18/03/2020
Hi Everyone!! I hope you are all safely in your homes with your loved ones with enough supplies for a bit.
I wanted to jump in on homeschooling your children due to school closings. It’s overwhelming I know. I was forced to homeschool my children because the school district refused to make a safe environment for Jacob. The ins and outs to that is a story for another time. Right now I wanted to be a support for swallowing the pill of being the person who has to cook all the food, and now, educate.
No matter the age of your children remember cooking is a HUGE lesson! There’s math, fractions, doubling, halfing, tripling etc.
There’s nutrition and science... why is the bread rising?? There’s health and a great treat at the end. You have to cook anyway. You can use cooking as a geography lesson, a history lesson... where did the food come from? When did people eat this type of food...
Budgeting and quantities, smart shopping, most for your money... economics and math again.
There literally is a huge lesson in cleaning, in drawing, coloring, legos (engineering and construction) and quiet time reading, being BORED is important in life too. I’m sure all your kids have devices, for the kids of school age Khan Academy is amazing for all subjects now, it’s free. Most museums have virtual tours and online games or programs. I remember when my youngest was 4-6 he loved the dinosaur puzzles on the website for the Museum of Natural History.
Don’t have stress over specific learning tasks if the teachers didn’t supply them. Just have fun and spend time with each other and honestly since I’m on the flip side of this time, it’s my luckiest moments of life to spend so much time with my children. I cried every night when I started it and by the time we finished I was calm and confident. It takes a bit but you don’t have to worry for more than this school year (or a few more weeks don’t lose it)
Feel free to post here and tag me or just see what other moms/dads and caretakers have to say about their struggles and achievements! You can do this!!!! You will be so proud of what you did when this is over.
Stay safe and healthy! ❤️ Nicole