Summer break and work from home can really be a mixed bag of emotions. Your excited that the schoolwork is finally done. You finished the year, good or bad, it is done. But then there is trepidation wondering what you are going to do with the kids all summer long. You are still working. Then you are back to relief because you get a break from grading. You no longer need to remind them to do their schoolwork.
Then you are back to dread because you need to figure how to balance summer break and work from home.
My goal is to empower moms to work from home and homeschool confidently. That means we need to talk about more than just how amazing and perfect our kids are. We know they are. It means we need to talk about the hard parts too.
How to Handle Summer Break and Work from Home
We don’t dread summer break like public school parents. Usually, those parents approach summer break with apprehension because they are will miss their seven hours of kid free time. It is different for homeschool parents because we are with our kids all the time. It isn’t a huge change for everyone.
Summer break does come with the need to keep the kids occupied. When they are doing schoolwork, it does add structure to the day. There is a specific routine that they need to do. And everyone knows what it is.
Now that we hit summer, we need to tweak the routine so we can do summer break and work from home.
Summer Break Routine
Kids sleep in for summer break. That is the one thing that I really look forward to every summer. I get a longer amount of quiet in the morning. Sleeping in is mainly for the younger kids, and they are very happy to sleep in. With the teenagers, they have other stuff going on, so they get up when they need to.
Figuring out your summer routine is unique to everyone. Start with figuring out what’s important to you. Then watch or listen to the show for more ideas.
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