So, these cute kids have been doing a good job of working on their homework. Jakob has a lot of it this year. Math every night, spelling and writing alternating every other week, reading each night, on top of little projects every now and then. Isabelle wants to work on her writing when Jakob is working on his homework. She wants to write everything and will ask how to spell different words. I’ve been letting Jakob play when he gets home from school. My philosophy is that he has been in school all day and needs some downtime. They usually work on their homework while I’m in the kitchen getting dinner ready. It works out well for us right now.
I love seeing them enjoy what they do. Jakob LOVES math, he tells me that he wishes I would give him more math homework each night to work on. Isabelle wishes I would read to her more!! I need to figure out a way to find more time to do this. I’ve been trying to devote my late afternoon and evenings to the kids and family, letting go of all other things until they are in bed. This has been helping me to be in the moment, enjoying and being available to them, knowing that I will have my time during the morning, afternoon, and late evening to clean, work on projects, pay bills, etc.
Right now I’m just enjoying this phase of evening homework time, knowing that it may change as we change, but that it is working well for us now.
It sounds like you have a great system going. I remember doing homework while my mom made dinner too. I think your an awesome mom:)