Well, we have been on vacation for almost two months now. So I decided it is time to start getting back into the swing of things. We are starting with math reviews. Both of the kids are very good in math so they tend to blow it off. So mommy came up with a plan last night.
Starting today my kids have to earn their video games/computer time. Zach hasn't realized that I didn't lump tv time into that. So he is deducting for tv time he wants tonight. Well here is what I am doing. I made up worksheets for Zach and took all of his systematic reviews from his math book and put them in a folder. For every problem he gets right the FIRST time around he gets 1 minute of play time. If he does 3 pages a day that will last us 31 days. Well, today he has completed four pages and got all 100 questions right. So he has 100 minutes of playtime.
I know that seems like alot but he has to save time for rainy days and weekends. Like tomorrow we are having company over and he wants to cash in his time for tomorrow night when his friend is here. I thought that was a good deal. He is learning time management with this.
The same thing goes for Shaylin. But since she is doing Algebra honors review she gets 10 minutes per problem. We figured that was fair since she has less problems per page and they take her longer to do. Zach did 100 problems in the time it took Shay to copy and complete 6 problems. So we are compensating them accordingly.
They are currently out riding their bikes. I know most of you are all freezing up north but it is a beautiful day today. Its about 78 outside. Too warm to have the AC off. But perfect for the kids to be playing outside. Although the AC has hardly kicked on today. So its not costing much to have it on. Its set @ 77 and the house is currently 75. If I open the window the humidity makes the floors sticky. The down side to having wood floors in Florida.
I hope you all and a safe and happy New Year's. We will be having dinner with some friends and watching a movie an maybe sneaking in some Halo. We are pretty boring people. LOL. But Steve and I will be celebrating 9 years of marriage on the 1st. Time sure does fly by!
Starting today my kids have to earn their video games/computer time. Zach hasn't realized that I didn't lump tv time into that. So he is deducting for tv time he wants tonight. Well here is what I am doing. I made up worksheets for Zach and took all of his systematic reviews from his math book and put them in a folder. For every problem he gets right the FIRST time around he gets 1 minute of play time. If he does 3 pages a day that will last us 31 days. Well, today he has completed four pages and got all 100 questions right. So he has 100 minutes of playtime.
I know that seems like alot but he has to save time for rainy days and weekends. Like tomorrow we are having company over and he wants to cash in his time for tomorrow night when his friend is here. I thought that was a good deal. He is learning time management with this.
The same thing goes for Shaylin. But since she is doing Algebra honors review she gets 10 minutes per problem. We figured that was fair since she has less problems per page and they take her longer to do. Zach did 100 problems in the time it took Shay to copy and complete 6 problems. So we are compensating them accordingly.
They are currently out riding their bikes. I know most of you are all freezing up north but it is a beautiful day today. Its about 78 outside. Too warm to have the AC off. But perfect for the kids to be playing outside. Although the AC has hardly kicked on today. So its not costing much to have it on. Its set @ 77 and the house is currently 75. If I open the window the humidity makes the floors sticky. The down side to having wood floors in Florida.
I hope you all and a safe and happy New Year's. We will be having dinner with some friends and watching a movie an maybe sneaking in some Halo. We are pretty boring people. LOL. But Steve and I will be celebrating 9 years of marriage on the 1st. Time sure does fly by!
