Have everyone sit in a circle on the blanket and do songs, poems, stories- anything you like. Creating a safe, reliable space at home is more important than ever to soothe, connect, grieve.Īfter breakfast + morning chores + a little time outside (in backyard) to get the wiggles out, I lay out a quilt on the ground in the living room. Especially during the discord and chaos of this time, children (and adults, too!) crave the familiarity of rhythm, predictability, knowing that x follows y. It helps to transition my children from breakfast and morning to being in “school”- I find that children thrive when there is repetition, routine and clearly denoted shifts throughout the day. I thought it might be helpful to share a little of what we do, in particular our morning “circle time” that starts off and sets the tone for our school day. Our family already has been semi-homeschooling- we do a program through our school district that combines a small homeschooling community with in person classes a few times a week- for almost 2 years now.
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