Well, poor James! He thought that summer vacation meant nothing but James stuff. Hours on the computer, watching TV in his underwear, staying up all hours of the night. You know, vacation stuff. Not with this mom! Everyday I send an email to him with his academic activity to be done before supper and each night at supper, I grill him on things I believe he should know as an 11 year old kid. Where do your ancestors come from, how many aunts and uncles do you have, what is my phone number... You know, important stuff that might fit in his head if it wasn't already crammed full of Minecraft stuff. James has been working on the ancestors question for the better part of a week and I have made it easier for him, asking only for the 4 most predominant from each side (England, Scotland, Germany and Italy). We give him tons of hints, what language do you speak? what other county speaks ENGLISH? what is the one is shaped like a boot? which one is on the same island as England? what language is your last name? I know some of these may not seem very helpful but stay with me. James loves maps and at one point in the interrogation, I mean conversation, he looked into the living room and stated, "I can't find it on that map." His sister looked at him and stated, "James, that isn't a map, that is a painting dad did." Oh well, we still have four more weeks until he starts sixth grade. Hopefully he will go there prepared to tell others of his heritage or at least be able to say, "looks like a boot, speaks English, shares an island and last name."
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Summer Learning
Well, poor James! He thought that summer vacation meant nothing but James stuff. Hours on the computer, watching TV in his underwear, staying up all hours of the night. You know, vacation stuff. Not with this mom! Everyday I send an email to him with his academic activity to be done before supper and each night at supper, I grill him on things I believe he should know as an 11 year old kid. Where do your ancestors come from, how many aunts and uncles do you have, what is my phone number... You know, important stuff that might fit in his head if it wasn't already crammed full of Minecraft stuff. James has been working on the ancestors question for the better part of a week and I have made it easier for him, asking only for the 4 most predominant from each side (England, Scotland, Germany and Italy). We give him tons of hints, what language do you speak? what other county speaks ENGLISH? what is the one is shaped like a boot? which one is on the same island as England? what language is your last name? I know some of these may not seem very helpful but stay with me. James loves maps and at one point in the interrogation, I mean conversation, he looked into the living room and stated, "I can't find it on that map." His sister looked at him and stated, "James, that isn't a map, that is a painting dad did." Oh well, we still have four more weeks until he starts sixth grade. Hopefully he will go there prepared to tell others of his heritage or at least be able to say, "looks like a boot, speaks English, shares an island and last name."
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