between two rooms keeping an eye on them all, aware I have things to do but can't, unable to sit for two minutes to do any of it. Looking back I see now that I was quite unfocused and so even when the kids went home I still couldn't sit and do anything because I'm all over the place. If I'm all over the place then it's no wonder the children are too! As the week wore on my expectations changed. We went from following the timetable fully on Monday to eventually on Thursday and Friday we were just picking out the straightforward bits to do for an hour before we went outside, or put a movie on.
We were all much happier with that!
Last week seemed to start well.
Day 1 - Six kids sat down to work (not including my big kids). Everyone seemed focused and got on well with the work and each other.
Day 2 - We're down to three children, still some focus but not quite like yesterday, still getting on well though.
Day 3 - We have four now aged 6-10 yrs. I've noticed we are having trouble focusing. Even one I wouldn't have thought , and especially one I already noticed struggling yesterday BUT... I'm struggling too.
Day 4 - Back to the same three as Tuesday. Much less focus.
Day 5 - Just us, focus no better.
I look back and see I struggled at the the start of the week to focus on anything. I thought it was because I was going between two rooms keeping an eye on them all, aware I have things to do but can't, unable to sit for two minutes to do any of it. Looking back I see now that I was quite unfocused and so even when the kids went home I still couldn't sit and do anything because I'm all over the place. If I'm all over the place then it's no wonder the children are too! As the week wore on my expectations changed. We went from following the timetable fully on Monday to eventually on Thursday and Friday we were just picking out the straightforward bits to do for an hour before we went outside, or put a movie on.
We were all much happier with that!
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