06 Apr Home-Schooling Guilt
Who reading this thought home-schooling would be fairly simple?
A few sentences supervised, perhaps some number counting?
We’ve had parents tell us how they’re struggling. There’s no doubt that education must be a priority and in a normal scenario where you can sit your little one down and give them your undivided attention, homeschooling could be a wonderful, patient, maybe even therapeutic exercise for all.
However, we’re living in vastly different times. The most common scenario is where one, if not both parents work full time. The pull between professionalism and realism can cause much anguish.
Whilst most companies are sensitive to the parent’s predicament, when the phone rings and it’s your boss, there’s always that secret hesitation, BUT the call must be taken.
Adding another layer to this is the existence of a younger sibling who demands attention, not in the same way of course, but they can’t be left out, they need to be stimulated and occupied. Easy in theory, slightly trickier in practice – particularly when your toddler runs into the room with a crayon and ‘colours in’ the maths work that took the last 30 minutes and has to be uploaded to Tapestry TODAY.
Another challenge is the level of work itself. Even though dependent on school – it has taken a few parents by surprise how much work is expected. We find ourselves writing lesson plans the night before and spending hours uploading work to parent/teacher apps.
Did anyone else give up on PE?
How long did Joe Wicks on YouTube last?
Fact is we’re all in this together. We’re playing our part by staying in – so hopefully the country and world can get back to normal as quickly as possible.
We must also make sure that no matter how stressful this period of time is, we can’t pass this pressure, stress and anxiety to our children. If we can mask, at least in front of them how troubling this is, having to juggle a never ending to do list, it’s for the best.
We heard recently how damaging the effect of a child overhearing the phrase, “So I’m stuck with the kids for the next few weeks”. Remember tiny listening ears pick up everything.
One thing is for sure. Respect for teachers has gone up 1 million percent.
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In the meantime here’s a few links to help structure your home-schooling day:
9.00am – PE with Joe Wicks https://youtu.be/6v-a_dpwhro
10.00am – Maths with Carol Vorderman www.themathsfactor.com
11.00am – English with David Walliams https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
12.00pm – Lunch (cooking with Jamie Oliver) https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/
1.00pm – Music with Myleene Klass https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ
1.30pm – Dance with Darcey Bussel https://twitter.com/diversedancemix/status/1241098264373592065
2.00pm – History with Dan Snow (free for 30-days) https://tv.historyhit.com/signup/package
4.00pm – Home Economics with Theo Michaels (Mon/Wed/Fri) https://www.instagram.com/theocooks
Non-daily events include:
Science with Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince & Guests https://cosmicshambles.com/stayathome/upcoming-schedule
9.30am Wednesday 25 March – Geography with Steve Backshall https://twitter.com/SteveBackshall/status/1242058846941712385
For your older kids, here are 50 free revision resources for 11+, GCSEs and A-Levels:
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