Comments on: Homeschool planning through this crisis https://simplehomeschool.net/crisis-planning/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Kate Dowling https://simplehomeschool.net/crisis-planning/#comment-756396 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61637#comment-756396 Kara, thank you for the encouragement to be kind to ourselves as parents who are homeschooling during these unprecedented times. Truly.

I would also like to share that we have added some new fun activities to our curriculum. We are learning to play music by ear with this fun resources for beginners. Here is one sample course that my teenagers especially found useful and fun.

Find and Name the notes (Do Re Mi or A B C)
https://youtu.be/2gNmUaTCPg0

I hope this is helpful to everyone. Stay safe. Kate

]]> By: Ashley IG@JapanandBooks https://simplehomeschool.net/crisis-planning/#comment-756131 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=61637#comment-756131 Kara, thank you for your warm and encouraging words as always. I’m so glad the homeschool community has you in it! For the first 2-3 weeks after schools closed here, I tried my best to carry on “as usual” — because after all, we’re homeschoolers so there’s nothing different about our school routine. Sure my husband’s out of a job and we can’t go to coop, the library, or the playground, but what’s REALLY different? Oh past self. But then I gave myself permission to grieve what was lost and to take a break from school during these unusual circumstances, just as I would if we had a family crisis. We have been watching a ton of movies ( my son is going through a fierce Indiana Jones phase, and my daughter is determined to see ALL the Disney classics), playing games together, baking bread, enjoying the backyard (especially after I told my obnoxious neighbor no I wouldn’t babysit her Typhoid Timmy for free now that he’s not in school), and reading through Narnia again. It’s been a very snuggly, warm time and I’m (figuratively) almost sad to see it end.

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