I have four boys, and I've been HSing for over 7 years. My DH is disabled, so he's been home with us instead of working for 6 years. At the beginning of our 2nd year, he got thrown into HSing in one heck of a hurry. We were HSing through a public school program, so a certain amount had to be done for each two week period. Whe Dh got hurt, I had to get a job. I left him detailed lesson plans- how much Mark needed to do in each subject each day. (We were only HSing one at that point, so it wasn't too hard.) I came home the first day, and asked if they got the work done. DH said "Oh, yeah. I didn'y really get how to teach him the other stuff, so he just did six pages of spelling. He did good. He got them all right." I explained again how to do all the other stuff, what he had to help with, what he didn't, how long things should take, etc., and left instruction for further practice of the week's spelling words. The next day, I came home to 6 finished pages of handwriting practice. ARG!
Good thing that didn't last long. For the most part, now that I am back to teaching, DH isn't interested. He is upset if I skip school for a day (mostly because he's an insoniac and he naps while we're schooling), and occasionally has suggestions about books to read, etc., but overall he just doesn't get it.
I have tried getting science kits for him to do with the kids. Most of them, even though they were expensive, were really crummy and didn't work right. He did some, but doesn't do that sort of thing much anymore. At this point, he teaches auto shop, landscaping design, home maintenance and repair, and online gaming (all the stuff he needs help with because he can't do it alone with a bad knee, get it?). He doesn't care what they did in school that day, but at least he's generally supportive. I can live with that!
~ Nettiezoom
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