Morning Homeschooling Routine

Real life. No fluff here. Morning time is messy! . Today marked the first day getting back into morning time in our breakfast room - our main learning space. Love my windows! . . This is how you get your kids to listen: keep their hands busy. K drew mazes, M did her paint by number, H made a library craft and built Lego, and C was trying to distract everyone else with card tricks. . . Did I mention that’s also a good barometer for if they’re enjoying the book? When you see them putting their stuff down to look at you and pay attention, don’t make eye contact. Pretend you can’t see them. It’s all the mind game 😃 . . We started with prayer and Bible. Read some CC timeline cards - back to the beginning - and continued to work through our 100 Thing to Know About Food book by Usborne. Picture books about Lady Liberty and Casey at the Bat were in the library stack. And we finished up with working through Hamlet (another Usborne book). — more in my stories. . Honestly, they were wanting to do math too, but we had things to do. Start slow and build up. And don’t be like me and wait too many years to try gathering together for learning. I wish I’d done it years before! . The key: you don’t need a dedicated learning space! Do it where you live. . So now the real question. Should we start with Mel Gibson or Kenneth Brannaugh version of Hamlet? 😃