Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net We officially started homeschooling the day after Labor Day... Oy. My 5 year old is very excited to learn, but, he's 5, so he wants to quit when we're in the middle of something and he begs and demands to "do more school" when I'm nursing the 2 month old or trying to catch a minute sitting in a chair because the almost 3 year old has just been wrangled (literally) through his naptime routine. I can already identify some areas we will need to work on. For instance, my son is a very high acheiver and sets standards for himself higher than I've set standards for him. He gets very upset with himself if he's trying to write a letter of the alphabet and he "messes up" so it doesn't look quite (or quite neatly enough) like it should. I'm my own worst critic as well so I know how difficult it can be to go through life not giving yourself any slack. I want to find a way to help him at a young age to learn to be patient with himself, forgive himself, and when applicable, even laugh at himself. A lesson we can hope to learn together.
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