Back when I was a wee chickie, I wanted to be a teacher. I've always had an affinity for office supplies, and I thought teaching would be a good way to be on the inside of that. *snickering*
Okay, not really. I had wonderful teachers in my first and third grade years. My first-grade teacher enabled me to skip second grade because of my reading level. My third-grade teacher stepped up and included me in the class and made me feel welcome. They'll always hold a special place for me.
So during the summers, I teach my chickens. We go over things I think they'll need for the next year. I make sure they keep their skills up. My kids are stair-steps, so I pretty much know the curriculum and basics I'm looking at. We don't do schoolwork everyday. BORING
But we do go at it twice a week for a couple of hours. And today is the day we're starting their work. Baby chicken has already been in here four times wondering when we're starting. She is KILLING me. *laughing* Others are not so enthused.
When I'm done with them, I'll continue working on my FBS.
Lazy Sunday?
Not hardly.
Grins*
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
That's so sweet. :) Glad she enjoys it!
My daughter vowed to work on her math over the summer but somehow shockingly I don't see her doing it!!!
'Twas a hoppin' time here in the hayfield. The math of the day was fractions. We added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided.
Now that my children loathe me, I'm satisfied. *snickering*
Okay. Wasn't that bad. BC zipped right through hers. No big surprise there. I showed MC how to do Improper fractions and how to reduce fractions to lowest possible fraction. OC read, and I quizzed her on comprehension.
I'll probably torture them again around Thursday or Friday. All depending on when we get the pool up.
Grins*
I second Michelle: it's so sweet. I also dreamed of becoming a teacher, became one, and then found out it's not for me. Bummer.
I used to do that with my boys, even though they never even realized that's what I was doing. Great idea.
At 3 and 5yo, my kids LOVE to learn stuff. I just hope it continues. If so, I might have to do some refresher courses to keep up with them. :)
Olga: I changed my major from Elem. Ed. in college to a double major of English and Psychology. I never finished, but that's a story for another time. Suffice it to say, I'm pleased with the writing life.
Margery: Yep. I LOVE it! The kids like it until I have to show them something new or they miss one on their paper. But they bounce back, and all is well. I LOVE the Internet. I can print professional looking math papers for them. They think it's cool.
Amy: I KNOW! The chickens were doing some type of "new math" this year. I was thisclose to freaking out. I don't know who suggested this mutant math, but it sucked. Hard. And ever so long. There will come a time, not so long from now, when my sessions will be obsolete. Um...then I'm going to hire a tutor.
Grins*
Post a Comment