am i starting to flounder

[puddinmama]

hi everyone

well am not feeling too confident this week, i have my periods and have been really knackered i get like this 1 week outta every month, have been trying to get the kids out this week, ds1 went and did some nature photgraphy with his dad yesterday which he enjoyed, i just guess i wish i could do more with them myself finding it hard to drag myself outta bed this week

also finding it hard to be patient with the kids although surprising myself that i havent lost my head with the lot of them lol

workbooks havent been touched this week although we did go to the library

i guess i'm hopin for a confidence boost or some comfort at least

thanks ladies

puddinmama

Puddinmama, I think this is normal don't worry.

I'm 27 wks pg and feel so so guilty about the lack of motivation I have some times. Then I remembered that we don't take all those weeks off for holidays that they do at school so I can even it out abit. We also do a couple of hours at the weekend so I feel it's a balance eventually....

Don't forget that they are learning stuff all the time that you might not even count as learning yourself......

puddin - thats the key point - they are learning ALL the time - and they learn alot faster sometimes when they are left to experience it for themselves.

I could bore you with all the stuff about learning styles (kinetic, visual, audio etc) but I won't - suffice to say that when they are left to their own devices children tend to lean naturally toward the style that suits them best personally and the learnign gets embedded fuller.....that doesn't come from HE btw but teacher training - but I think its relevant to us HErs too.

Don't fret - everyone has weeks when they can see lots of "achievement" and weeks which don't look like much has been done. Children are often learning when we're not teaching them, and also spend time "consolidating" things they have already learned. It all balances out - if you look back over 2 or 3 months you'll see that it adds up ok.

But if you know one week a month will be tricky, you could maybe plan to have things they can get on with which don't need as much of your time and energy, or else just have your own "timetable" where you are busier for 3 weeks out of 4 and have a "holiday" on the bad week. They can still be learning things by reading books, playing games, etc on that week.