How to do homework

Since school started again Eva gets a lot of homework. This doesn't please her one bit.

The first week she still did it, sighing deeply every now and then.

This week she started procastinating like a champion, so by the time the homework was finally done it was evening.

I tried various approaches to get her going, from explaining to begging to ordering.

None of this worked particularly well...

Before resorting to bribing (slippery slope, that one) I sat down and thought about WHY she goes on like this. She knows that she has to do her homework anyway.

Then I thought about why I

used to throw tantrums

occassionally complained.

It was normally about recognition. 

So when she started moaning again yesterday I said: 'Wow, this is an awful lot of homework. How yucky. Lets show it how we feel about that.' And then I started jumping around the pile, putting my tongue out, making faces, singing a song about what it can do with itself.

After the initial shock she joined in and we had a lot of fun insulting her homework.

And then she sat down and did it.

Just like that!

After she was finished Eva drew me a picture:

I just love it!

Have a fabulous day, I have to go and jump around a bit before cooking lunch...