Homeschooling everywhere is falling apart at this time of year, so if it has hit your home, know it's not just you.
I saw it each year as a homeschooler and see it each year as a substitute teacher. Getting the kids to do work gets harder and harder. This past week, the grade 6s I was with spontaneously held a vote so that we wouldn't do some particular work! "Can't we just have free time?" Kids at home are often wanting the same.
But both in school and at home, my experience has been that total free time can lead to chaos or problems, but guided fun learning is actually very welcome (for the most part). So, I've put together a quick document with a bunch of learning activities you can do this week. The basic daily plan is this:
- Read-aloud or audiobook each day. I've provided some suggestions, but you could use anything.
- Math activities you can do each day.
- Science activities--do one or all three over the course of the week.
- One social studies activity that you could limit to one day or take the suggestions and do a little bit each day to count for both social studies and language arts.
- Art activities for the whole week.
- Some bonus activities to do as a family. (Mind you, I think YOU, Mama, should engage in all of the other activities, too. Yes, do the colouring pages!)
No need to sign up for my emails, this is a gift for you that you can simply grab the Pre-Christmas Homeschool Plan here! Enjoy!
Until next time,
Daisy
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