Feeling overwhelmed with your new schedule at home?
Many of you may be juggling work of your own, work around the house AND helping your kids keep up with their schoolwork. You made it through the first week, so pat yourself on the back for a job well done! This weekend, take some time to check out this suggested calendar for helping to map out the day for your kids – it may help you organize the routine and take a little stress out of the upcoming week!
Weekday Schedule for School Kids At Home
Breakfast: Start the day with a balanced breakfast to fuel you through your schoolwork!
Activity 1: Start with math work from school when you are fresh and ready for the day! Or look around your house for numbers and add them up together or multiply them!
Brain Break: Touch your toes ten times, reach up high to the sky ten times, run in place for two minutes, do 10 jumping jacks… AND REPEAT! Make sure to grab a drink of water when you are done!
Activity 2: Dive into language arts or phonics schoolwork – or grab a book find a place to be cozy and read. Draw a picture about your story and write a summary of what you read.
Lunch and Free Play: Give yourself a break, grab a yummy lunch and try to get some fresh air to re-energize you for the afternoon!
Activity 3: It’s time for science or social studies work from school. Or try a STEAM Activity. The Y’s blog has lots of fun ideas!
Brain Break: Play a quick game or do a few minutes of exercise to rest your brain between activities.
Activity 4: If you have more schoolwork, bring it on! If not, get creative with an arts and crafts activity or go ahead and take 15 minutes of technology time!
Snack Break: Grab some water and a favorite snack – your schoolwork day is almost complete!
Activity 5: Use your last activity time of the day to finish up any schoolwork for the day. Or change it up, and draw a picture, write a note, or email someone about your day! And you can never go wrong when you grab a book and do some more reading!
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