Homework

Following on from the weekend we now have two very poorly boys. Both laid up with a viral infection and on antibiotics. Neither of them eating much and neither of them sleeping too greatly of a night time. Lets hope the antibiotics kick in and work their magic soon and get the boys back to health and their usual lively selves.

The poorly boys wrapped up on the sofa.

A poorly and tired Brandon will sleep anywhere and in any position.

With Joshua starting school this September I need to get more disciplined with sitting down and doing homework with the boys. Currently I seem to really struggle to fit homework into a busy schedule and at best manage two or three times a week. The trick here though is to try and make homework fun and enjoyable for the children so that they want to do it. This week I have tried a couple of little learning games with the boys using their letter/phonic cards, the fridge magnet letter set and the chalk board.

The first game was finding the magnet letter on the fridge and then putting it on the machine. So I would hold up a random letter from the card pack, and then taking it in turns the boys would have to go to the fridge, find the correct letter and press it into the letter machine.

For the second game I wrote the alphabet on the chalk board and then using the letter/phonic cards I showed the boys a random letter. They then had to go to the chalk board, find the correct letter and then rub it out.

Overall it was a real success and both boys enjoyed themselves so much that we managed to complete the whole alphabet, then numbers and then moved onto shapes! Maybe I am in the wrong profession and should have been a primary school teacher.