Monday, March 30, 2020

Monday Shmonday!

I thought I'd share our Monday. Our days aren't ever perfect and doing virtual school has always been a struggle. One day will be fine and there won't be any issues and the next day we'll have 8 million time-outs, yelling, and sometimes tears. I wish I could say its easy,  but it's not. But, Florida Virtual School fits what we need right now. It's been perfect for fitting in doctor visits and taking breaks when we need it. Olivia is also on the "flex" pace, so she's technically a homeschooled kiddo. We're just using the FLVS curriculum.  If we didn't want to fully use all of their curriculum, we could supplement with other stuff. If you have any question's about it, I'd be happy to answer them. <3

8:00- I got up, brushed my teeth, drank some water, got the school room ready, and started a load of laundry.

9:00 - I started breakfast, Livi woke up and played some. Which consisted of her checking on her stuffed animal and making him a bed in the living room. Oh, she said I couldn't forget that she gave him some "kibble", which is beans that she pretends is dog food.


9:30 - I made our breakfast and some coffee. I gave Livi her vitamin, probiotic, and one of her oral meds. Then, I set a timer on Alexa for one hour for the second oral med. Then, we ate.


10:00 - While she got dressed and brushed her teeth, I washed the breakfast dishes and switched the laundry.

I usually try to do dishes and straighten up a few things when I can or else it'll all build up and then it takes forever to clean it up.

10:30 - I sprayed down Livi's bathroom while she worked on the "Today" board in the school room. She has to fill in her mood, the date, the weather, month, and season. We don't always do this because she's got into the habit of looking at the calendar to see if something is happening. I also made a snack tray so that when she was hungry, she could help herself.


11:00 - She got a snack and started Language Arts.


11:45 - Took Language Arts quiz.

12:00 - She made a PB sandwich and finished first worksheet assignment.

12:20 - Finished second worksheet assignment and had some pringles.

12:30 - Wrote sight words for this lesson (7 words) 2 x's each and then we started some math in her Kindergarten workbook.


1:10 - Finished workbook. I think she did 8-9 pages. Some were adding and subtracting, there was one on telling time, ch sounds, and some filling in numbers up to 100.


1:15 - We started a Science activity on living and non-living things. This wasn't part of her FLVS curriculum. I found it on Pinterest last night and printed it this morning and set it out for her.


1:45 - She read to me for 15 minutes. It was was an "I can read" book.

2:00 - She worked in Squiggle Park for 30 minutes. We got outside for a bit and that was nice. I think that helps with our mood. That is an app that she has through FLVS. Once she finishes, I submit it as an "enrichment" assignment. She has to tell me her favorite part, something she learned, and something that she needs practice on. She can either choose to work in Squiggle Park or Prodigy.


2:30 - She finished everything and went to play. From there, I washed all of the lunch dishes and folded two loads of laundry. I didn't stop there though and probably did too much today, but I didn't want to do it tomorrow. So, I mopped the kitchen and bathrooms, cleaned the bathrooms, and cleaned the carpet in our room and near the front door.


I ended up finishing around 5 and then showered. I changed out of my day pj's and put on my night pj's. Haha is anyone else living that life right now? We're grilling out for dinner and I popped some fries into the oven. Nothing healthy, but super easy. Happy to spend our evening on the back porch now that it's a bit cooler.


Since today was pretty easy and everything just flowed together, tomorrow will probably be rough. Just gotta take it one day at a time, friends. Remember, we can always start over the next day. <3