https://simplehomeschool.net/managing-expectations-homeschool/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:02:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://simplehomeschool.net/managing-expectations-homeschool/#comment-816996 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64938#comment-816996 One thing that we do that helps is to think of our homeschool routine in terms of types of activities and to allow holiday tasks to swap in as necessary. For example, we do handwork each day: 9yo is learning embroidery and 7yo is learning to weave friendship bracelets. But during the holidays, we color cards, make ornaments, or sew buttons on pageant costumes. Each day, we do about an hour of exercise, usually by swimming at the local gym or going to the playground, but during the holidays, we might haul the bins of decorations out of the barn or hike our property to cut down a (scraggly) tree. Et cetera with reading, music, and so on. It’s not perfect, and some days work better than others, but I find that most of our holiday activities map nicely onto our homeschool routine.

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