If you are teaching your children from home right now, you will know that it is not always easy. You will also know that teachers should be getting paid a lot more than they do for their work…
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, homeschooling our children has become more prevalent than ever before, and in some places, it is still a reality or will be again in the near future.
So, let’s give you some helpful tips for how to organise your homeschooling, shall we?
I have two great ones for you.
Be strict with times
It’s very hard to be a parent and a teacher, and it is hard to switch between those two modes.
We can find it difficult to discipline our children in a school-like way whenever we need to homeschool them and it can be hard to stick to a school-like structure the way that their real-life teachers do. It’s highly possible that when they are at home, all children want to do is play with their toys and spend time with you and their pets.
But, we need to make sure that they get enough time in the day to actually do their work and concentrate on their learning, otherwise, they will be at a disadvantage compared to where they would be if they were still in school.
In order to keep up with their homeschooling, we need to be strict with them about what the hours of their school day are. If it is 9-3, then it is 9-3 that they are in school mode.
We, of course, need to give them ample breaks and they should have proper breaks in which they can relax, have fun, go outside, and eat.
But when they are not on a break, they are in school, and we need to be firm with how we communicate that with them. Otherwise, we will just end up with a mountain of work to do in not enough time.
Separate zones
On a similar note, it is important that we take action to differentiate what is home and what is school when we are bridging the two.
The best way to do this is to have school-only zones in the home where the only things that happen here are learning and school work. It doesn’t have to be a big space if you don’t have lots of room, it can be a seat at the kitchen table or a chair in their room.
Whatever it is, that space is for working and when they are there they work.
When they are on breaks or the day is over, they aren’t in this space and then they are home as usual. Then they are free to play, explore, and rest.
Separating the two different modes will help your child have good boundaries between school and rest, and it will help them concentrate when they have to.
Hey, it also means fewer places to clean and tidy once the school day is over. That’s always a benefit for us parents too!
