It became apparent to me that I have to have a schedule when I get home for work in order to do everything that needs to get done. Most importantly get a handle on the time for Hollace’s homework.
We wait until it is too late and are crabby and then underestimate the time we need. And we are not getting any reading time in. There are no reading logs this year so we aren’t accountable.
Last night Hollace kept telling me she was horrible at math, horrible at reading, horrible….
I told her we will fix that by practicing more.
When she went to bed I put down this schedule
5:00 – I get home from work
6:00 – dinner needs to be on the table
6:30 – walk for 30 minutes
7:00 – Hollace starts homework. The teacher says to only spend 10 minutes on each assignment and that I have to sign if she doesn’t finish. Hollace isn’t a speedy worker so 10 minutes later we aren’t even close.
I have scheduled 1:30 for homework. That is 30 minutes reading, 10 minutes for, on the average, 3 assignments (= 30 minutes). 15 minutes to practice math facts (on our own). That leaves 15 minutes for her to play on the internet for a reward. Neopets is what she is into lately thought today she says EVERYONE at school talks about Webkins.
8:30 – Hollace goes to bed
8:30-10:00 is my free time to catch up on the web or watch a movie or whatever.
10:00 – news
10:30 – Read or meditate (or go back to the web but I want to try to curb keep that for the 8:30 time block)
11:30 – go to bed or in an ideal world, go to bed at 11:00 which could happen if I stick to reading or meditating and stay away from the web.
Tonight we tried the schedule for the first time.
– Dinner was on the table at 6:00.
– I didn’t get on the treadmill until 6:40 cause I wasn’t prepared but I got off at 7:00
– Homework got started a little late cause Hollace had to take a quick shower since she was all muddy playing outside while I was on the treadmill.
– At 8:30 the homework was done but we didn’t get to the bonus math facts.
– She played with Neopets.org for 20 minutes then went to bed.
– Watched TV until 11:00 then came in to check the net
– It is now 11:40 and I am 10 minutes late for bed. Good night!