Catching Up…

by | Oct 10, 2008 | Home Education | 7 comments

As I mentioned in my Daybook on Monday, one of my goals for this week was to “Catch Up” on a ton little bit of school work.  We have been so busy the past few weeks that my boys fell a bit behind in some of their workbooks.

Well, by Wednesday we just weren’t making very much progress.  So, I decided to bribe them.  (Aren’t I awful!) Yesterday morning, I told the boys that if they caught up *by tonight* they would earn a surprize.  (I let them see the surprise.)  By dinner time, I told them that they could continue working through the weekend, and I would still let them earn their prize… But they didn’t want to stop.  They (or rather we) stuck with it all day, and late last night, at 9:45, they had earned their reward!

 

Combined I think they completed over 50 pages of school work!  It’s amazing what a little bit of motivation can accomplish! 

Now, if we could just stay caught up! 😉

7 Comments

  1. Christine

    Maybe I need to try that…bribing my children with a field trip did not work. I saw the Roman figures at Target the other day and thought that they would be great gifts.

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  2. Amy

    Aww, they look so studious!!

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  3. Anonymous

    I’d love to see/hear more about how you use the binders for your boys. It looks interesting with the pocket dividers.

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  4. Lori

    Hi Jessica. I’d also like to see more of your binder work. God Bless

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  5. Jessica Gordon

    I will try and post a bit more about our binders soon! 🙂

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  6. Regina

    good idea
    nice midevil dudes

    Reply

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