What do you do with school when your kids are still sick for the third week? Do you panic or do you take it easy? We had already started the school year 2 weeks late due to a family trip to Hong Kong, and now holidays are approaching and we're still doing week 7's worth of work! I admit that I was getting somewhat worried and panicky. However, if I look at the whole picture, we would really be 2 weeks behind at the end of school year. Being a homeschooler, we often do unit studies and reviews during the summer anyways, so what is another 2 weeks?
It's also been good to do catch-ups and reviews instead of teaching new stuff this past couple weeks. I was able to work on the boys' characters more than academic things. Ethan was having a bad attachment problem to his birthday present (Bey Blade). He had to learn that toys are not important, even if they are gifts from mommy and daddy. We took it away for one day, then he tried to play with it during probation period so we ended up confiscated it for 2 days. It was really upsetting for him. Today he got his Bey Blade back and he was more careful with not being too obsessed with it, waiting for school time to be over to play with it. So we shall observe further to see if this obsession continues.
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