DD is 6, in Year 1. She is pretty bright but absolutely hates being told that she's wrong. (That's another thread; we've talked lots to her about nothing being perfect, mistakes being good things, etc.) Her school are sending home:
- 1 x maths and 1 x phonics lessons every day
- 2/3 other separate lessons every day - science, geography, music, english, grammar, etc
- a reading book every day
- spellings
- other things they are meant to do, such as watch pre-recorded assemblies, PE lessons for the garden, etc.
This literally takes us a bare minimum of 4-5 hours of learning each day, not including breaks. As DD points out, she is doing more work than they do in school itself. This week has been particularly horrendous. Every lesson has turned into an argument, she refuses to do it, and it feels as though we have fought all day. This feels really upsetting as for the first few weeks of lockdown, I was really pleased at how much calmer and less stressed the two of us were when we weren't having to rush everywhere, etc. My poor toddler is also barely getting any time with me.
I'm also trying to cram in some work of my own and I am a bit worried that my stress at trying to get that done is causing me to rush her through her work and making matters worse.
How much work are your year 1 DC doing? If I just do the maths and phonics, is that the end of the world? I am really worried about the damage this will do to our relationship if we carry on like this.