Happy Homeschooling

Hey, this is Val.

This is my intro: I am a wife and mother of four. My kids are Joey (age 9, grade 3), Katie (age 7, grade 2), Becky (age 5, grade K), and Sammy (age 4, one foot in school, the other in play time). I've been homeschooling for 4 years. There were many factors influencing this decision. One thing was that we just didn't want to send our kids to public school. We had heard enough stories to put us off.

Anyway. This week has been a doozy. First one kid got sick on Sunday, and stayed sick for 3 days. Then we got a day off before the next one got sick. In between sick kids, the others have been doing school. Then there's one kid who won't do his chores no matter what I do or threaten. Finally, my husband, Tim came up with a plan: set hourly goals with rewards--good and bad. It worked! Yesterday he finished around 3:00, and today he got all his work done by 2:00. I think that's almost a record.

So, we'll just wait and see what happens tomorrow.