I don’t know about you, but I almost always think I can “plan my stress away.” I’ll make a better schedule, I’ll create a list, I’ll prepare my room or desk.
But what I’ve found over the years is that DIVING in and DOING something is what cures it.
Sure, planning has value. But don’t imagine that the planning relieves the worry or anxiety. It’s when you simply do the thing—whatever that thing is.
Here’s the Kicker:
It COUNTS whether you planned it or not!
If you are stuck, stuck, stuck and worried out the wazoo, DO something. Engage your body. Even little stuff like counting the stairs on your staircase with a 7 year old counts! Pointing out capital letters in the read aloud COUNTS! Rhyming silly words over lunch counts.
Randomly observing that your child skillfully used an adjective (“Hey, “stupendous” is an adjective and you used it in a sentence perfectly!“) counts!
More Ideas:
- Read a poem
- Write on a mirror with lipstick
- Count spoons
- Notice all the rectangles in the room
- Build a LEGO set
- Look up a historical fact
- Act out a scene from a fairytale
- Bake muffins
- Find the Latin names for birds
- Spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
So repeat after me…
The cure is action!
Then you can “plan from behind”—jot down what you DID in a planner and you’ll start to build momentum in your homeschool.
