Oh No! Our Schedules Have to Change...Again...How to Keep Homeschooling

 My husband and I both work part-time, he was recently employed by Apple, Inc as a stay-at-home advisor. It sounds amazing, but he really can't leave his office space so he can't help with the schooling during our "regular scheduled" time. We recently received his semi-permanent schedule, which is all over the place and crazy. So, naturally, I panicked  and thought "how in the world am

I going to stick to a real homeschooling  schedule". Then I realized, I've done this every year and there's no reason to panic! 

I created a calendar of all the kids activities and then scheduled lessons around them. Our schedule is non-conventional, meaning sometimes te kiddos will be doing lessons on tr weekends or in the evening. We've tried this for a few weeks now and the kids are still thriving! They are a little confused about what comes next but I have printed out a large calendar and they can read what's next, it makes them feel more responsible. 

Daddy will be able to help with the evening lessons and the kids and I get are able to take advantage of doing lessons outdoors or in the community, when daddy needs extra quiet time for phone conferences. 

What has helped us tremendously is making the kiddos go to bed a little earlier. Typically they go to bed at 10pm, but recently they've been forced to at least lay in their beds starting at 9pm. This is allowing them to awaken earlier and we can actually get more done in the morning hours. They still have a rest/nap time at 2pm everyday and still have plenty of playtime! It actually works well:) so please don't give up on homeschooling because your schedule looks a little unconventional...it will work for your family and that's what matters! 

Remember there's no right way to learn!