With spring fully underway and with the arrival of our seventh child, we have become a little too relaxed with our chores and studies with homeschool. I feel like we need to get back into the habit of things. I wasn't stressing too much since we still are learning as this is our first official year if traditionally homeschooling. So, in order to kick off our learning with an excited attitude (again), I have chosen to unite the older kids and the littles in a learning experience about small motors and engines, motorcycles and mice (The Mouse And The Motorcycle, by Beverly Clearly), with a finishing field trip to a local Harley Davidson shop that even my husband will enjoy.
I find that even parents of public schoolers get tired of the routine and wind down when the end if the year gets closer. I blame the long winter. Spring makes you want to do so much more than spend your time indoors because of cold weather, homework or illness. So parents have to get creative. Think outside the box, to give everyone that extra shove to make it through the rest if their school year (not so much for the year long schooler).
We are planning to school all year with added field trips, outings, hikes, and social gatherings...you know, the fun stuff that is hit and miss through the rest if the year. We want to do many things but may not get to all of them, and that's OK. We will still manage to have fun and in the process, learn. I just have to make a point to try and bring us back into focus now and again.
Question: How do you keep focused, and how do you make sure your family stays on track with everything?
Psalm 119:1
You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
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