How Do You Homeschool On Rough Days?

How do you homeschool on rough days?

I just had a baby. Sweet little Jacob is 6 weeks old. This means I have many sleepless nights and I spend the majority of my days carrying the baby around. Even when I break out my handy dandy baby carrier (babywearing for the win!) sometimes I’m just too tired to do much for school.

This is when I’m grateful for technology.

Seriously, I don’t know how our mothers’ and grandmothers’ generations homeschooled. We have it so incredibly easy nowadays, with all the information in the world at our fingertips, a mouse click away. Hats off to those who homeschooled before homeschooling was cool!

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Have you ever felt pressured to do something exceptional for school every day, no matter how you’re feeling? Do you feel guilty on days you just don’t have the mental or emotional stamina to have a “productive day”?

Stop that!

You are not doing you or your children any favors by beating yourself up for being human or for wanting a break! Seriously, you’ll do a much better job teaching your kids TOMORROW if you take care of yourself TODAY.

But sometimes, days off aren’t easily feasible. Maybe you live in a state that requires a certain number of attendance days to be in compliance with the law. Or perhaps you live in a state where you need to log a certain number of hours every week. Maybe you already took a few days (or weeks!) off and can’t reasonably take yet another.

I hear you

Enter READING EGGS

Readingeggs.com is my new favorite thing. Not really. I have lots of favorite things and could never pick just one. But I am definitely a fan of Reading Eggs. What started out as a solution for my daughter who likes to ‘play dumb’ and pretend she has no idea what I’m talking about ended as a great option for those lazy yet productive days.

My kids enjoy playing their way through their lessons, and I like that they can’t ‘guess’ their way into the next level. I just set the timer for 30 minutes and set them free. They each have their own profiles and I get regular progress reports. No, this is not a free website, but even on our tight budget, after the free trial, I decided paying for the subscription was worth it. My littles are learning to read with little effort on my part, and my bigger kids are solidifying their reading skills, as well as building reading comprehension skills. The perfect solution to a lazy day of homeschooling.

(Note – I signed up for the free trial and after it expired I waited for a few weeks until reading eggs sent me a really good coupon code in my email)

Tell me, how do you homeschool on rough days?