Well, here it is…it’s Sunday…the last day of Spring Break for Urbandale…and I’ve been adhering to the Spring Break rules…of no classes.
“There’s no way I could be a teacher”….that’s what I’ve told my kids’ first grade teacher Mr. Nikkel….yet….
Tomorrow, though, well, that starts home schooling classes…and like many of you, I have no idea what I’m doing, and I’m just hoping that we don’t screw up our kids too badly. You know what? We won’t…you won’t…it’s okay.
I see tons of friends that I know putting up elaborate schedules for home schooling, and they look great…and I want to do something like that…but I know it won’t happen according to plan…and that’s okay.
This is without a doubt, the strangest of times…us parents are being counted on to do a lot…on top of work (if you’re going to work)…now we add teaching onto our plate…house chores….trying to find free time to snag an episode of Tiger King in….it’s going to be nuts…and that’s okay.
We parents should count on each other…if you see a cool idea on Facebook, try it…if it works, awesome….if it doesn’t or seems like too much…try something else.
Give it your best shot. Sorry, that’s not a rah-rah pep talk…that was me convincing myself.
This is how I see my day going…
Waking up at 3am…going to work…enjoying work as much as I can…because I get to see two of my best friends…
Come home…outdoor time with kids. Soccer touches…basketball…a walk.
Academic time…who the hell knows what this will involve. My lesson plan tomorrow involves a word find puzzle, some math, some reading apps, we’re working on fractions and percentages while we’re shooting hoops.
Lunch.
Maybe some free time…can I snag a 20 minute nap? Doing some disinfecting around the house?
Some more academic time…
Some outdoor time…
Reading time…
Free time.
Dinner? Oh snap…what’s for dinner…cereal? Mmm…cereal.
Post-dinner…Family games?
Time on the elliptical….free time.
and presto…it’s 10:30 at night…
and if I screwed this up…try again tomorrow.
This blog is a mess…it’s rambling…the point is… we should all just do our best… we’ll probably surprise ourselves.
Be confident…be ready to be tired…push through it…and be awesome.
