What do you do with all of your little people while you're trying to do school with the older ones?!
I know we've discussed this before, but I'm at a loss. Sam is doing well with his letter pages and such, but that only lasts for so long. He's sped through a whole lot of tracing and "color the pictures that start with 't'" pages before Katie and Joe are even on their second subject. With the two of them I can usually find some work that one of them can do solo while I'm lending assitance to the other one, but what in the world am I supposed to do with Sam?! He's a man of action and sitting still with a book or Lego's might last for an hour... but only when he's in one of those moods, you know?! He's also the class clown, which doesn't help matters. He gets great joy from trying to distract the others, especially if he can get a laugh out of it. I can't keep him quiet and away from "school" once he's finished his own because he wants to be playing cowboys or Star Wars with Joe. I told him this morning that he either had to go play quietly in his room or go outside. He opted for outside, but then I noticed Katie and Joe looking over their shoulders and giggling. Sam was standing on the bench outside the front window, singing and dancing. !!! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TO KEEP HIM OCCUPIED AND ALLOW THE OTHERS A CHANCE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING?!
I know we've discussed this before, but I'm at a loss. Sam is doing well with his letter pages and such, but that only lasts for so long. He's sped through a whole lot of tracing and "color the pictures that start with 't'" pages before Katie and Joe are even on their second subject. With the two of them I can usually find some work that one of them can do solo while I'm lending assitance to the other one, but what in the world am I supposed to do with Sam?! He's a man of action and sitting still with a book or Lego's might last for an hour... but only when he's in one of those moods, you know?! He's also the class clown, which doesn't help matters. He gets great joy from trying to distract the others, especially if he can get a laugh out of it. I can't keep him quiet and away from "school" once he's finished his own because he wants to be playing cowboys or Star Wars with Joe. I told him this morning that he either had to go play quietly in his room or go outside. He opted for outside, but then I noticed Katie and Joe looking over their shoulders and giggling. Sam was standing on the bench outside the front window, singing and dancing. !!! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TO KEEP HIM OCCUPIED AND ALLOW THE OTHERS A CHANCE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING?!
Help me!!!
I decided to throw this on the blog instead of an e-mail to Em, hoping that perhaps some other Moms out there might have some good suggestions. The only thing I feel fairly certain might work is to tie him up and gag him and throw him in a closet for an hour or two. I don't feel right about doing that... but I might by next week! Ha!
What am I supposed to DO with this???
I decided to throw this on the blog instead of an e-mail to Em, hoping that perhaps some other Moms out there might have some good suggestions. The only thing I feel fairly certain might work is to tie him up and gag him and throw him in a closet for an hour or two. I don't feel right about doing that... but I might by next week! Ha!
What am I supposed to DO with this???
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