Do your kids have problems with repetition? Tim cannot stand to repeat a lesson, or even an idea. We studied about seasons at the beginning of the month. This last quarter I’m reviewing everything he learned through the year, and this week for science it’s seasons. I had him watch a video on seasons, and the first thing out of his mouth was, ‘why do we have to do this, we already learned about it’. UGH! Even after several months he remembered going over it, and he was grumpy through the whole thing. He doesn’t understand why he has to practice adding and subtracting every day, or why he has to write/read every day. To him, he knows it, so let’s move on!

We’re having to revise our schedule once again. I normally have him start school whenever we get up and really moving, which is around 10am, then we go for a walk outside before the schooled kids get off the bus. But lately, he’s been starting later and taking longer, so he’s having to miss out on the walks, which he really loves. So, we’re now going to try doing chores first, then the walk, and then start school. It really depends on if he fights me to do school after he’s had fun, whether or not this is how we’ll keep it.