Still ruminating on home educating 24 hours a day, I dream about it. I am so certain of the benefits but have such reservation when I start to worry about all of the things that might not work out.
I will say though that we're a week into the summer holidays and my eldest is already so much more relaxed, so much more herself. We have started nature journals for the summer which she has been very keen to work on, and has been coming up with ideas for activities. She has been practicing her drawing and is amazing me with patience and skill which I certainly didn't possess at her age, though I wished I did.
This week we have been on a bug hunting walk with one of the girls' friends, we have been to the park a couple of times and my youngest is getting more and more confident with her birthday roller skates, we have done drawing in the garden, we have come up with a pocket money challenge & decided on suitable chores, we have played board games, we have read and relaxed, we have visited a friend's house for supper.
The only fly in the ointment in the holidays so far is that I have somehow injured my hip. It was bad yesterday and it's worse today, I'm not sleeping and can barely get about. I've decided to take pain killers today for some relief and so that we can hopefully make the most of the day with a sea swim, which I'm hoping will also help. Tomorrow we need to go to the library and there is also an outdoor playscheme for a couple of hours at the community farm which I'm keen to take the girls to.
We are busy but relaxed. The thought that it could feel this way always is a cheerful one.
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