Balancing Hospital and Schooling: Part Two

There are times currently when my son has to spend prelonged periods of time in hospital, and my previous post discussed how I continue to teach him through illness and in a different environment than his normal one at home. This second part of the topic will cover how the learning journey continued going forward at home for the girls when I was not with them for days/weeks on end. There are several reasons why I teach all year round, rather than following more traditional set holiday times throughout the year which falls in line with schools. One important reason however is the anticipation of long spells of illness within our family. It is not just be frequent hospital visits or long hospital stays, which can interrupt our learning journey, but also when my children fall ill even with the simplest cold they are made incredibly poorly and subsequently it can take far longer for them to recover than normal, and the resulting work flow is put on hold until status quo resumed once m...