The Un-neighborly Neighbor by Vicki Brady
Chore Time
In the morning I put up all the chores on the dry erase board that need doing that day, minus the ones I plan to do myself. One by one the Middles pick one (put their initial by it) go do it, then come back and erase it. The Littles get to pick whose helper they are going to be. Twenty-one chores divided by three Middles is seven chores each (the pets have already been done and erased). So the theory is that after one has claimed, done, and erased seven chores, they can quit. This is meant to inspire speed... faster workers get first pick... slower workers get stuck with the less desirable chores. However, there are usually one or two kids who just keep going until everything is done and erased, and one slower child who only has to do a couple of items. :)
Comments
I had no idea Elizabeth was doing so poorly in math because of the grades she was bringing home. I said "but she got an A" and her teacher told me, "because she's doing First grade work and being graded as such."
Now when a proud public school parent tells me their son made honor roll, I have a really hard time believing they got it doing work at their grade level.
You make a good point. Thank goodness you are a good teacher so you can pick up the slack of school. Other loving parents are not made, not built, can't even fake being teachers.
Children slip through the cracks in both systems, but I do firmly believe one system is better than the other, or I wouldn't be doing this.