SUDDENLY HOMESCHOOLING - A QUICK HELP GUIDE

First, just breathe. It's going to be ok.

Second, you don't HAVE to do anything right now. You will not ruin your children if you don't consider adding school to your day right now.

Third, make everything you easy. Do not replicate school at home - it rarely works and will stress all of you out. If you have multiple kids, try to do some fun learning stuff together.

Follow the guidelines of KISS - KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY.

If you really need a guideline for a daily schedule, there are plenty floating around social media. Honestly though, it's better to kind of go with the flow and have a general routine than one that runs on a clock.

For example, your day can run like:

Wake up and Breakfast, Learning time, Chores, Lunch, Outside time, Free time, Supper, Free time, Bed on whatever kind of flow works for you.

Do not plan to do school for several hours of the day. Keep learning times short and fun.

For learning ideas, see below.

Remember, it's all kids everywhere dealing with this same issue. No one will get farther ahead than anyone else right now.

Start with an area that your child might struggle with in the classroom, if you want to, but don't feel pressured to "do school" because they might fall behind. You can use this time to help bolster their learning and get ahead.

Do not spend money on major homeschool curriculum. There is a good possibility that the school system will provide *something* for their students if this situation will be long term, but they just haven't had the time to put that together yet.

Instead, focus more on life skills, beefing up areas of weakness, building relationships, and just spending time together.

Look below for some learning ideas.

You can find a fantastic list of amazing French Language resources for stories, podcasts, educational websites, news, fitness ideas, and other activities at Taleming.com.

Also check out ForFrenchImmersion for French Immersion resources.

Welcome to the world of prioritization.

This is an admittedly challenging task, figuring out what needs to happen when. Setting time for learning and time for working is a good way to help.

I have a blog post with some tips on how to work and homeschool that might help.

IF this goes on longer than expected and the school systems don't offer an interim solution, do not panic.

There are so many awesome resources out there that your children can learn from. It will be ok.

I will update this page as things progress.