Don't panic!
I've found panicking to be very unhelpful in the pursuit of teaching or facilitating early years education. When I initiated our learning journey, I didn't research or network with experienced home educators. I wanted to experience it without outside influence and carve my own path. Therefore, I made mistakes. I decided in my unexperienced 'wisdom' to shake up a working formula of teaching....during lockdown. In retrospect, the timing was terrible. We were hardly at our most calmest, safest level-headed selves during that period. I panicked. The girls were leaving the safety net of the alphabet and 1-10 and were ready to spread their little wings into hard core reading and writing and the first little addition sums. I immediately lost my head and fell back into the safety net of the school system. I followed term times and holidays. I spent hours micromanaging curriculums and dividing up the hours of the day. There were glorious moments and wonderful memories. It was a...