Desperate for help - what to do - currently charter school
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:42 pm
Hello and greetings. I am rather desperate. I am a mother of 3. I just finished doing K 3 and 5th grade via an online charter school here in Wisconsin which uses the K12 curriculum.
It's not all bad certainly. But somehow adding on my kindergarten daughter made it very difficult to work with my middle child.
I had done Sonlight for 2 years with my oldest. Then my husband left me and I felt the attraction of the free curriculum offered by the charter school, as well as the orderly daily tasks.
I have found that I have become more of a drill sargent. I bark and push the kids to hurry hurry hurry finish. Especially my middle child, who would sit at the table and drift off while I was trying to work with my K-aged daughter. I would bark at him and hustle him on almost a daily basis. He says he hates school.
My oldest for the most part did his work without being prodded, but would "slop" a bit on his writing, etc. I couldn't attend to it all. Having a broken home, I had to drive the kids to their fathers often on weeknights, etc.
I have felt that life was very hectic with the charter school. The house is in a shambles. The house was the messiest it has ever been during this past year. I don't really feel what we have been doing is homeschooling, with its peaceful lingering days.. or should it be that way? .
Then there were the demands of the charter school... attending online classrooms, sending in work samples, having teachers check in on the kids over the phone, etc. I was hoping to have time this summer to work on the house and yard which are in dire need of cleaning and fixing, but time is flying by.
My older two look on schoolwork for the most part as something to get the heck out of the way. A chore. My kindergarten girl enjoys it and learned to read and do a lot of math. I am afraid if I switch it may make for more trouble. I fantasize about taking a year off and just making the kids read and do some math each day, and work on the house in the meantime.
Somehow, I am afraid to hop off the charter school "bus".
Someone please help me. Offer me your opinions and insights and don't hold back. I am feeling pretty anxious, thank you!
It's not all bad certainly. But somehow adding on my kindergarten daughter made it very difficult to work with my middle child.
I had done Sonlight for 2 years with my oldest. Then my husband left me and I felt the attraction of the free curriculum offered by the charter school, as well as the orderly daily tasks.
I have found that I have become more of a drill sargent. I bark and push the kids to hurry hurry hurry finish. Especially my middle child, who would sit at the table and drift off while I was trying to work with my K-aged daughter. I would bark at him and hustle him on almost a daily basis. He says he hates school.
My oldest for the most part did his work without being prodded, but would "slop" a bit on his writing, etc. I couldn't attend to it all. Having a broken home, I had to drive the kids to their fathers often on weeknights, etc.
I have felt that life was very hectic with the charter school. The house is in a shambles. The house was the messiest it has ever been during this past year. I don't really feel what we have been doing is homeschooling, with its peaceful lingering days.. or should it be that way? .
Then there were the demands of the charter school... attending online classrooms, sending in work samples, having teachers check in on the kids over the phone, etc. I was hoping to have time this summer to work on the house and yard which are in dire need of cleaning and fixing, but time is flying by.
My older two look on schoolwork for the most part as something to get the heck out of the way. A chore. My kindergarten girl enjoys it and learned to read and do a lot of math. I am afraid if I switch it may make for more trouble. I fantasize about taking a year off and just making the kids read and do some math each day, and work on the house in the meantime.
Somehow, I am afraid to hop off the charter school "bus".
Someone please help me. Offer me your opinions and insights and don't hold back. I am feeling pretty anxious, thank you!