Every year for the past few, I have prepared and written a post for the Homeschool Day in the Life series at Simple Homeschool. I love Simple Homeschool. It was one of my first entries into homeschooling, before we even began. And I have loved contributing to this series. This is its 10th year, coming at a time of fewer blogs and more Instagram.
The truth is, this year it crept up on me and I didn't prepare anything.
The truth is, this year I am winding down as a blogger after 13+ years.
The truth is, so much has changed for us this year, as homeschoolers and as individuals, that I am not even sure how to write a homeschool day post.
But...those reasons feel all the more compelling to share something.
So with the link-up reminder arriving in my email inbox this morning, I am blogging about our day today and will link-up late.
Today is a Thursday. Each day of the week looks a little different for us, with a general schedule;
Mondays usually include a 4-H activity for my son. My daughter will do a make-up of the 4-H activity at a later time, because her class schedule changed at winter break, making Monday one of her long days in the part time program she attends.
Tuesday is also a long day for her, and my son and I work on his various learning needs and desires.
Wednesday is charter school day. Right now, this is Shakespeare class, project, and performance. My daughter graduated from the charter, but is costume assistant. She then goes on to one class in her part time program.
Fridays are a home or field trip day.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings are ballet for my daughter. Tuesdays and Thursday evenings are karate for my son.
Every morning we have 'together time,' which includes a game, read aloud of some kind (book, poetry, news article, etc.), and CNN 10.
Today is Thursday and usually that means we have our morning together at home for together time and some lesson work and lunch before heading out so my daughter can go to a class and my son and I play at the park and go to the library. Today, though, after our together time, we had the first in a series of orthodontist appointments and when we got home, lessons didn't happen smoothly (or at all for one kiddo). Overwhelm from a lot going on finally came to a head and it was clear that structured learning was done while we worked through some big feelings. I called it a mental health day and we stayed home for the day. My daughter's class and my son's karate didn't happen today. I will be honest, 8 years into homeschooling, I am much better at taking a deep breath and letting it go. An occasional miss for whole health reasons feels right to me.
We spent the day on projects, resting, reading, and even having some time on screens. We played a game of Skip-Bo during dinner and we are winding down to an early bed with some music.
And tomorrow is fresh. I have a general idea what we need to cover, but, as always, we shall see how the day unfolds.
(For more about our homeschool, click here. For a little background (albeit 4 years old now!) on our homeschool journey, click here.)
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