As the harbinger of consequences for your homeschool students, you must always remember that they should be aimed at teaching them how to make wiser decisions. The actions that they take should not be thoughtless. The homeschool students may be childish and make mistakes, for this they should not be punished in anger. However when they act foolish, where they know they should not be doing something and do it anyway.
You break it, you fix it
Here the action taken results in an unfavorable consequence and the homeschool student is asked to take further action to remedy the situation. For instance should an art project leave a mess on the study table, the homeschool student will then be asked to clean it up so that the next lesson may be performed. Or if they spill some of their juice during the break on the study table, they need to bring the absorbent tissues and clean it up. This helps the homeschool student address a problem and find an acceptable solution.
Privilege Withdrawal
The homeschool student has been given certain expectations, a set of instructions or even simple rules to follow regarding a privilege. However these are not followed and this results in taking away of the privilege on a temporary basis. For instance they have been told to clean their paint brushes with water and keep them away after they finish their painting. The child does not clean the brushes and so the homeschool parent first instructs them to clean the brushes and then takes away the painting activity from the class schedule for a week.
Time Out
This essentially is a period of time given to the homeschool student to regain control of themselves. If they have been disruptive in the classroom, be it intentional or not, they will be asked to go and sit down in a prefixed area for a certain number of minutes. It can be a good way to show consequences for minor misbehavior. It teaches the child the importance of taking a step back and regrouping when they get too excitable to be productive.
