Who has 6 Hours????

Ok we ALL have 6hrs but who really wants to spend that indoors or behind a desk. As an adult I sure don’t want to so why would our kids?

Think about it: do you work for six hours straight without snacks, coffee, or at least a stretch break? No way. Even at a job, half the time is eaten up by emails, small talk, or waiting for the printer to unjam. School is kind of the same. In those long classroom days, kids are lining up, waiting their turn, moving between subjects, and staring at the clock until lunch. That’s not six hours of pure learning — that’s six hours of survival.

At home, things move faster (sometimes too fast, if you count how quickly the snacks disappear).Just my house? What might take an hour in a classroom often takes fifteen minutes one-on-one. And then? You get to shut the books, head outside, bake cookies, build Lego empires, or just… breathe.

Because learning doesn’t only happen at a desk. It happens when they measure flour, negotiate over who gets the blue crayon, or ask “why” for the 47th time in a row. All of that counts — even if it sometimes tests your patience more than algebra.

So if you’ve been worried about filling six long hours, give yourself permission to let it go. Homeschooling isn’t about recreating school at home. It’s about freedom, wonder, and making room for the kind of learning (and living) that you and your kids actually enjoy.