I am suddenly feeling much less secure.
I know that I work hard everyday, but I'm finding it difficult to distill my job requirements into a 20-30 minute format that would be engaging for third-graders. And what on earth do I bring to give to each child? Laundry to fold? A calendar to fill in? A general and pervasive feeling of exhaustion?
That does not sound appealing.
This task seriously has me examining my life.
Here are my (real, no jokes this time) ideas so far:
- Explain what my day looks like, then setup some kind of relay race for the kids to act out a day in the life of a stay-at-home parent.
- Bring several hats to show all the different roles I fill.
- Tell them that this job might not last as long as other jobs, it might end when kids get older, or it might continue.
- Incorporate juggling somehow, though I can only juggle scarves.
- Sing...something, maybe a lullaby?
- Find joyful aspects of my job to highlight, not just the hard work parts of it.
I really don't have any idea of what sort of swag to bring. I could hit the Dollar Store and get everyone a measuring spoon? Maybe a wooden spoon? Dryer sheets? A sock that has lost its mate? A different hat for each kid? That seems expensive.
Any suggestions on either the presentation or the prize are welcome!
6 comments:
I like your ideas. The job dosen't end you just get promoted to grandma. Do sing for them. How about an art lesson? What fun things do you do with the kids? Thats all part of being a mother and stay at home mom.
I like your ideas. The job dosen't end you just get promoted to grandma. Do sing for them. How about an art lesson? What fun things do you do with the kids? Thats all part of being a mother and stay at home mom and you are great at it.
I like your ideas. The job dosen't end you just get promoted to grandma. Do sing for them. How about an art lesson? What fun things do you do with the kids? Thats all part of being a mother and stay at home mom and you are great at it.
I like your idea of juggling scarves. Ask the students how many things they can do at once. List some of the things you juggle in your job. Emphasize that the engineer and nurse work only eight hours a day and five days a week. You work more like sixteen hours a day and seven days a week. Your job is the hardest but has the greatest rewards. Too bad you can’t pass out t-shirts with a slogan like “The hand that rocks the cradle shapes the nation.” Somewhere you have a photo of you holding a baby, your mother, and your grandmother, four generations of mothers.
Alternatively, you can talk about all the jobs you have: nurse, cook, bottle washer, launderer, maid, tutor, party planner, counselor, diplomat, engineer, historian, minister, choir director, thespian, play director, planner, psychologist, cheer leader and so forth. I’m sure you’ll come up will something inspired.
"And what on earth do I bring to give to each child? Laundry to fold? A calendar to fill in? A general and pervasive feeling of exhaustion?" 😂😂😂
I'm trying to think of an idea for swag. What about instead of a thing, you do a tiny little craft project together? Like beads on a pipe cleaner to make a bracelet to give to their caregiver at home since all caregivers do what stay-at-home mom's do, but perhaps for fewer hours a day if they work outside of the home. 🤷🏻♀️
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