Back to School Routines

Do you look forward to back-to-school time or do you dread it? Back to new schedules, early mornings, lots of homework. Or are you excited to have free time now that your kids are back on a routine and schedules.

For homeschooling families, a lot of us have back to school routines, but they may not look the same as anyone else. For my family, we don't have a set time in the mornings for starting our school lessons because I like to enjoy my coffee and my boys like to wake up and have a little time before we start learning.

This year as long as the weather is nice, I think we will continue to start our day with a bike ride like we have been trying to do through the summer months. Although schedules are important, sometimes it's nice to just take time to go to the library for an hour or to the park for a bit before starting your school day.

I love the flexibility that we have with homeschooling. When we have appointments that we need to be at, we can just take our books with us and do our schoolwork anywhere. One day, last school year, we decided to do our school lessons at McDonald's while we waited for my husband to finish a dentist appointment, that way when he was done with his appointment, we were done with lessons and had the rest of the day to spend as a family on fun stuff.

What do your routines or schedules look like?

~Tulips~n~Lace

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