SImple reminders, often to myself, can really relieve some of the stress of trying to do it all in homeschool! These are the little things that I need to hear to stay on track. Let me know your gems of wisdom that help talk you down when you stress!
I made holiday folders. With all the free holiday-themed worksheets that I get it made sense to take it easy and just see what he knows and what he doesn't so I made a holiday folder for each subject and whatever he felt like doing that day we pulled out the subject and sat down and went through the folder. And it helped me see what we need to work on when we get back to regular school stuff in January and it also showed me how much he's learned. I think I'm going to do this every year because it gave me time to just take a break and we can sit in my bed or on his bed or on the couch and do them and we got creative with some of them and included Hands-On activities it just became fun School rather than homeschool. It was too much to try to keep up with all the doctor appointments all the school events (older kids public school) and shopping and holiday stuff and decorating and if I did homeschooling my house wouldn't be decorated and if I decorated I couldn't do homeschooling because I have a disability so my body wears out before 2:00 everyday. I'm definitely happy with the choice that I made and now we're using from today till after New Year's to only do computer schooling which is adventure academy, prodigy, nightzookeeper etc. He finds it fun.
@l.w.tomaso6277 So often I simply say what I know I need to hear. If I need to be reminded, certainly others do too. This life is hard, and we have a tendency to make it harder on ourselves.
That depends on which subject it is. Something like math or language arts, we will finish it. Page a day workbook things like handwriting or thinking skills will just be done until we are done.
SImple reminders, often to myself, can really relieve some of the stress of trying to do it all in homeschool! These are the little things that I need to hear to stay on track. Let me know your gems of wisdom that help talk you down when you stress!
I made holiday folders. With all the free holiday-themed worksheets that I get it made sense to take it easy and just see what he knows and what he doesn't so I made a holiday folder for each subject and whatever he felt like doing that day we pulled out the subject and sat down and went through the folder. And it helped me see what we need to work on when we get back to regular school stuff in January and it also showed me how much he's learned. I think I'm going to do this every year because it gave me time to just take a break and we can sit in my bed or on his bed or on the couch and do them and we got creative with some of them and included Hands-On activities it just became fun School rather than homeschool. It was too much to try to keep up with all the doctor appointments all the school events (older kids public school) and shopping and holiday stuff and decorating and if I did homeschooling my house wouldn't be decorated and if I decorated I couldn't do homeschooling because I have a disability so my body wears out before 2:00 everyday. I'm definitely happy with the choice that I made and now we're using from today till after New Year's to only do computer schooling which is adventure academy, prodigy, nightzookeeper etc. He finds it fun.
This is brilliant!! Fun, easy, still working. Thanks for sharing.
@MakingEverydayMagic thanks for often pulling us up and out, being the voice of reason and grace we don't give ourselves enough of!
@l.w.tomaso6277 So often I simply say what I know I need to hear. If I need to be reminded, certainly others do too. This life is hard, and we have a tendency to make it harder on ourselves.
So when you restart your usual schedule do u plan to continue until you finish the books completely or just go until your school calendar ends?
That depends on which subject it is. Something like math or language arts, we will finish it. Page a day workbook things like handwriting or thinking skills will just be done until we are done.