Many of my friends ask me how I keep my little ones busy while homeschooling. I'm going to let you in on a little secret...this is one of my biggest challenges too. It is not easy to home school multiple grades while keeping two little boys from all but reducing my home to a pile of rubble. This is the hardest part of my current season of homeschooling. I find that when I am on top of it and I am very organized and prepared, this is an area that goes relatively smoothly, however, I am here to admit that is not always the case.
More often than not I end up trying to think outside the box and come up with a quick activity that will at least entertain my two most challenging students, while allowing me a few precious minutes to explain a new concept to another child.
This photo is from just such a day. I actually did have plenty of activities planned for the little ones, but, as luck would have it this was one of the days that nothing was working (yes, even I have those days!)
In a moment of desperation I grabbed a bottle of shaving cream that the littles' grandmother had given them for fun tub time, and I gave them a large pile of the creative stuff each. WHAT WAS I THINKING? Well, I did get the extra 20 minutes or so that I needed to explain that new concept to my 4th grader, and the boys did have fun, as did their sister who joined in the fun, but it certainly was wild!
More often than not I end up trying to think outside the box and come up with a quick activity that will at least entertain my two most challenging students, while allowing me a few precious minutes to explain a new concept to another child.
This photo is from just such a day. I actually did have plenty of activities planned for the little ones, but, as luck would have it this was one of the days that nothing was working (yes, even I have those days!)
In a moment of desperation I grabbed a bottle of shaving cream that the littles' grandmother had given them for fun tub time, and I gave them a large pile of the creative stuff each. WHAT WAS I THINKING? Well, I did get the extra 20 minutes or so that I needed to explain that new concept to my 4th grader, and the boys did have fun, as did their sister who joined in the fun, but it certainly was wild!
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I share all this to say, if this is an area that is challenging for you, you are not alone. If you are also on this journey of homeschooling and you have little ones at home, you know too the challenges I am speaking of. It is okay, you can do it, and sometimes it just takes a little creativity and willingness to clean up a mess!
