Today we played basketball and it was hot outside.
- lunch
- basketball
- coding lesson
- sleep
The above was part of a simple coding lesson for the kids. Introduced them to blogging and some basic HTML. Which they soon forgot after they started playing Tiger Wood PGA Tour 08. Week 3 went rather well though. Teaching the kids how to program has gone on the back burner because it seems the learning curve is too steep. But last week, week 3 (will get to week 4 shortly), we had just the twins and they were working hard. Missy was not there b/c she went to another camp for a week and Del, well, lets just say he fights a lot, so he won’t be coming back. Kody started modeling a chess set and Kyle was digging ZBrush. So it was great. They were working on their own projects, figuring things out on there own–which gave Jeff and I time to rest, plan, and work on our own projects. But they would still nag us. “Jeff! How do I…Oh, I got it.” Jeff would say, “Yes, see, you know all the tools, just stop and think for a second and you can figure it out!” A few minutes later. “Sam! It won’t let me…Nevermind.” All good, except we would still have to get up, get halfway to their seats, then do sit down. Get up, sit down. But they were making progress.
Jeff and I were thrilled they were starting to figure things out on their own. They still relied on Jeff and I more than themselves, but it was becoming less and less. Then the weekend.
Monday. Missy is back, and with an attitude. No more Miss Pleasant. Kody is distracted again. But Kyle. lacking distractions, is working hard. So now Kody is distracted, and Missy just wants attention (writing on herself and dramatizing everything). She won’t participate in anything anymore. Just wants to watch YouTube. We have shown them everything, and the only person who wants to work is Kyle. So I just focus on Kyle. Sitting next to him so we can model together while Jeff gives a new tip. I try HTML again, they can’t follow along anymore. Missy is writing “Who cares!!” in her table cells.
7 days left.
We started a countdown. The twins won’t be there next Wednesday, so that should give us a day off. Jeff and I are tired and just trying to fill the time with stuff to do. Any one have any ideas?
Tags: education, game academy
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