Monday and Tuesday

I missed yesterday.  It's okay.  I'm still getting in the swing of things...and I have had a terrible headache that I am fighting through.

At any rate, George has his first full day of school.  I spent the day reading books to try and help him have a successful school year.  Did you know that there really aren't that many quick and easy to comprehend books on goal setting for elementary school kids?  Certainly nothing I can give to him to read on his own. So, I found a few that I am skimming to see if I can glean information to translate to an easier format for him to understand.

I also made a spreadsheet for us to use to track his progress through the school year.  His BIG goal is A-B Honor Roll.  I pulled up his report card and made a spreadsheet that tracks each graded area.  Then I have it broken down into days, weeks, months and quarters for the year.  My hope is to track as best we can daily and the check his teachers grade posting on Mondays so we can right the ship quickly if he starts to list.

I also made an after school to bedtime checklist/schedule.  It looks something like this:

 George’s Daily After School Checklist

ð         Home with a HUG!

ð         Empty Back Pack and Review with Mom and/or Dad

ð         Do rework on questions/problems answered incorrectly

ð         Write sentence to Grandma Ruth about what I did/learned today

ð         Screen time!!!

ð         Dinner

ð         Clear place

ð         @7:00-Devices plugged in and back pack ready for tomorrow

ð         Teeth, potty, pjs and non-screen play

ð         @7:40- 20 minutes reading before bed

ð        @8:00-Mom and Dad stories/songs

So, the general idea is that we will follow these steps every day when he gets home from school and make adjustments as needed,  Some days this schedule won't work due to Scouts or other after school events, but for the most part, this should be what we do.  Last night was rough on the 20 minutes of reading on his own before bed.  He did about 6 before he checked out.  I know that we can build on that and that we all have nights when we might not want to read so much.  It's okay.  I got a solid 6 minutes of reading out of him and he did a very good job.

He fell asleep quickly which was great...but was up a couple of times in the night.  This morning he was up and ready and downstairs eating with no prompting. I thought all was well...until it was time to go.  He didn't want to.  It was a minor melt-down and was resolved in a few minutes.  BUT it took more stern talking than cajoling.  I did just realise that he did not have any protein with breakfast, so that may have been a contributing factor.

And so we continue.  I hope that the rest of his day is better than the transition this morning...and I hope we can make it through this evening without too many hiccups.