Monday: assigning chores for voc
Feb. 8th, 2021 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutSo, the day has been ticking along about normal. There is too much snow still on the roads for me to want to go for a walk, so M. came over for a visit and I did the Millenium Falcon Microfighter; it is very cute.
After lunch, T. said he had a voc (vocational) assignment of asking a parent for a chore around the house to do. This is a good voc assignment! Everyone needs to know how to keep a living space neat and clean. I told him to get a clean towel from the drawer, and I talked him through drying dishes and putting them away, while I finished up washing some more and then those were dried and put away. All by itself, a friendly magical moment.
Then! I had him clean the mirror in the bathroom, the sink in the bathroom, vacuum the living room, part of the kitchen and the bathroom. With assistance, he vacuumed the stairs as well. So. Much. Accomplished!
I fully approve of this assignment, and now that I have a more realistic assessment of what he is capable of doing, I’m thinking there will be More of This.
After lunch, T. said he had a voc (vocational) assignment of asking a parent for a chore around the house to do. This is a good voc assignment! Everyone needs to know how to keep a living space neat and clean. I told him to get a clean towel from the drawer, and I talked him through drying dishes and putting them away, while I finished up washing some more and then those were dried and put away. All by itself, a friendly magical moment.
Then! I had him clean the mirror in the bathroom, the sink in the bathroom, vacuum the living room, part of the kitchen and the bathroom. With assistance, he vacuumed the stairs as well. So. Much. Accomplished!
I fully approve of this assignment, and now that I have a more realistic assessment of what he is capable of doing, I’m thinking there will be More of This.