It’s that time of year again, the start of a new school year. Newly sharpened pencils, books yet to be cracked open, and binders waiting to be filled, are all ready and waiting for students to return to learning. The beginning of a new school marks a new chapter in a child’s life, along with new experiences and new things to learn.

As homeschoolers, we too have that same anticipation and excitement about the new school year. Yet even with that desire to learn, I’ve found that it is often hard for my children to get their brain going in the mornings. Their mind is still foggy from sleep and they just can’t seem to jump right into spelling, math or language arts. Just as an athlete needs to stretch before a workout, children need to stretch the muscles in their brain at the beginning of a school day.

We call it our morning work. At the start of each school day we do a fun activity designed to get my children’s mind stretched and moving for the day…to read more about these fun activities, visit The Better Mom, where I am guest posting today.