As the last Christmas cookie is eaten and the ornaments are stored away until next year, homeschoolers are gearing up to get back to business. It isn’t uncommon for homeschooling families to experience a dip in motivation and focus during the post-holiday winter months. In fact, many deem this experience the winter blues.
There’s a lot of momentum that drives the beginning of a homeschool year and pulls it through the holiday season. There’s the fresh new curriculum in August or September, plenty of beautiful weather for field trips through the fall, and then the holidays begin to kick in just when a homeschooler might sense a twinge of monotony coming forth.
