It's a fresh new year, and a great opportunity to assess what is working and what isn't about your homeschool routine.
Some questions to ask yourself and your children as you discern your homeschool path-
1. What were the best books or stories you read this year?
2. What was your favorite homeschool project or activity that we did?
3. Who were the people who influenced you the most this year?
4. What was your favorite adventure that we went on?
5. What was the best lesson you learned?
6. What was your favorite thing we did together as a family?
7. What was the biggest challenge you faced this year?
8. What was the most interesting thing you learned this year?
9. What do you hope our homeschool year year will be like, based on what we've done this year?
10. What would you like to change or try differently in our homeschool life?
11. What habit do you want to implement that will improve your life in 2025?
12. How do you want to spend more of your time in 2025?
13. What is something new you’d like to learn in the new year?
14. What is one goal that you have for the new year?
15. What are you most grateful for as you enter the new year?
For most of us, the memories that really stand out and the knowledge that really sticks comes through stories and experiences, and in the Peaceful Press Homeschool Curriculum, we offer simple teacher plans for memorable homeschool days.
And we make planning simple as well. Each day includes a variety of activities that strengthen processing skills and we leave Fridays open for nature outings, co-op, or simply cleaning the house. You can change that “free” day to any other day of the week if it fits better with your homeschool.
As we go through a homeschool week, we simply check off what we've done in the teacher book which eliminates making elaborate plans or writing down a huge list of activities.
And in our parent guides we also include practical life skills which help your children become independent adults some day, while also strengthening processing skills now.
Your children will practice skills such as:
- Planting a garden
- Making a bed
- Cleaning a window
- Baking bread
- Making a pie
- Crafting a lantern
and as they create, they are building a strong sense of purpose and confidence.