Being sick isn't fun, but knowing that your child isn't missing instruction if they were attending a traditional school is one comfort I have found by homeschooling. All three of my girls came down with something - fever, constant sleeping and not eating much for a few days. We just stopped school til they were better and picked up where we left off. It changed my schedule for when Christmas break started, but I didn't stress about it. I started in July to give myself some wiggle room and extra days of doing nothing if we wanted. We still finished school by my deadline of May 20th.
In the public school system that I worked at if you had fever you weren't allowed to return to school until you were fever free for 24 hours. Sometimes I would have students gone for days and then trying to catch them up was hard. If they were a higher leveled student it wouldn't take much to teach them a concept review and they were good to go. My lower students had a harder time "catching up" on assignments. If they were slower paced workers and now they are not only 3 days behind and missing vital instruction, they aren't allowed to bring the work home with them necessarily to do if it's for a grade.
We do a women's Bible study once a week and we have park playdates here and there, but really my children are less sick than before I stayed home. Being at a in home daycare and with multiple other kids they tended to be sick more often. Runny noses that were constant and coughs that seemed to never go away are a thing of the past. Thankfully when we stayed home more, we got less germs! Go figure! Without fail it seems that my girls pick up germs visiting the Dr office for check ups!
Question for you - Besides being sick, how has homeschooling helped or forced you to be more flexible?
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