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Dec. 12, 2018
4 Ways to Combine Homeschool and Housekeeping to Get More Done
It’s tricky to find a healthy balance between schoolwork and housekeeping. Consequently, it’s not uncommon for a family to favor one at the expense of the other. There will inevitably be times when not a single chapter of any book … Continue reading
Nov. 17, 2017
How My Home Routine Fosters a Peaceful and Productive Homeschool
At about four o’clock I begin the daily ritual of walking through my home after teaching for the day. My mind still cluttered with math problems, I see a home equally overloaded with family clutter. Silently I resolve not to … Continue reading
Tagged home, Housekeeping, housework, routine, schedule, scheduling, Time Management
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Jul. 29, 2016
Housekeeping #4: Have less stuff
In our house, each child has a box in the IKEA Kallax shelving that is dedicated to their treasures. When the box is full, they can go through their treasures and rearrange or reduce to make room for more. But … Continue reading
Tagged declutter, have less, Housekeeping, Sonlight
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Jul. 28, 2016
Housekeeping #3: The 80/20 Rule and Housework
You have probably heard of the 80/20 Rule. Twenty percent of effort will get you 80% of the way there. Or, basically, effort is not linear. Some effort produces an outsized effect. In day-to-day life, you have to make choices … Continue reading
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Jul. 27, 2016
Housekeeping #2: The two top housekeeping priorities
I had a friend whose priority was to keep all horizontal surfaces clean. Visually, it is amazing to accomplish that! But it is also very time-consuming, and difficult to maintain. If you have even one thing on a surface, it … Continue reading
Tagged Clean house, Housekeeping, Sonlight
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Jul. 26, 2016
Housekeeping #1
Over the years, this is one of the main questions that comes up for all homeschoolers: how do you manage to keep up with the housework? There are some capital-intensive answers, like get a Roomba or hire outside help. There … Continue reading
Tagged Housekeeping, manage time, Sonlight
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