A Regular Tuesday · Tuesday October 9, 2007 by Rose
Today was a fairly “typical” day for us; lots of stuff going on and hardly a moment to think!
DH was in and out all day with meetings and events to attend, so I’ve been on my own for it all.
This morning my nephew came over. He is 19 months old and my Mum (whose house we share currently) looks after him once a week for my sister-in-law. So we had five children in the house!
I managed to get the chance to get both the older two boys going on their blogs. I decided that, in order to get the maximum “learning” value out of them blogging (which is a recent fascination for them both), instead of correcting any mistakes myself I would write down what needed changing and email it to them. That way, they then had to work through the email and the changes, (hopefully) taking in the points that I had therefore had a chance to explain.
It seems to be working ;0)
Actually I’m very proud of them both. For SJ in particular the skill he is developing in expressing what has happened to him, as well as the sheer feat of remembering it, are great life skills for him to learn. For JJ, with his dysgraphia, I know any form of expression – whether it is drawing, writing, or typing, is tough for him and I admire his fortitude.
After lunch, we went out to the indoor play area that our group visits once a fortnight. The weather was appalling and driving along the main A road was extremely unpleasant.
Once there, it was the usual mixed bag; I love the chance to talk with the other parents, and we enjoy some really good conversations – sometimes funny, sometimes heavy – but I find the constant noise, bright lights, and loud music very tiring.
As the boys are currently not strictly gluten free (as we are awaiting a test for coeliacs disease), their behaviour is always only a few steps away from “hyper” and sadly a trip to this place always tips the balance! But it is still a great chance for them to mix. I think today the ages were from 4 (excluding two babes-in-arms) to 12. We had three with aspergers there too, and all boys, so actually it was a remarkably peaceful time!
After dinner this evening, the two older boys went online and each did some more work; SJ on Maths Upgrade and JJ on Education City. Both are free trials that I am using at the moment as we are in one of those phases that comes along every so often in autonomous learning, when they are ASKING for stuff to do!
I’ve now got a splitting headache but I’m trying to get some coding work done for my husband’s website (this blog is me going off on a tangent!), before hopefully settling everyone down for the night.
