If you happen to have a fourth grade homeschooling boy who is often, shall we say, reluctant to complete his work in a cheerful manner, then boy do I have a plan for you!
Step 1: Find an adorable 8th grade girl who lives on your street (make sure your boy has at least a small crush on her) who wants to be homeschooled too, but can't because her parents both work.
Step 2: Allow her to convince you that supervising her homeschooling during the day would be a good idea.
Step 3: Make the arrangement with her parents to have her over each day from 9-2. Check to be sure she is doing her work, answer any questions she has, offer a tip or two when prudent, but let her parents chart her progress, grade her work and give her the day's assignments.
Step 4: Receive abundant free babysitting as compensation for your time, and be extra pleased that she delights in playing with the little kids in between her lessons (quick, mom, rotate the laundry while she's playing with the baby!)
Step 5: Stand back and watch your fourth grader fall all over himself to try to impress her by doing the very best work you've ever seen from him. Watch him complete his work early in the day so he can be sure to spend his PE time riding bikes with her after their lessons are complete.
It's great for me. It's a great for her. It's great for Joey. A win-win-win if I ever saw one!
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You go Mama! LL Kate
I just found your blog today and I must say I alresy love it. I have a 4th grader boy who questions daily why he has to "do" school. Who is the person who thought this was a needed thing. Some days he blows through it and other days we battle. I wish I had a girl to howmeschool that he likes. Hormones CAN be used for good, who knew?!
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