September 9, 2013
11:41am
How do you keep your slight case of OCD in check while homeschooling?
Unfortunately, I can't. Throughout the day, I'm constantly cleaning, picking up after the kids, wiping down the board until I can't see anymore dried up flakes of dry-erase ink...the works. In my working space, I like order. I like for things to be presentable and neat. It doesn't get in the way of my parenting, though. I have a six-year-old and an almost-one-year-old. They're going to be messy at times. And, by nature, I'm a junky person, so I get it. I'm just glad that whatever slight compulsiveness I have doesn't not interfere.
Jay, on the other hand, has a slight case of perfectionism. He gets so frustrated when he messes up on a writing assignment, and will wear an eraser down to nothing. I have to remind him that we're still at the beginning of our lessons, and that with time and lots of practice, he'll get it down. He had a spelling pre-test today, just to see where he's at with his knowledge of the given words, and the kid almost had a nervous breakdown because he couldn't spell a word! I felt so bad for him. So, I told him to calm down, say the word slowly, think about all the sounds he heard in the word, and write down the corresponding letters. He wasn't even that far off!
He also has a hard time remaining focus. His former teachers were correct in that diagnosis. There isn't much room for independent study...for now. I don't fault him, though. He's six. I don't expect for him to stay focused the way an adult would. Heck, most adults have a hard time focusing. I'm 27, and...SQUIRREL!
Where was I...oh, yeah. Focusing. You get me.
Jay, on the other hand, has a slight case of perfectionism. He gets so frustrated when he messes up on a writing assignment, and will wear an eraser down to nothing. I have to remind him that we're still at the beginning of our lessons, and that with time and lots of practice, he'll get it down. He had a spelling pre-test today, just to see where he's at with his knowledge of the given words, and the kid almost had a nervous breakdown because he couldn't spell a word! I felt so bad for him. So, I told him to calm down, say the word slowly, think about all the sounds he heard in the word, and write down the corresponding letters. He wasn't even that far off!
He also has a hard time remaining focus. His former teachers were correct in that diagnosis. There isn't much room for independent study...for now. I don't fault him, though. He's six. I don't expect for him to stay focused the way an adult would. Heck, most adults have a hard time focusing. I'm 27, and...SQUIRREL!
Where was I...oh, yeah. Focusing. You get me.
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