{"id":63760,"date":"2022-10-04T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/?p=63760"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:53:37","slug":"4-habits-that-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/4-habits-that-help\/","title":{"rendered":"4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/4-habits-that-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63786\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-7.39.23-AM-1024x736.png\" alt=\"Habits that help our homeschool\" width=\"653\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-7.39.23-AM-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-7.39.23-AM-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-7.39.23-AM-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-04-at-7.39.23-AM.png 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons <\/em><em>~<br \/>\nWritten by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karipatterson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kari Patterson<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After many years of slow homeschool days, limited activities, and just two kids, our season has certainly changed. I&#8217;m grateful for those years, but now with two teens we are in full-blown activity mode and throwing a couple extra kids into the mix hasn&#8217;t exactly slowed the pace.<\/p>\n<p>With cross-country, theater, dance, ballet, voice lessons, and teaching literature, on top of our at-home lessons plus toting around two littles, life feels very full.<\/p>\n<p>Prefer to listen instead?<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25021338\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/3ebdc0\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thankfully, seasons that stretch us force us to <em>grow<\/em>.<\/strong> Here are four helpful habits that help our homeschool through our busy season:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/4-habits-that-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1275-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>1. Reset nightly.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It was my friend Mikaela who first introduced me to this idea of a <em>reset<\/em>. Instead of &#8220;cleaning the kitchen&#8221; we do a <em>reset\u00a0<\/em>instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each evening, in anticipation of another great day (wink), we do a reset.<\/strong> That means dishes are put away, and everything is put back where it belongs. Water bottles are refilled and placed in the cars.<\/p>\n<p>Snack baggies are filled and put in the snack-grab bin in the pantry. Coffee pot is set. Car is emptied, returning random sweatshirts, school books, nerf darts or whatever else has migrated from its proper location.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each home and routine is different, of course, but<\/strong> <strong>a nightly reset makes is so we aren&#8217;t starting out the day\u00a0<em>already behind<\/em><\/strong>. This is one of the habits that have helped our homeschool most.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. Ditch the &#8220;all or nothing&#8221; mindset.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but often what keeps me from doing something at all is the fact that I can&#8217;t do it well, or can&#8217;t do it every day.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I determined I was going to put some important habits in place<strong>\u00a0<em>even if we couldn&#8217;t do them perfectly or all the time<\/em>.<\/strong> This meant an exercise schedule that was just 3-4days\/week and included my little ones, a devotional time with the kids that was just 3-4 days\/week (and included the reward of gummy bears if the littles sat still and had happy hearts!), a writing schedule that was just 1 day\/week.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I&#8217;d love to do these things daily. <strong>But I can&#8217;t let what I can&#8217;t do keep me from what I can.\u00a0<\/strong>The reality is, there are aspects of our lives that are outside of our control, and if I wait around for perfect circumstances in order to do what I believe is important, I&#8217;ll never do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If it is important, then three days of it is better than zero days of it.<\/strong> Two healthy meals are better than zero healthy meals. One workout is better than no workout. <strong>All those sporadic successes actually add up to a lot.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63764\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"habits that help our homeschool\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_1626-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Say a hard no to school on Sundays.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This didn&#8217;t apply when the kids were little, but now that we are neck deep in high school courses, there&#8217;s quite a bit of heavy-academic lifting. Each week the big kids create their own weekly schedule, planning out what work they will do each day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If they can&#8217;t get something completed, it gets bumped to the next day, but<\/strong> <strong>Saturday night at 9pm is the hard deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because we&#8217;ve probably all been there, right? Trying to finish that paper late on a Sunday night and you run out of toner or your computer crashes or you stay up <em>way too late<\/em> and you&#8217;re exhausted the next morning and how&#8217;s that for a great start to the week? My hope and prayer is that Monday morning begins with <em>rested<\/em> students, minds that have mused, bodies that have slept or recreated, hearts that have worshipped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday is to our souls what the nightly reset is to our homes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. Laugh.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>My mom was a homeschool pioneer in the early 80s, and I&#8217;m still gleaning from her wisdom. In some of her old lesson plans, I found this index card:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Count the day lost in which your children have not laughed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Laughed?\u00a0<\/em>You&#8217;d expect to see the word &#8220;learned&#8221;. But <em>laughed<\/em>?\u00a0 That was my mom&#8217;s heart, and I am trying to make it my own as well.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m amazed at how simple it can be. For the littles, a funny voice or a silly face. <strong>Dumping all the warm laundry on their heads or &#8220;accidentally&#8221; making the bed on top of them.<\/strong> Right?! We know how to do it, but sometimes we forget.<\/p>\n<p>For our teens it&#8217;s scrolling together through the Life of Fred account on Facebook, watching whatever YouTube video they&#8217;re into (mine love Corridor Crew and the Holderness Family), or getting creative and Rick Rolling them when they least expect it.\u00a0<em>Never gonna give you up!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laughter doesn&#8217;t erase the hard things, but it sure does make them bearable, especially when the laughs are enjoyed <em>together<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope these four habits that help our homeschool will carry you through busy seasons. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/4-habits-that-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63771\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-habits-that-help-our-homeschool-in-busy-seasons-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Habits that help our homeschool\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-habits-that-help-our-homeschool-in-busy-seasons-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-habits-that-help-our-homeschool-in-busy-seasons-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-habits-that-help-our-homeschool-in-busy-seasons-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4-habits-that-help-our-homeschool-in-busy-seasons.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s Your Child&#8217;s Learning Style? Take Jamie&#8217;s new quiz now<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and set yourself up for homeschooling success by understanding the way they learn best!<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons ~ Written by Kari Patterson After many years of slow homeschool days, limited activities, and just two kids, our season has certainly changed. 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