If you are working full-time and have primary school aged children, how much home educating are you really doing?

[KitKat1985]

Just that really. Really struggling to keep up with the constant activities and learning resources the school want us to be doing with DD1. She's only 5 and has autism and needs a lot of adult support (she has a 1:1 at school) so she needs an adult with her to do everything really, so not like I can just set her some stuff to do and leave her to it. Me and DH are both working full-time in NHS roles and it's a struggle to do everything. I've been given lots of speech therapy work to do with DD at home which is an added pressure. I tend to do double shifts at work so have no chance at all of getting anything done on my work days, and on my days off I'm also trying to look after DD2 (3) and catch up on all the laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning etc; as well as try and take the kids out for a bit of daily exercise.

I've decided on my days off I'll try to do 3 educational things a day with DD1 but it's too much to try and do everything. I was just nosy really how other families working full time were managing and how much home educating you were really getting done?

I used to feel bad about it and then someone forwarded this to me (I'm in Ireland but surely it applies to you too).

Do what you can. Don't feel bad. You didn't choose this, coping at all is a bloody achievement.

Not very much, I'm a teacher and am too busy trying to teach other people's children!

This thread has made me feel so much better
I’ve got 3DC two school age , one toddler and the toddler makes any kind of school routine impossible.

We try to log into learning accounts and DC3 grabs the tablet
Try to do book learning DC3 climbs on table etc

It’s impossible

We are resigned to just picking up the pieces once schools go back

Nothing. My son reads books, but he's always done a bit of that anyway.

Mine are 5 and 6. We do about an hour most days. Probably 4 days a week. I bought readers and exercise books and some workbooks. We learn sight words. One app in the afternoon. I don't think it's making a lot of difference but hope they don't fall behind.