How I Juggle Homeschooling And Working Outside The Home Faith & Family

Table of Content

• How to Homeschool when you Work Outside the Home
• Homeschool Guide
• Set your Home School Goals
• Question 4: What is the hardest homeschooling challenge you’ve had to overcome?
• Read the rest of the series!
• How I Juggle Homeschooling And Working Outside The Home

I’m not patient, I’m not consistent, etc, etc. I’m slowly learning that homeschooling is a LIFESTYLE, and that it doesn’t look like a classroom, like most of us are accustomed to. Great advice – school isn’t for everyone! My cousin home schools in NY and here in the UK I know many hugely well socialised, well prepared children who are homeschooled, one by parents who work. Those are wise words from Dan Morris about hiring someone out. While someone cleans my house, I can work on planning my homeschool week, or take the kids out to the park.

The cooling fan I invested in pays off daily. I dread the day that comes when I need to replace it. Half a cup later and I am ready for Instagram.

How to Homeschool when you Work Outside the Home

I began working the late afternoon/evening shift when my son was two years old. At the time, we could not afford a daycare center. We were blessed that our church’s nursery director was also an in-home childcare provider who kept him for a very reasonable rate and was flexible about drop-off and pickup times. We are currently relying on family members to help with childcare.

We warm-up together and then he goes one way and I go the other. As the kids work away I dig out my computer and wait for it to wake up. I scrape, stack the dishes and reload the dishwasher.

Homeschool Guide

I have use mixed curriculum and many times I don’t use one and just do things with my daughter, very inspirational words. I am finally embracing the WAHM title. Of course I never stopped being a homeschool mom. When I originally wrote this post, I had less than a year until I tested for my black belt in tae kwon do. I had enjoyed several good books that month, helped my best friend move, had a scrapbooking night and thrown a summer party. Sometimes, the best way to gain flexibility in the long run is to invest a lot of time at the start to make things go smoother day to day.

I am beginning now to train both children to work more independently. I am also giving them more responsibility around the house. Knowing that they can get their own dinner if they have to, load the dishwasher, and clean up the kitchen after dinner, will go a long way towards lightening the load. We are determined to find reliable childcare.

Set your Home School Goals

Keep the career I’d worked hard to build and properly educate my child. Also, the relationship I have with my homeschool kids is so much deeper than I thought possible. The other difficult part is separating parenting from schooling. Also, we had to hire tutors for classes that we didn’t have the time or energy to study up on and teach them. This is the time to get serious about your children pitching in. Aw thanks Amy 🙂 A bit of a peek anyway.

Originally appeared in The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, the trade publication for homeschool moms. My husband and I currently work opposite shifts. We make sure to spend time together each night after I come home from work, even if I am tired.

I am a better, more focused employee who can often accomplish twice the work in half the time thanks to my tae kwon do practice. I am getting better at being intentional as a parent thanks to the time I spend planning and journaling about my life. My ability to focus and meditate is better than it has been for years, and I directly attribute that to my ability to keep my cool when I want to shout at the rest of my family. Mostly, I encourage you to read through and see how we juggle our household, our homeschool, our work and our personal lives – even if not all those areas apply to you. When you’re working outside of the home, plus homeschooling, life is bound to get overwhelming.

Thank you so much for such a rich and varied source of information. I’m in UK but this is all hugely useful and relevant. When I’m stretched, my memory gets thin, but you know, it’s okay. I revert back to my LIST just like you do. Your challenge this week is to simply spend a half-hour doing something you love.

Question 4: What is the hardest homeschooling challenge you’ve had to overcome?

I am so proud of her since she despised it when she started but is determined to stick with it. It finally wakes up and I quickly check the links in the day’s post, read for any typos I may have missed and pin the larger image to my Pinterest board. I check for any comments I may have missed from readers.

I have yet to find one, or even one with High School students. It is just what I needed to read this week. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful resources and encouragement. Looking forward to looking through more of your posts. Our biggest areas of work are our laundry, our dishes and our floors. So we’ve set up good systems for some of them – like keeping laundry baskets in each bedroom and washing when any one gets full.

Read the rest of the series!

I love connecting with readers and seeing what they’ve been up to. I know it’s 3 years later but are you still working and one more question. We have to laugh about the socialization – in a big family like ours, it’s never an issue. We have a rule of one extracurricular activity at a time, to minimize cost, stress and travel time. My kids are extroverts, and there’s no shortage of fun things to do in our town. We share a Google calendar so that we can get a glance at what everyone has on tap.

He worked three jobs, a paper route, a nighttime security job and as a Realtor up until our kids were old enough to be home for longer stretches without as much supervision. Hi Nita, It is a juggle but I never thought that it would be just as hectic as public school. Also I appreciate you sharing the programs you are using. I set the computer aside and see what new Minecraft creations the children have built. I remind them to shower and brush their teeth. I am reading Cinder and the rest of the books.

Essentially, the book asks you to give a gift every day for 29 days in a row to change your own mindset about what you do and don’t “have” in life. I’ve completed three sets of 29 gifts so far and am looking forward to completing at least one more before the end of the year. One of the best takeaways, for me, was that I believe that changing your perspective into one of abundance serves to make it clear to you how abundant your life really is. Instead of thinking of yourself as “too busy,” you come to realize how fortunate you are to have the opportunities for using your time that are in front of you.