Momentum is a wonderful thing when it comes to school work. When we have momentum, the work gets done quickly and easily. Sometimes the kids even try to get up early and do all of their work before I get up. It is awesome!
But when you lose the momentum…those can be long days.
We have been homeschooling for over 6 years now, but I still have not found a good way to transition from break back to doing school work again. We are like that train slowly moving out of the station.
We’ve tried starting back gradually, with just a few main subjects, and we’ve tried starting back with the full load. Either way, it is a slow moving train.
We actually do what we call “mini-school” over the summer so that we don’t atrophy all together. Our “mini-school” includes things like simple math problems to keep the multiplication tables sharp and special stuff that would be overlooked during the school year like typing or handwriting. That has worked pretty well for us.
I think I will try something like that over shorter breaks too. I think it is about keeping the rhythm of the day…sticking to the routine.
Any ideas?
