It’s the Easter Holidays…but don’t let the kids know or they’ll do even less work than normal

Apparently it’s now the Easter Holidays. Nobody in our house knows this, because I haven’t told them. I figured Eric doesn’t need to an excuse to shirk schoolwork; he’s been shirking it ever since Lockdown started, so I’m carrying on as normal. Not that the word ‘normal’ means all that much anymore, but still. The novelty of homeschooling, which let’s be honest was already starting … Continue reading It’s the Easter Holidays…but don’t let the kids know or they’ll do even less work than normal

Skateboards, books and a smidgen of maths: Day Five of Homeschooling and Eric finally picks up his school activity pack

Remember when you were at nipper and on the last day of term you could take your board games into school? That’s the kind of theme we adopted on Day Five of homeschooling. I suspect this may be a theme we adopt numerous times before the lockdown in over. But Eric did complete three (yes, THREE) worksheets from him school activity pack. Here’s how we … Continue reading Skateboards, books and a smidgen of maths: Day Five of Homeschooling and Eric finally picks up his school activity pack

Lessons in the graveyard, calls to the cops and other learnings from Day Two of homeschooling

As predicted, Day Two of homeschooling was much more sedate. This was largely due to me being exhausted from Day One. It’s hard work keeping small people fed, watered and amused AND doing ‘grown-up’ work at the same time, as I’m sure parents everywhere are now discovering (once again teachers, I salute you). But education is important, which is why I pulled out all the … Continue reading Lessons in the graveyard, calls to the cops and other learnings from Day Two of homeschooling