There’s a number of ways that your homeschool classroom can get disrupted. The more interruptions in a day, the less work gets done. The less work completed, the more likely the daily schedule will be met. In order to ensure that you have the least number of interruptions, the homeschool teacher needs to insulate the classroom to ensure least number of distractions make it through.
The External Distractions
The doorbell and the telephone are the two biggest external distractions that a homeschooling parent will face. It’s a good idea to let the friends and family know that you will not be available during school hours. Of course there may still be occasions where the class in progress will be interrupted for unplanned visitors. In this case have a back up plan for the homeschool students to study or work on while you deal with them. You could have a video lined up to show them which can be followed by a quiz. This will not require you presence, but still have them learning something while you are away.
The Internal Distractions
The children themselves can become disruptive when you are trying to teach one kid something and the other one wants your attention at the same time. Here is a good place to instill a system like them touching you on the arm and asking when can you help me with this? Then you can give them an effective time frame, or set a timer for them to see when you will be free to be with them. It will avoid having a free for all argument that leads to absolutely no productivity.
Handling Interruptions Easily
The important thing to remember is that life is always going to have distractions and interruptions. Your attitude as you handle them will ensure that you still get stuff done. Keeping cool under fire can help the homeschool teacher get a whole lot more done, even though having a temper tantrum and yelling at the children may make you feel a lot better. Practice deep breathing to make it second nature to hold the right attitude with ease.
