To give the DC a day off school for this reason?

[NeoMaxiZoomDweebie]

MIL is over from Oz...she comes once a year and she goes back on Sunday. Shall I keep the DC off school tomorrow so that they get an extra full day with her? It's only just occurred to me to suggest it...I've not mentioned it to MIL or DC yet.

She loves them so much and it's reciprocated....she misses them badly over the year. Also...if I am not being unreasonable, what shall I tell school?

What will she tell them about Oz that they couldn't have been told in the last few weeks I'm guessing? Did you forget about wombats, neglect to explain egg laying mammals? It's OK. I learned about those in... school.

Well the weather was mentioned. DC, it is warmer in Australia than in the UK. Now, let's get those school shoes on.

Floggingmolly in my case I didn't make the decision to move to the other side of the world, my dp did, the family I mentioned are my inlaws. My DP has duel nationality, his mother does not and neither do I so we don't actually have the choice of living in the same country.

I am not going to be convinced that Skype is the same as spending time with the grandparent.

I am not going to be convinced that Skype is the same as spending time with the grandparent.

It's not, but 6 hours over several weeks (guessing - or the OP would have mentioned how short the visit had been), are not going to make that much of a difference.

Is the OP going to convince us that her MIL didn't spend a few hours away from the dear GC during her stay? Say, shopping, visiting friends and relatives?
Didn't the children go anywhere without their GM?

coralanne Baking and fingerpainting, really? .
Don't all kids do this at some point in their spare time? Not all day, certainly, school does tend to interfere with that, but is all day really necessary??

coralanne

I have a few friends who have left teaching in order to H. ed they do similar things with their dc, its amazing how they can learn so much away from the confines of curricula and sitting at desks writing.
My dd covers a lot of maths through practical application.

Flogg You have a very simplistic view of the colour spectrum. Yes all children do "finger paint" and bake at some time but how many 2 and 3 year olds can tell you what two colours make another colour and how rainbows are formed.

moret you are so right. Some people don't think that DC are "learning" anything unless they are sitting at a desk in front of a teacher.

It is also gratifying to see a 10 year old having the time and patience to explain these things to a 4 and 5 year old.