How to make sure she don't forget.

小学校と家庭をつなぐ連絡帳というものがあるのだが、それをかならずみせてもらうことにした。というのは算数の宿題が長いあいだ行われていなくて、先生からのメールで発覚するという事件がおこったからだ。　　

 

それから学校で行ったことを一つ一つ聞いてあげて、学校で習ったことや様子を父である自分の共有しようという、いわば母親がもしかすると普通に行っていることを計画したのだ。　　

 

昨日いつものようにノートを見ながらふりかえりそれをipad に書き込んだ。国語のドリルが宿題にでているね。と話していたがそれをやり遂げるのを見届けはしなかった。翌朝案の定忘れていて、それをやっていたために遅れそうになった。ここまではよかったのだが、昨日の今日その連絡帳を学校に忘れてきたのだ。

 

こんなことが頻回に起こるのだが、昨日の今日はまずい。よく、出来ない事には目をつぶって、よいところ伸ばすようにと言われるが、社会に適応できないとあきらめろということだろうか。そんな自己肯定感ってどうなのだろう？というわけで、今日はみんなでお勉強は中止となり、忘れない工夫を考えていただくことにした。

There is a liaison book that connects the elementary school and our home, and I made sure to ask to see it. The reason for this is because there was an incident where the math homework had not been done for a long time, and it was discovered in an e-mail from the teacher.　　

Then, I planned to ask her about what she did at school one by one and share what she learned and how she was doing at school with me, which is what her mother probably does on a regular basis.　　

Yesterday, as usual, I went over my notes and wrote them down on my iPad. I told her that there was a Japanese drill for homework. The next morning, as expected, she forgot to do it. The next morning, as expected, I forgot to do it and was almost late because I was working on it. So far, so good, but yesterday, today, she left my contact book at school.

This kind of event happens frequently, but yesterday today was not good. We are often told to turn a blind eye to the things we can't do and develop our good points, but does that mean we should give up if she can't adapt to society? What does such a sense of self affirmation mean? Therefore, we decided to cancel the study today and asked her to think of ways to remember the book.