Sailing Back to Homeschool

Getting back to homeschool routines is not always smooth sailing.

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Getting back to homeschool routines is not always smooth sailing. When you start a new homeschool year there are a lot of new routines to pull into place. Although you may feel like you are going to sink back into a comfortable rhythm, the kids might see your plans and try to run away. How do you get your year off to a smooth start?

Buck-up moms, we don’t need smooth starts

First, smooths starts aren’t everything. If you have a different schedule than last year, if you have changed curriculum in any subjects, if you joined or quit a co-op, there is going to be a new routine learning curve.

When we are beginning a new routine, there will be some friction. Whether that friction comes from us, or our kids, it won’t be completely smooth sailing.

You don’t control the weather

There will be choppy water, perhaps mom forgot to print out the PDF workbook that goes with the curriculum and the kids are ready for the worksheet. Then the printer has an “unknown error”. Fifteen minutes later, after a paper refill, and a router reboot, the workbook is finally printed.

There will be moments of no wind, where the energy and direction of the day seems…