| At first we panic when we begin trying to come | | | | may seem as though you have no contacts or |
| up with enough homeschool activities to fill our | | | | resources, but very soon you will have more than |
| lesson plan. We research, we seek, we find, we | | | | enough. In a word, keeping your homeschool |
| accumulate... and finally we overload our calendar. | | | | activity schedule simple is the best advice. Don't |
| Do you sometimes look at your homeschool | | | | try to 'make up' for all the activities that you may |
| calendar and long for date that is not completely | | | | think your child is missing because they are being |
| filled? Many of us do. And you know that you can | | | | homeschooled. |
| only have one top priority at a time. You can't | | | | Please don't take the aforementioned thoughts as |
| have 5 top priorities..... can you? If so, which one | | | | being against activities. Not at all. Activities, field |
| do you do first? Which one of your top priorities | | | | trips and such are one of the very important |
| do you complete first for your lesson plan? | | | | advantages that we as homeschooling parents |
| And as you progress further into homeschooling | | | | have over the public school system. Just give |
| you will no doubt soon be reaping the rewards of | | | | yourself and your child room to breath. Keep all of |
| all your researching and contacting by constantly | | | | your great ideas and homeschool resources handy |
| receiving all kinds of helpful materials on | | | | and readily accessible, you don't have to do them |
| homeschool and preschool activities in your | | | | all within the bound of one homeschool year. |
| mailbox. As a result, you can literally over-schedule | | | | Keep your fingers on your (and your child's) |
| your day with activities. And really, it can happen | | | | activity pulse. Fine tune your homeschool activities |
| without warning and before you know it! | | | | calendar, and don't let it get too crowded. Give |
| So early on in the hunt for homeschool activities, | | | | and take with your activities, if you add one, then |
| take it easy. Try to curb your enthusiasm for | | | | drop another. You'll soon find what works best for |
| signing up for all these very interesting classes | | | | your situation. |
| and field trips. As I said earlier, in the beginning it | | | | |