
Painting en plein air (aka outdoors)
P.L.A.Y. in Place with a Plan
Still trying to find a rhythm for your days while facing the uncertainty of how long the kiddos will be “schooling at home”?
P.L.A.Y. has a day-to-day plan that is truly flexible and can be done in place while you all stay safely at home indoors as well as right out your back door in your own yard.
Remember learning happens all the time especially when we are engaged, curious, and approach with a sense of P.L.A.Y.
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Looking for oodles of ideas on how to spend your days at home as a family working and P.L.A.Y.ing?
Read this online review series I created based on Laura Grace Weldon’s book:
Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything
— AND READ BELOW FOR MORE WAYS TO PLAN YOUR DAYS —
Here’s the Weekly Plan:
Monday – Nature Alliteration Adventure + Nature Journaling
Tuesday – Bird BOOK LOOK with a new story chapter and related online resources + activities/projects
Wednesday – Nature Alliteration Adventure + Nature Journaling
Thursday – Bird BOOK LOOK with a new story chapter and related online resources + activities/projects
Friday – Nature Alliteration Adventure + Nature Journaling
Saturday – Potluck P.L.A.Y. Pick (soooooo many options – you decide!)
Sunday – P.L.A.Y. in Place with a Plan = Many topics showcased including A Family Gardening Series

Nature Journaling is for All Ages

Nature Journal – Spring Flowers
Here are some general examples of flexible daily plans that can be rearranged to suit your family while staying in place (appropriately apply to various ages and stages):
MONDAY
MORNING
- Breakfast & clean-up
- Chores Together (care for pets/make bed/brush teeth/sort laundry/etc.)
- Music & Movement (sing, dance, play instrument, yoga, etc.)
- Building Projects (Legos, cardboard box forts, imagination & creativity engagement)
- Read Anything! (solo, 1:1, together)
- Hand Work (knitting, weaving, sewing, jewelry making, drawing, etc.) while listening to audio book recording
NOON
- Kitchen Food Prep Helpers
- Lunch & clean-up
- Story Time (audio book or solo reading or together)
- Rest & Regroup Quiet Time
- Outdoor walk with today’s Nature Alliteration Adventures
- Indoors/Outdoors write and draw in your journal to capture your nature adventures
NIGHT
- Kitchen Food Prep Helpers
- Supper & clean up together
- Bed Time Routines (bath/teeth/pjs)
- More short stories or ongoing chapter book or make up an ongoing story to add to each night!
Tuesday
MORNING
- Chores Together (make bed/brush teeth/care for pets/sort laundry/etc.)
- Breakfast & clean-up
- Workbooks or appropriate online Screen Time work
- Arts & Crafts project or Hobbies
NOON
- Kitchen Food Prep Helpers
- Eat lunch & clean-up
- Stroll/jog/bike neighborhood and say hello to neighbors from a distance
- Rest & Regroup Quiet Time
- Bird BOOK LOOK next chapter and related activities and online resources
NIGHT
- Kitchen Food Prep Helpers
- Supper & clean up together
- Family Games
- Bed Time Routines (bath/teeth/pjs)
- More short stories or ongoing chapter book or make up an ongoing story to add to each night!
*Adapt this to suit your family, all ages and stages, especially during this time of transition.
Still looking for more ideas on how to spend your days at home as a family working and P.L.A.Y.ing?
Read this online review series I created based on Laura Grace Weldon’s book Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything
Remember, it is more important to stay connected to one another than to “get it right”. ❤
Tomorrow’s another day with new opportunities to try-try-again! 🙂
Plenty of hugs works wonders!❤

Please contact Karen@passionatelearningallyear.com with your questions and for parenting support during these challenging times.
You don’t have to do this alone. ❤ ❤ ❤
Sending a smile to help light the way,
Karen 🙂
P.L.A.Y. in Place with a Plan