Homeschooling Quest: Back to a Routine

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For most of December 2018 and January 2019, illness has plagued our family – myself and our two younger children all had varying degrees of a cold we kept passing around. This is partly why A Mom's Quest to Teach has been quiet during this time. I also wanted to take time to spend with my family during the holiday season.

I shared a few posts which are book reviews – such as one about a new devotional for young women from Zondervan, a review of a devotional based on prayers written by Jane Austen, and a review of a book to help grandparents, among others. In addition to the book reviews, I shared photographs and ideas from our daughter's third birthday party.

Back to a Routine

Over the past two weeks we have been back into our regular homeschooling routine. While our teenage son has been completing assignments off and on through the time I was ill, our kindergartener and preschooler have just started working on schoolwork again with me. (Although our kindergartner did take the initiative to complete worksheets in a workbook from the dollar store for his own "independent study" when he was feeling well enough.)

Our children received a number of board games for Christmas – Koala Capers, Chutes and Ladders, Count Your Chickens, and Dragonwood among them – which we have been playing. Thus, they have been learning how to work together and take turns. These are important lessons to be learned at any age.

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New Products in our Homeschool

Both younger children have been working through the pages of the Preschool Skills Fun Book by Bonnie Rose Hudson from WriteBonnieRose. Our three-year-old daughter is quickly learning how to follow directions and our five-year-old son is having fun with the coloring sheets and painting projects using Dot Paints.

We have also begun using IXL.com to review for the Homeschool Review Crew. Our teenage son has used it before in public school but it is new and exciting for our two younger children. Just the other day our five-year-old son was practicing science in addition to kindergarten math and language arts skills.

And now that we have set up our schooling area again in the living room, we will be able to get back into our routine even more quickly. What do you do to get back into a routine after a long break?

Looking for more Homeschooling blogs? 

Perhaps you need a new workbook to add to your daily homeschooling routine – Reading Eggs has a collection that might be perfect for you. Or maybe you are searching for some history-themed posts? I have a 'Blogging through the Alphabet' series that might be of interest. For example, I wrote about Ramses the Great last year. And I have several Book Club posts including this one about the book Mousetronaut that are great for homeschooling activities.

Click on the images below for the posts!