I started homeschooling my eldest in September after an operation and then my Year 3 since March. I try to have certain tasks that he can do that doesn't involve help from me for when I need to be working with the eldest etc. Maybe move away from the school stuff that needs your support to things he can complete independently?So that he is at least doing something. Does he have access to a tablet or PC? My list of tasks that don't need my supervision are:
Listening to a couple of chapters of a book above reading level while following it in a paper book.
Telling the time practice. There are lots of apps for this. If he doesn't know how to tell the time thoroughly, in both formats, now is a good chance to nail it.
Statutory spellings - I have him set up on a Squeebles Spelling app and he spends 5 minutes a day practising them. I then have a voice recorder app where I record a dictation passage that includes those words (from Twinkl)which he has to practise and nail before moving on. That can take a good 20 minutes.
Every week we identify a new country on the globe. This week was Spain. Besides work that he needs supervision with I also printing off colouring pages (Spanish flag, Carnival) and Spanish word search from Twinkl for him to get on with when I can't supervise him.
Timetables - He has to do 15 minutes a day on Squeebles Timestables. It has really helped to speed up his recall.
ConquerMath- This is a great maths programme as it teaches the topics before giving questions. You also get sent a report daily with their score and gaps in their learning. You can go back to early years is that are week on an area or forward if they are advanced. I set 4 tasks a day which takes him around 20-30 minutes to complete. He's now complete the Year 3 curriculum and is working on Year 4 and a bit of Year 5 for some topics.
Silent reading - a minimum of 2 chapters a day
Handwriting practice - copying out a poem and illustrating it.
He is interested in Capital cities so I have devised a quiz on Quizlets where he practises them for 15 minutes when he feels like it as well as identifying them on the globe.
We have tasks written on a list and he likes ticking them as he completes them. There are also tasks that he needs my supervision with.
He enjoys watching Dr Binocs and Operation ouch science videos as well as National Geographic documentaries online. He sees that as a treat and I let him have 20 minutes or so daily.
He has a children's Fitbit and Periodically I say 'Give me 5' and he has 5 minutes in the garden trying to get as many steps as he can in that time.
He also has 10 minute Lego breaks as and when he needs them.
I may use screens more than most BUT I manage to keep him occupied with work from around 9am to 3pm most days with an hour for lunch and he is making progress. We've not had any meltdowns. These are unusual times so I'm not about to start worrying about education screen time - needs must.
Good luck xxx