Create systems that increase productivity in your homeschool. “A good system shortens the road to the goal.” – Orison Swett Marden. This is a candid statement that speaks truth. Anyone can make a goal. It is the achievement of the goal that brings success. Reaching a goal takes work. Systems should be timesaving, sustainable and produce results.
Building a better homeschool takes 4 steps. Step 1 is rest. Step 2 is building a rhythm. Honoring your priorities is the focus of building rhythm. This means saying yes to priorities and no to interruptions or distractions. Rhythm is reinforced with habits. Step 3 in building a better homeschool is to build better habits.
With a solid homeschool rhythm and a set of objectives, you can school your children in 90 minutes a day
R-E-S-T. This is the first step in homeschooling (and life). Before buying curriculum, joining a co-op, or reading that book written by that expert. You must build rest into your day. It’s the oxygen mask that will keep you going and allow you to deliver oxygen to your children.
Do you want your children to read faster, comprehend and retain more, and grow their creativity and brain activity? Then handwriting is an important regular practice.
Are you engaged in the handwriting battles in your home? Rather than fight harder, I’ll let you in on a few secrets to make handwriting easier.
Education is broken into two categories of subjects: skill work and content acquisition. Content acquisition should take longer intervals of time in your school day
The short answer is, because that is my goal. I decide to implement 90 minutes of instruction and that is what we do. Are there exceptions? Of course. If we keep it short, the rates of the likelihood for frustration
All you need to know about homeschool + the 90-Minute School Day: Parents around the country and around the world are all struggling with educational choices this fall as they consider what is best for their children and their family
