5 Ways to get back to the swing of homeschool after winter break

The Homeschool-mom part of me is excited to tackle the new year, The mom side of me is dreading dragging my children back to the homeschool table...

bereft of bright and shining faces this winter? Here are a few ideas to get things moving:

switch things up ~ is Bible or Math usually your first subject? Why not switch up the order of things, or move Bible to before school...or? Make a visual line-up the kids can see and look forward to.
ease into it~ make the first week an abbreviated week, with less subjects, or end the school-day a bit earlier and get outside, or snuggle up for some cozy reading. Or? the possibilities are endless.
Start a new subject~ pull out the study materials you didn't quite get to yet, now is a great time to dive into something new. Bored with your studies? now might be the time to look for a short-but-sweet unit study.
Try a new schedule ~ things getting really stale? Make a new schedule, move things around, change the times, shorten some studies, lengthen others. Now might be the time to try a block schedule, with Science only 2 days a week, for example, and freeing up Fridays for "Art Fridays" or "field trip Fridays". Think a little outside of the box you have made and switch things around, experiment, try a new class.
KISS/Just Read ~ I know for me, I tend to make things way more complicated than they need to be. I need the perfect unit study, the perfect reference books, the perfect outline and the perfect worksheets. Sometimes (a lot of the time) simply opening up a good book, reading it, and discussing it gets the job done. Simple, but true.

Here at {Home} we are going to switch things up, re-arrange our schedule and start new subjects. #5 was started a month ago, we are reading a Grace Livingston Hill novel and discussing. How about you, are you looking forward to a fresh start?

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bereft of bright and shining faces this winter? Here are a few ideas to get things moving:

switch things up ~ is Bible or Math usually your first subject? Why not switch up the order of things, or move Bible to before school...or? Make a visual line-up the kids can see and look forward to.

ease into it~ make the first week an abbreviated week, with less subjects, or end the school-day a bit earlier and get outside, or snuggle up for some cozy reading. Or? the possibilities are endless.

Start a new subject~ pull out the study materials you didn't quite get to yet, now is a great time to dive into something new. Bored with your studies? now might be the time to look for a short-but-sweet unit study.