Busting homework battles

Yes, I homeschool and no, my kids do not have homework. Yet, I have found a great site full of wonderful little ideas which can help any of us redirect our kids when they are shutting down. Just for the record: homeschool kids love to act out just as much as kids attending school somewhere else. Glad I could set you all straight on that.

The site is from a woman named Dr. Jean, and what I want to show you comes specifically from her March newletter, "Moving into March."

Here is how you can use it:

* Click on every single link on the newsletter I directed you to above. Every one has ideas on shifting your child's energy, waking up their brain and getting them to a place where they can refocus.

* When your child is shutting down, or working slowly, or starting to have a meltdown over something - try one of these activities.

* If you have a 13-year-old (like I do), DO NOT assume they are too old. Holy cow, we all make that mistake. Instead, DO IT WITH THEM! They will be so busy laughing at you they won't realize it is actually doing something positive for them (including laughing at their mother).

Make notecards of these ideas if you want. You're all super creative. Some of you are organized. Some of you are like me, and will be scrambling to the laptop while your child is in tears. You can make it work for you and your home however you want.

I LOVE this site for two reasons -

#1 - it is valuable
#2 - it is free

Yeah for Dr. Jean (whoever the heck she is!).