How To Balance A Move And Homeschooling

Moving homes is a major transition for parents and their kids. Tackling a move while managing a busy homeschooling schedule may seem like an even more colossal challenge. You want to make sure your kids receive the education and attention they deserve while making progress on your move. Learn helpful tips for balancing homeschooling and moving here.

Tips To Balance A Move And Homeschooling

Plan Your Move Accordingly

Make simultaneously moving and homeschooling easier by allowing yourselves more time. Sit down with your family and look at a calendar to discuss possible moving dates.

Not all families enjoy the luxury of choosing their moving date. In this case, you still want to ensure everyone understands the timeline and the various tasks to complete by moving day.

Set Apart Time to Focus on the Move

Moving is a huge undertaking, especially when combined with homeschooling. Organization is essential to managing both tasks simultaneously. Make scheduled packing time a part of your daily or weekly routine until the home is ready to move.

Schedule the most important homeschooling tasks, such as core subjects, for the productive morning hours. You’ll know you covered the essentials if the move takes over the afternoon. During the transition, you may have to skip certain extracurricular activities or limit the homeschooling subjects.

Slimming down the homeschooling schedule can provide an hour or two for packing each day. Start packing weeks or even months before your move, and you’ll need to carve out less time per day.

Let the Kids Help

Kids are often more excited about tedious moving tasks than their parents. Giving them some responsibility can also ease your stress. Teach your kids how to pack boxes and assign them the tasks of packing their bedrooms, playrooms, bathrooms and any other areas that are “theirs.”

They can even pack any clothing they won’t need before move-in day into suitcases and bags. Just ask them to leave any glass or fragile items for you to handle.

Use the Move as a Learning Opportunity

Your upcoming relocation may involve moving to another town or state. You can help nervous kids get excited by learning about where you’re headed. Map out the drive, research local historic sites, and plan field trip destinations together. Moving is a learning experience in numerous ways, so don’t be discouraged if you must sacrifice book time for experiential learning.

Make Moving Fun

If you’re feeling stressed about your upcoming move, your kids probably are, too. Remember that moving doesn’t have to be a drag. You can pair packing nights with pizza, turning them from dreaded to anticipated. Or, create fun packing competitions with rewards for the winners.

Moving is a challenging task that you are taking on as a family, and it can be an ideal time for bonding. Don’t forget to get out of the house to your favorite parks and restaurants occasionally, too.

Keep Daily Routines Normal When Possible

Moving may feel like it’s turning your family’s world upside down. Fortunately, there are likely some daily routines you can keep unchanged. Try to stay on schedule with wake-up times, meals, bedtime and homeschooling when possible. The more parts of the day you can keep “normal,” the more productive your kids can be in their homeschooling.

Remain Realistic

Balancing your move and homeschooling may seem impossible some days. It’s important to go easy on yourselves. You may need to take several days off homeschooling to perform your move. Flexibility is why many families thrive with homeschooling schedules, so remember you can make up lost time later.

Let Movers Help

Professional movers can be an invaluable resource when trying to tackle moving and homeschooling at the same time. Let movers take care of the time-consuming tasks of planning the move, packing and even unpacking at your destination. Trusting the experts will leave you with more time for homeschooling, extra-curricular activities and hitting all your favorite spots.

Allow Time for Adjustment

The transition doesn’t end when you arrive at your new home. It may take weeks for your homeschool routine to return to normal. Remember to give your family time to adjust to your new neighborhood or town. You may even want to spend your first homeschooling days exploring some of the field trip destinations you planned.

Homeschool parents have hectic schedules before throwing a move into the mix. Remember that the move itself is a learning experience. It’s also an opportunity to become closer, as your family works together to tackle the arduous moving process. Organize your calendar, start packing early, and make necessary adjustments to your homeschooling schedule to go easier on yourselves during the transition.

Author bio: Stan Caramalac is the founder and CEO of Move Central. He started the company because he truly believed that moving could be simple as long as it was done efficiently. He strives to help people make their moves smoother and less stressful. Caramalac and his team proudly serve San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

Forest Rose

Forest Rose is a God Loving, Blessed Wife, &  Mama to 3 girls. She’s passionate about lifting moms out of the trenches that are discouraged, overwhelmed, or feeling alone or isolated. Her hope is to point them to Christ and equip them to rise up with a newfound hope and joy within, that He alone can provide. Besides blogging, she also loves to create printables!