Long question but please answer! I am basically raising these kids!?

Question

I am in my early teens, and my father is never home. My mom is home some of the time but most of the time she has to sleep so she can get up at 1 to go to her job.

So from about 8:45 AM to 2:45 PM I am usually watching kids. (Little sister, 5 almost 6 , and little brother, 3.)

And from 2:50 PM to 11:45 PM my other brother is home from school and so I watch 3 kids. (3 ,5 almost 6, 11.)

How do I get their respect and get them to listen to me when I tell them to do something. (Go to bed, be quiet, time for dinner, etc.) And get them to not make a total and complete mess of the house everyday!!!!!!!

Oh and also I have to teach my sister and get her ready for kindergarten, so like ABC's, how to write/read, tell time, etc.(Those are all of the requirements for Kindergarten where I live.)

How do I get her to sit down and get excited to learn? She gets excited at first but after she gets to the letter 'g' she has usually gotten bored and walked away several times or just refused to write.

Please help!!

-Celeste

PS I am home 24/7 because I am homeschooled. I mostly stay up till around 2 to do my homework since I can't do it during the day, but thankfully my home studies are ending this Friday but I still have to do atleast a little work until then I was thinking reading to the kids everyday for about 25 mins(counts for Language Arts), and then a hike (in our backyard or walk to the park on nature trail.) counts for science.

Answer 1

if there bad give them a consequence.

if good reward

Answer 2

hey i def. give you props ! I'm 21 and you are my idol for helping your brothers and sisters! Its great!

Break down the ABC's like groups (ex: ABCEFGH) then (IJKLMNOP) then (QRSTUV) then (wxyz) and just work like mon. and tues do the first group and weds thurs for 2 group and fri. and sat for 3rd and 4th group and then try sun as the whole ABC's!  i cant really think of anything for telling time and writing besides i have these placemats that have washable markers and it has a clock in the middle and letters around and you have to trace them.  OR you can make something on the computer and print it off and just make a ton of copies...   reward them like maybe if you have a small little candy thing and everytime they do somehting give them a piece or just make a HUGE deal out of it.. and instead of her getting bored and walking away have her sit in your lap and dont let her go until she finishes!

Hope this helps! GOOD LUCK DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DOING GREAT

Answer 3

To answer the thing about teaching your little sister...

If you can offer her rewards like saying if you will wright so many letters then you can have a piece of candy and then do it again and again. About the respect part...

Make things as fun as you can if you can get them to clean up and get a reward then it will make it more fun and they want to get it done so that they get the reward. Try having them race to see who can clean a specific part of the house cleaned first, (Like their rooms) and the winner gets 3 pieces of candy the second place gets 2 and the last place gets 1 piece of candy. I hope that helps

Answer 4

HIYA HUN ,, IAM 25 AND FIND IT HARD WIT 3 KIDS 2 4 AND 6 ,, ROTUINE HUN IS THE ONLY WAY AND DONT GIVE IN LIKE TV TIME BEDTIME MEAL TIMES ETC UR MUM AND DAD SHOULD B REAL PROUD OF U ,,BUT U NEED SME TIME 4 U . TRY THE STAR CHART 4 THE YOUNGER 1S IF THEY GET 5 STARS THEY GET TO GO 4 A WALK 2 THE PARK ETC

WIT UR WEE SIS MAKE THE ABCS FUN LIKE ALFI APPLE 4 A BONCY BEN 4 B ETC WORKS 4 MINE.   4 TAT AGE GROUP I WOD SAY 7 R 8 4 BEDTIME AND STICK 2 IT, ASK UR MUM AND DAD 2 ASWELL . TRY AND MAKE TIDY UP A GAME THIS ALSO WORKS 4 ME . GIVE THEM EXTER PREASE 4 BEING GOOD AND TELL EM WHEN DER BOLD TAT UR UPSET WITH DER BEHAIV AND NOT WIT THEN ETC

HOPE THIS HELPS

GD LUCK XXXX