Salvaging a Homeschool Day

  Have you ever had a day when school just WAS NOT HAPPENING?!

The baby got sick, the phone won't stop ringing, there was a family crisis or maybe you are sick?

               Can this day be saved or should it be written off?

This day can be salvaged!!


               First, think about what are your bare minimums to call this a "school day".   Think about it. Even in public school they have many days that have assemblies or class parties most of the day but it is considered a school day.  What are your bare minimums?

    For me- it is Spelling and Math.  If those two subjects are done, it's a school day- what I like to call a "half-day".   What subjects do you have to get done to feel that school was accomplished?  Some days those are all that will get done.

      What if you are at your wit's end and no formal school is going to get done today.  Maybe you are sick yourself and the kids are on their own.

               Older kids may be able to do some of the work on their own, or bake cookies.  Younger kids may like to cuddle and look at books with you, or do art projects.  Let them watch a nature show or educational video.  It's not the end of the world.

    -----   It's the end of the day and literally nothing got done.  ------> Read a bedtime story together.  Have them read a book and you read a book or take turns reading together.  Talk about the day and how to have a better day tomorrow.  And pray.  Sometimes all we can do for our family is pray and put them into God's hands.