{"id":18196,"date":"2022-09-15T15:24:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T19:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=18196"},"modified":"2022-09-28T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:50:21","slug":"tips-to-planning-your-homeschool-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/tips-to-planning-your-homeschool-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Planning Your Homeschool Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I talk to parents who are new to homeschooling one of the biggest questions I’m asked is, “how do you plan your homeschool day?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since most of us grew up in traditional schools, we tend to gravitate towards a traditional schedule. However, one of the benefits of homeschooling is flexibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over our almost 20 years of homeschooling, every year has looked a little different. High schoolers need significantly more structure than younger children, and no child needs to spend more than four to five hours a day on schoolwork.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Planning<\/p>\n

While a traditional school might go for 7-8 hours, the actual learning time is significantly less. Remember that when creating your own homeschool schedule.<\/p>\n

In traditional school the teacher must account for behavior disruptions, bathroom breaks, moving from class to class as well as a myriad of other issues that you don’t have in your homeschool schedule.<\/p>\n

This isn’t to say that homeschooling removes the need for bathroom breaks and you won’t be dealing with behavior issues. You will. However they don’t take up as much time as they do in traditional school.<\/p>\n

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