It seems that most days homework is a massive undertaking in our home. It really doesn't make sense as Sunshine is a pretty bright kid (really, she's like highest honors sort of bright), this stuff should be a piece of cake for her, right?
Wrong.
It's a struggle. It's a battle. It's a colossal pain in the you-know-where.
It's not like we're new to homework. She had it in Kindergarten, she had it in 1st grade, she had it in 2nd grade. We have a desk set up that is just for her use. It's stocked with school supplies. For some reason, the spinning chair that is with it is way too distracting. We've tried the dining room table as well. But, isn't it more fun to look around the room & play with the dogs as they rest under the table?
Today is the 1st day of the 2nd week of school. Homework starts tonight. We were home by 2:45 this afternoon. As Sunshine was finishing up her snack, I told her that she had an hour to play, watch tv, relax, whatever but at 4pm we were starting our homework.
At 4:02 she ran into her room to avoid doing homework.
At 4:10, I finally got her in the kitchen at her desk with her binder open & was reading the assignments. Math & language arts--easy enough. The math worksheet was both sides & she was done in less than 5 minutes. This includes her getting up to get a drink of juice.
Language arts was done in as much time as it took her to write her name on a piece of paper, put the words in alphabetical order & put the paper, along with the math sheet in her communications folder.
Done, done, done.
I'm sure there will be other days that homework is a battle, but today? I won. HA! Take that homework! I'd stick around to listen to your reply, but I'm off to have a Barbie play date w/ Sunshine.
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