Source: @tomaspalomo
One of the most difficult things is technology, although it brings benefits in many ways, it can also be detrimental in others. We must always be attentive to what children see on TV when they are connected, we have discovered that not all children's programs are the same or suitable for all children because of the type of content they deal with. Before we had our children, I thought that cartoons were all the same, today I have discovered that depending on their age there are some that they can watch and others that they cannot. For example, a few months ago we began to notice in Isabella a very aggressive behavior when resolving conflicts, things that neither her mom nor I do, she immediately went to blows against her brother when she wanted to take away a toy or that he did something, even one day we saw how she used a wrestling move against her brother and we are talking about a little 3 year old, that alarmed us a lot and we began to pay more attention to children's programs that they liked and we thought they were harmless.
It happened that there was an animated series about robots that fought and thus solved everything they thought was wrong, but they did it using force and violence, that day when I watched the series with her I discovered how my daughter imitated the movements of these robots in a mechanical way and that is where she got her violent behavior from. Explaining to a little 3 year old that this was not right was difficult because she only repeated "but they win, they are the good guys and they fight". From that moment on, I decided that I had to pay more attention to the fact that not everything was appropriate, even if it was about cartoons or children's series.
Source: @tomaspalomo
Homeschooling is also a challenge, both my wife and I come from presential schools and well we are both engineers, although today we dedicate ourselves to other jobs, we do not have a pedagogical background. However, my wife who works from home has looked for strategies that adapt to each of them, I have discovered that Diego has a sensory learning, he needs to touch, see, do to understand what everything is about, on the other hand Isabella is more auditory and visual, she grasps things quickly and even though she is younger, perhaps by imitating her brother, she is already advanced in reading and recognizing numbers.
Socialization has also become a real challenge, in our case in our country we have been home schooled for two years and just this new school year the children are attending school twice a week. At home there are only four of us and we live in a gated community of only 20 houses of which only 12 are inhabited and there are no other children with whom they can share. I must admit that because of the fear of the pandemic we have not exposed the children to other people and this has brought as a consequence that they feel fear when they are with other people, but nowadays we have improved a lot as a family, and last year when the confinement became more flexible our closest relatives have been able to visit us and little by little the children have changed their attitude of fear towards people, which we hope will improve when other activities can be initiated. We as a group are very close but even my wife and I try not to have much contact or outings that expose us to the virus.
Source: @tomaspalomo
There are many challenges that we still have to overcome and I know that with family unity we will be able to do it, at present we have established schedules for learning and entertainment tasks. We have routines and we are gradually getting organized, it is not easy, I insist, each of the children has its own personality and that makes each one autonomous and independent in what they want. But in short, although being a parent is a challenge, it is the best and most wonderful in the world, one that is surpassed every day with something new to learn and that step by step fills us with satisfaction.
Aaahhhh what gorgeous babies! XD
Backgrounds in pedagogy are useful not essential, it's arguably more important to discover the learning style of the young ones and work with that :)
And after you've set up all your routines, be prepared for everything to change unexpectedly overnight XD
You can most definitely do it :)
Thanks for the contribution, yes we have noticed some progressive changes for example Isabella is already the one who gets up first with a lot of energy and tells us the school at home, to Diego although we must raise him and he does not take it with much enthusiasm at the beginning then little by little as we work with him he manages to do things and sometimes he does not want help but tries everything alone until he achieves it. I think one of the difficulties is to establish how long we should keep them doing a task or reviewing content, that has cost us with both of them.
Some people just don't "wake up" til a bit later (I'm one of them XD). Maybe if Diego keeps being resistant early in the morning, move his work time to a bit later and see if he's a bit more enthusiastic then?
They still look quite small, short is usually better unless they're very interested, and even then it's probably better to end while they're happy so they want to do it again :)
They are a set of beautiful reflections, I think that undoubtedly being parents of two little ones in the midst of everything that happens is not easy, but as you say it is a daily and satisfying challenge. You should not worry too much about not having pedagogical experience because the main thing is the love and the will with which you assume the education at home. Many teachers who today must take care of their own children at home are also in a learning process because every reality and situation in children is different and that can only be evidenced in the personalized attention that is given in homeschooling. Congratulations, excellent contribution. Welcome to the community
Thank you very much. Step by step we are discovering the things that our children deserve in terms of learning and that is really wonderful because it is a unique opportunity that we have to be the ones who guide them in this process.
Television is one of the most influential in developing a child's attitude and manners. As for me, when I see my child watching TV I always tell whether what he is watching is either good or bad. If it is bad I will tell him not to imitate it (I even urge him to change what he is watching).
We really thought that all children's programs were the same, but that is not the case and that is why we must be aware that they are in line with each other. I do the same as you, I explain to them and ask them to change it, even my son Diego already recognizes and tells me that this program is not the same. Thank you for commenting.
Hi and welcome. It's great to read a bit about your thoughts and experiences with homeschooling. I think you'll find we all have worries about whether we are capable enough to teach our children, but the fact that your wife has already realised their learning styles shows you how a parent's input in their child's education is beneficial. Different learning styles can't always be catered for in big classrooms. Also the fact that you are both engineers tells me that you are both well educated and therefore capable of passing knowledge on. While a background in teaching means you will have a more in depth knowledge on education, it is still a modern phenomenon that we train teachers. For thousands of years we taught our children without officiously trained teachers, so your input and the input of those other trusted ones around them is still valid.
That is a concerning aspect of these last couple of years, especially for young children who have little experience of anything else. I hope you can continue help them to gain confidence around others again.
Thank you very much for that comment, really at the beginning it was very hard because both Diego and Isabella, being small, did not understand more than games, so we began to implement the game for learning, then when Diego started in one year old room it was a little easier following the guidance of the teacher who sent us a didactic guide, but this is not enough because one of the biggest challenges for us was to establish learning routines. But I feel that we are moving in the right direction. The most important thing is to develop patience and be calm because we already understood that each child learns differently. Thank you very much for your support and welcome.
I am a firm believer that at a young age learning and play should be interlinked anyway, because they learn best when they are enjoying it. I see you found that similar for Diego.
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What an absolutely beautiful family you have there. Fantastic!
Technology is quite the challenge and through lockdown I've been guilty of letting Aunty Ipad look after little miss 4 and unfortunately until the world pivots to be more welcoming of families than it is going to be a hard next few years. You're doing a great job!
Totally agree life itself as parents is a challenge, for us the arrival of our first child was planned but the baby came without warning and almost without letting us recover our energies ha ha ha, both are a blessing and very different from each other. We learn from both of them every moment as we try to give the best of ourselves.