If your children’s school is closed, you have the mammoth task of home education ahead of you. Sure, you may have been doing it for most of 2020 so far, but that doesn't mean that it’s easy as a parent. You know that you have limited resources and abilities as a parent doing home education, so it can be stressful to try and impart wisdom and walk your kids through their activities. However, it’s not impossible!
You can be a calm, non-shouty, patient parent where home education is concerned, and it doesn't have to be too hard on the whole family. You can use the best online school resources to help you with your home teaching efforts, and you can work with your kids to help them to learn better. With the six tips below, you can have a patient home education experience with your children.
Stick to a timetable. You need consistency and routine to maintain patience when you are educating the kids from home. You need to create a timetable for all ages across the board, and you can plan this timetable with the children, too! Colour-code it and you will be able to keep it on the wall and all of your children can work to the timetable. Routine will help them to stay focused.
Get out of your pyjamas. You do not have to get dressed up for the school run, but that doesn't mean that you can have an effective teaching and learning experience in your pyjamas. Get out of the pyjamas and put on some day clothes. Psychologically, you’re going to feel ready for the day and the kids will, too.
Don't try to replicate the school experience. Being at home is the point: the kids are not at school. Replicating the school day is hard and unnecessary. You cannot replicate the school day so there’s no point in trying. You can have all your lessons in the morning and have a free afternoon if you want to, and that will help them in their learning.
You can be a calm, non-shouty, patient parent where home education is concerned, and it doesn't have to be too hard on the whole family. You can use the best online school resources to help you with your home teaching efforts, and you can work with your kids to help them to learn better. With the six tips below, you can have a patient home education experience with your children.
Stick to a timetable. You need consistency and routine to maintain patience when you are educating the kids from home. You need to create a timetable for all ages across the board, and you can plan this timetable with the children, too! Colour-code it and you will be able to keep it on the wall and all of your children can work to the timetable. Routine will help them to stay focused.
Get out of your pyjamas. You do not have to get dressed up for the school run, but that doesn't mean that you can have an effective teaching and learning experience in your pyjamas. Get out of the pyjamas and put on some day clothes. Psychologically, you’re going to feel ready for the day and the kids will, too.
Don't try to replicate the school experience. Being at home is the point: the kids are not at school. Replicating the school day is hard and unnecessary. You cannot replicate the school day so there’s no point in trying. You can have all your lessons in the morning and have a free afternoon if you want to, and that will help them in their learning.
Let go of the pressure. It’s so tempting to put pressure on yourself and forget that your mental health is important. No one wants to think about home education when they are happy with a school experience for their children, but this is not the norm for anyone! Don't put too much pressure on yourself here - this is new to everyone. You can find better patience when you take care of yourself.
Keep repeating. The biggest mistake that most people make with their children is that they don't repeat the information, and yet children need repetition to let it all sink in. Repeating the reading and spellings that you are doing will really help children to retain the information that you are teaching them.
Keep reading every day. Every single day, you need to read with your children. No matter their age, children need to hear the words and see them in books, and if you ensure that you are reading every single day, you will help them to read and understand grammar.
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