Recharging you and your homeschool for the New Year

At the beginning of the school year I started off with a bang. I organized our school room,lesson planned, prayed and gathered up all of the curriculum we needed. After a lot of birthdays, Thanksgiving. Christmas, and some hard life circumstances; I am just not feeling as gung-ho as I was at the start of the school year. I need a vacation from our vacation. Are you with me? But because the pros outweigh the cons for our family’s choice to homeschool, I know I need to press in and persevere. I also know I need to give myself a lot of grace, take a step back and look at what I need to do to get my head back in the game. 

We are slowly easing our way back into school this week. I set aside a few days last week in preparation for this new year of schooling. Here is what I did and am doing to make it as smooth a transition as possible. Read the rest at My Joy Filled Life!