A great many people are working from home and children are homeschooling. It is challenging to create a school environment at home. Every homeschooler’s time is valuable, but your time is even more valued as a working parent. You should not be the one doing every little thing at your home. Give responsibility to each member of the family.

There are some tips to keep in mind while homeschooling with work

Start early

Early to bed and early to rise increase productivity. It will give you more time to exercise and prepare a healthy meal for your children. Otherwise, you can use the early mornings to do some of your urgent office work and it will, in turn, saves a lot of time. If you have older children, give them some responsibilities to take care of the younger ones while you are working.

Be flexible

Do most important tasks early in the morning and less critical tasks during the daytime. Talk to your employer about whether they need you to do fixed hours or whether you could cut back your work in the day to be with your child and catch up in the evening when they are in bed or on weekends. Do not try to hide the fact from your employer, as this will only increase stress and lead to potentially difficult conversations. It would be best if you organized your time. Divide your responsibilities with your spouse.

Organize study time 

There is no need for a full-time learning time for the children. Learning for 4 to 6 hours with sufficient breaks is enough. Give time to do what they enjoy more such as listening to music, watching tv, etc. These activities will increase productivity, and you can do your work with little supervision.

Develop creativity 

You should give enough time to do creative activities like making craft items (crochet, flowers with ribbon and paper, etc.). These activities help to reduce stress for children and parents. Homeschooling helps develop children’s creativity as they get a lot of time to do their favorite activities. These activities need not the parent intervention. So, it is easier for the working parents to finish some of their work. Take breaks from your work to check on your child and assess how things are going.

Love your children and your work.

If you love your job, things come naturally. Do not think that children are a burden. Hug them during break time. This will make children happier and they will disturb you less.

Celebrate with your children 

Celebrate when you are done working for the day. After your work, keep away from social media distractions. Spend some time with your children, e.g., going to a nearby park or zoo. These small outings are a part of their homeschooling that they should learn from their community.

Make them independent learners

Train elder children to study independently with online resources, worksheets, or projects. This will help to increase their confidence level in the future. You can use your break time to supervise their learning activities and clear doubts.

Teach them lifelong skills

We want to equip children with life skills. Find out your child’s interests and strengths that bring out the best in them. Make learning enjoyable by traveling. Focus on academics and extra-curricular activities like cooking without fire, cleaning dishes, making their bed, etc. These activities reduce your workloads, and you can concentrate more on your office work.

Fix a family clean up time

Plan for family clean-up time each evening. This routine helps to keep the home organized. Organized home increases personal productivity if you are homeschooling and working from home.

Conclusion 

You must do things that will have maximum benefit in the least amount of time. Do not waste your time with meaningless little things. Focus on the final goal. Do not set your expectations too high as you are not superhuman. Be gentle with yourself and proceed with purpose.