Keeping Things Simple with One More Holiday Homeschooling Tip

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and this Homeschooling Through The Holidays series is no exception. This post here marks the end of an amazing 4-week series that includes 19 posts by nearly as many authors, a HUGE holiday giveaway, and a single focus: helping you make holiday homeschooling simple this holiday season.

Did we succeed? Did the fellow contributors and I help you find tips, tricks, methods, and even the courage to simplify your holiday homeschooling?

Did we aid you in feeling less stressed, less frazzled, and less overwhelmed by the sheer volume of stuff that the holidays entail?

I hope so. I hope that the past 4 weeks’ worth of content has inspired you to try new things, remove others without guilt, and create a home & homeschool that is focused on what really matters.

But I’m not the judge of that. You are.

Before you come to a conclusion though, let me give you one more tip for holiday homeschooling success.

Homeschooling Through The Holidays

Just before Thanksgiving, Homeschooling Through The Holidays launched, with big plans and some big collaborators who covered a lot of ground!

We gave you simple tips for surviving Christmas homeschooling, a fun way to relax during the holidays, and ideas to help you reduce stress during the holidays.

We brought Christmas unit studies, Advent calendar ideas (that aren’t just chocolate based!), fun & easy writing prompts, Hymn studies, and Christmas activities for little learners.

But, we weren’t done yet.

We still had sanity-saving sensory tips, ideas for holiday strewing, encouragement to simply do less and enjoy more, and the secret to holiday homeschooling success.

Plus, a names of Jesus study, counting games for little learners, tips for creating memories with holiday travel experiences, and tips to help you uncomplicate holiday homeschooling.

And yet, there’s still one more. A final tip designed to help you take the hustle out of the holidays.

A Final Holiday Homeschooling Tip

And now, today, I have one final holiday homeschooling tip. A gem of an idea that seems almost too simple and often leads to us homeschooling mamas feeling guilty.

Take the break.

The big, long, intentional break of extended time off where you bake cookies or watch movies, go sledding or play in the snow, read books for fun, and simply spend time together.

The break where you hang up your homeschool mama hat and enjoy your children just as they are building forts, completing puzzles, or playing with Legos.

A break that gives you all time to cooperate so you can come back in January refreshed, and ready to renew your homeschool.

Whether you already planned a winter break or not, if you and your children are ready to shelve the books, do it, and don’t feel bad. Listen to your heart and homeschool from a place that is ready and willing to put the home before the school.

Because homeschooling through the holidays should always be about finding balance and embracing the magic of this short but hectic season.

Did you love the Homeschooling Through The Holidays Series?

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