How a homeschooler paints a room

children move everything out of the room
clean it out and decide what you're giving away
wash it all
call this home ec/life skills/personal development

measure room and figure out Area
research the internet to see how much paint is needed
call this math, research, problem solving skills

go to store and figure out if the on sale paint is
worth it by using all the math you know then
ask someone in the store if you did it right
call this problem solving skills and math

drive home and stop for gas and complain about
the cost and explain that to the
children
call that economics

unload paint from vehicle
call that gym class

make lunch, eat lunch, while standing and running
around to make sure you have everything you need
run back to store to get something you forgot
clean up after lunch
call that life skills/home ec/personal development/ gym class

give each child a paint brush or roller and assign what they are going to
paint.
yell DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING and go running out of the room to
get garbage bags to poke holes into for them to wear over their clothes
go back into room and find half the room painted included the floors,
lights, and the cat
call that art class

paint everything
stop 3 fights
explain to a 4 year old what molecules are, how it works,
why it takes longer for paint to dry in humidity because he
wanted to paint his hair
call that science

Cook and eat dinner (ignoring the paint left on
table and in food)
science and math, life skills and home ec

put children to bed
scrape windows, floors, lights, cat
call that exhaustion
write in journal
today we did math, home ec, gym class, life skills, cooperation,
fine motor skills, gross motor skills, patience
you know there's more but you're too tired to care

have a parent/teacher conference with hubby by yelling at him for
an hour about how he could have helped with SOMETHING and have
him yell at you for the mess and cost of it all

have one child come into you're room and give you a hug and say,
I love you mom. I had fun today and learned lots. Thank you for
everything.

got this from cafemom

DanosGirl