How to Create a Homeschool Routine that Works for You

How to create a homeschool routine that works for you (& your homeschool kids)?

When you create a homeschool routine that works for you, you have to be clear on this:

• What do you think an education is anyway,
• Get clear on what your vision for your homeschool is,
• Know how you and your kids function during your days.

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How will you make your homeschool routine work for you?

Set your day with a morning routine.

One of the most important things we can do is set our day with intentional energy and thoughts.

Create a morning routine for us, homeschool moms, to get kick-started before the kids are awake. Yeah, I know that is a real challenge if you have young kids. It might not even be realistic, but it is still the goal. So does that mean you have to get up at 4:00 am? No, I am not suggesting that. I would never have done that myself. My kids would laugh if I even suggested that to you.

Still, the goal is to be up before the kids are awake, especially the younger ones, so you can set your day with intention.

I start the day with a cup of coffee and milk. As I live in the northern hemisphere, I use a UV light in the morning for about 15 minutes. At the same time, I read my daily morning mama affirmations. This helps us set our minds thinking about the things we want in our homeschool and how we want to engage our children.

There’s no magic bullet in reading daily affirmations, but it does set our minds on the right things. Praying and meditating with intention and asking God for help strengthen my resolve and clarity.

Daily meditation practice and, of course, journaling.

I have been journaling since about Grade two. Since I didn’t have much to say then, I wrote, I woke up, I made my bed, and I brushed my teeth for about the first five years.

And though it was simple, it has been a powerful tool that helps me understand how I’m feeling and what I want to accomplish in my day.

Journaling is a powerful tool to start your morning.

I also write three focus words at the top of my journal. This year I wrote: encourage, expand, and invite. (And if you come over for a cup of coffee, I will tell you why I chose those words. They all relate to relationships, my work, or my intention for this period of my life.)

Choosing focus words sets our mind to approach our day and activities the way we want to.

First and foremost, set up your day with an intentional morning routine.

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Create a routine, not a schedule

A schedule is forced confinement, routines are guidelines.

Forced confinement? We’ve done that in the last few months, so no thanks!

Routines include the stuff you want to include, they’re flexible, and routines create predictability. oh, and routines bear out in productivity.

What do you want to include in your day? Write it down.

• Carve out a morning routine. Begin the day alone. Just fifteen minutes.
• Create a morning routine with the kids: a prayer, a lovingkindness meditation, yoga, readalouds, and discussing plans for the day.
• Ask the kids what their hopes and plans are for the day and make sure you let your kids know yours too.
• Include study time or engage in learning opportunities. (Think in subject areas or follow their curiosities).
• Include a post-lunch communal quiet time.
• Get outside and active every day.
• Slot in screen time.
• Include fun every day.
• Include household chores in your weekly routine: everyone helps.
• Include extracurricular activities, co-ops, and part-time jobs in your routine.
• Inject some homeschool hygge in your day!

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Time Block: you never know how much time something takes until you time it.

• This provides clarity: how much time does it really take to do each activity?
• If something is important for you, plan for it.

Include the Fun.

• Make fun memories a homeschool goal.
• Include poetry teatime.
• Include nature study.
• Include readalouds.
• Include special party days: a not-back-to-school picnic with other homeschoolers, the first day of the homeschool party, a 100-day party, the last day of the year party, and family birthdays are days off!
• Include gameschooling.
• Include pinschooling.
• Teach your kids to cook!

Create meaningful childhood memories for your kids.

Make your homeschool routine work for you and your homeschool kids.

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People often ask…

• How do you handle homeschool overwhelm in a regular homeschool year?
• How can I Capture the Charmed Homeschool?
• Do you do one-on-one homeschooling coaching? Why, yes I do!
• 7 Ways to Find Quiet, Build Boundaries & Handle Overwhelm
• How can I join the Homeschool Mama Retreat? (& what is this?)

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