I don't know if it's Oklahoma, Fifth Grade, or what, but I have done more in the way of project homework help in the last two weeks than ever in the past decade of parenthood. Last week, we made an animal cell composed entirely of candy. Ever try to find a sugary treat that looks like mitochondria? I even drove all the way to Michael's (remember, this city is freakin' spread out) to get chocolate fondant for the cell itself, and pretty gel icing for the cell membrane. And it doesn't look like it's going to let up . . . this week Mason had to hand draw an island, complete with geographical, agricultural and industrial features. Big deal you say? No problem, you insist? Then I forgot the best part . . . for these fun projects, we get one to two days notice. Oh yeah, and Stephen has to read to me while I help Mason create these things, because he has homework too . . .
I was a much better parent before I had kids.
3 comments:
To me, that's another excellent reason to consider homeschooling. You do all of that kind of stuff during your regular school day, and then have the evenings free! Not to mention that you're the one assigning the projects, so YOU decide how complicated they have to be.
And, btw, you're a fabulous parent. Just FYI.
Mitochondria are obviously Mike & Ike, after all they are the power house of the cell...
I remember that project with Sam....I think we used gummy worms or something like that. Ahhh, the good old days!
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