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Written by Cait Fitzpatrick Curley<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but I’m having trouble concentrating lately. I head upstairs to collect laundry and, the next thing I know, I’m standing in the hallway, wondering what on earth I was supposed to be doing. Or I’ll put a bagel in the toaster oven and find it hours later, long forgotten and rock hard.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to do ordinary life things right now. Forget about homeschooling. Or working. Or – gasp!-\u00a0<\/em>attempting to juggle both and do all of the ordinary life things.<\/p>\n

This post is a perfect example.<\/p>\n

Every time I thought about writing this article, I came up blank. I shared my writer’s block with dear friends and my homeschool sister<\/a> suggested I ask for help. She’s a genius, that one!<\/p>\n

I reached out to eleven of my homeschool blogger friends and asked them, “What three things are helping you<\/em> right now?” <\/strong><\/p>\n

And then I asked them to share a resource or two that might be helpful during this uncertain time.<\/p>\n

I think you’re going to love their answers!<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto by Molly Belle<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

So, without further ado, I’d like to share advice from the trenches:<\/p>\n

Alicia Hutchinson, Living Well + Learning Well with Alicia Hutchinson<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n

\"12<\/a>Three things helping right now:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Simple homeschool lesson plans.<\/strong><\/div>\n
I’ve been planning week-by-week because it helps me follow a plan, but not look too much in the future. It’s a simple plan and I can start school Monday morning having something to follow, but one that isn’t too intense during this time.<\/div>\n
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2. Teaching my kids to make coffee.<\/strong><\/div>\n
It’s very important during this time to always have fresh coffee brewing. During the pandemic, each of my children has been trained to make fresh coffee every time they see that it is empty. We are all happier for it.<\/div>\n
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3. Instilling a daily quiet time.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Each day, all four of my kids (yes, even my teens!) head to their rooms for an hour of quiet time. They read, listen to audiobooks, or draw in their rooms and it is such a nice time of day for me to have a rest myself.<\/div>\n
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A resource to help:<\/strong><\/h3>\n