How a Message System Creates an Efficient Way to Attend to Your Children

homeschool planner message system

The Savvy Homeschooler

7/3/20261 min read

𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧? 𝘼 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚

With 18 years of homeschooling multiple grade levels among my six children, one knows that you cannot possibly be with every child all at once.

Of course, you develop routines. You schedule time with each child. You create group lessons when possible. You teach your children how to work independently.

But even with a good routine in place, there are still times when one child simply needs more of your attention than their scheduled time allows.

That is where the 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 within my planner has come into play.

Our homeschool combines hands-on textbook-style learning with independent digital learning, and I have found that having a local online messaging system within the planner’s student portal allows both parent and child to communicate more efficiently when help is needed.

It gives my children a way to reach out without interrupting another lesson, and it gives me a way to respond when I am able.

See how it works in the video below: