This last week has been a challenge, and we had to learn how to homeschool when life happens.
(This article was first written in 2015, but the photo has been updated and is from 2019)
On top of caring for our disabled 8-year-old daughter and developmentally delayed 12-month-old (along with the other 5 (relatively) healthy kids), my husband had an onset of severe vertigo, which resulted in a 911 call and a trip to the ER via ambulance on Sunday evening.
As a result, my husband was home from work Monday through Wednesday this week to recover, and we had to drive him to a follow-up doctor’s appointment on Wednesday.
We decided not to do our typical schoolwork and instead focused on history while in the van and at home, hanging out with my husband. Because we school year-round, we can afford to take a break from seatwork now and then when life happens.
How To Homeschool When Life Happens
We are reviewing the Famous Men of Rome set, so we did a lesson.
We spent some time listening to The Mystery of History when we brought Daddy to his doctor appointment.
We watched the first DVD of the American Heritage Series by David Barton while Daddy rested.
Just like that, we covered ancient and medieval times, American history, and our Country’s Founding Fathers!
We spent the rest of this week decluttering and organizing the kids’ clothes, toys, and bedrooms. Home Economics at its best! As well as lessons in charity, since we bagged up a lot of toys/clothes to donate.
So, when life happens, just roll with it.
Do what you can and start anew next week! Look at it as an opportunity to change things up, spend time on a subject you can’t always get to routinely, work as a family on a project you’ve been meaning to do, or simply use it as a lesson in how life doesn’t always go as planned, but we can still accept it and work with it to the best of our ability.
Not all is lost. Even if you can’t do any lessons for a few days, you can still teach life lessons and prepare your children for real life as adults.
Because we all have those days, right?
Yep! You said it!
Amen!
Yup, Amen!
Thank you for this reminder.