How is it going now with the #thuisonderwijs With us? Well... I overestimated myself a little...

We go for it!

Last week I started Teaching Robin at home - Yes. All the school week I sat upstairs with Robin and started helping him with writing and writing exercises I already had. So that was just as good a time. I sat down nicely and I noticed that I had to stay with him all the time. I was expecting that. What doesn't happen then is my household. After five days of teaching, I had it and I was happy with my weekend. In between, I also have to go shopping, along with Robin.

Watch the place...

Tuesday, I noticed that this was the wrong way. The household became a big mess, and I did not get to clean up the necessary things anymore. I immediately decided to use that as a clean-up day. Also I had to bake a bread so that could be nice together. I used the bread baking to teach Robin some grades. He already knows what goes into a loaf and he recognizes the difference between flour and flour. Robin knows what yeast is, and I explain to him that yeast needs sugar to rise and that salt and yeast are not friends. Robin was allowed to look up the right program and press the start button.

Learn to combine.

At this time, I have planned one thing for myself. Robin needs to be taught. Especially in writing exercises. If I don't, I'm afraid he's going backwards in this skill. I used to have a lot of problems with proper writing so I think this is really important. But, there's one very big but. I am a mother, not a teacher. Everything has to keep running in the house and my pantry has to remain filled. I'm not gonna eat my supply closet right now to find out if one of us has a cold it's empty. Also, sometimes I need things. Like today. I really needed a file to store all the worktops for Robin. The chances of it all getting mixed up are too great. Also, I can look it up better that way. The folders that the children receive must fit through the mailbox so the folders are not so handy. For example, every time there are some things that are needed for some reason. Also, the stock of handicrafts is not inexhaustible. However, there are already a lot of shops that deliver the goods at home free of charge, or from a lower amount than usual.

Everything is different.

Also, I see many more things that are different. When shopping at the A.H., we had to have a shopping cart. But guess where we could disinfect those trolleys? Especially not with the cars themselves but many meters away in the shop. Then you have stood in line for a while. This time I brought my disposable gloves. Luckily, I could go in with Robin. I'm not going to “shop” with him for fun. I can't leave Robin home alone, I can't ask anyone to be careful, and I can't just leave him outside. I want to be able to keep doing my shopping myself for as long as possible. Also in other stores is now a door policy. We can't just walk into the store anymore and when Robin and I step into a store together, we just count as two people in the smaller stores. We have to keep a distance from the others and from the shop staff, and that's hard. Robin can't just do everything he wants anymore. With his mouth on a gate, an angry mother delivers and a question to the cashier for a cloth to clean it. Also, he can't just keep his hands on the cart anymore. Normally, I'm not so clean at this kind of thing, but I am now. I believe that being too clean increases the risk of allergy in him. Robin has at least three sides the gene that causes allergies.