Three Teaching Me - Our New Daily Routine ~ Settling In

Three Teaching Me

Sep. 9, 2008

Our New Daily Routine ~ Settling In

We have settled into our school-day routine - surprisingly fast. I thought it would take at least a month for the boys to ease into their VERY full schedule. I was wrong, wrong, wrong. They are SO ready to learn and they are buzzing through their day at an amazing pace.

They both begin their day at 7:00am. I can't say they're happy about that part of their schedule. *chuckle* They eat breakfast, get dressed, and do their morning chores between 7:00 and 8:00. At 8:00, they are at their computers, working on their blogs (VERY fun way to sneak in some creative writing). The rest of their day goes something like this ~

8:20 - 8:40 Spelling Drills (Dr. Aardsma) and Copywork (See Copywork Blog Entry)
8:40 - 9:00 Vocabulary (Wordly Wise 3000)
9:00 - 9:30 Grammar (Easy Grammar)
9:30 - 10:00 Writing (Institute for Excellence in Writing)
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45 History (Switched on Schoolhouse and LifePac)
10:45 - 11:15 Spanish (Rosetta Stone)
11:15 - 11:45 Math (MathUSee)
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 Science (Apologia)

I also require one hour of reading (They gladly read for longer periods of time....but as long as they give me an hour, I'm happy.).

It looks like they have zero wiggle room, but this is actually working out great for us! They've already learned that they can 'bank time saved' on one subject to use somewhere else. Without knowing it, they are learning time management.

They'll stay busy four days a week. On Fridays, we will have out-of-house learning. Every other Friday, we will spend several hours at the library (finding new books to read and doing research). On the Fridays we don't go to the library, we'll have a little fun!

Well ~ there you have it. The House of Hooligans Homeschool Schedule. It will make us stronger or it will kill us. Hahahaha.

From the House of Hooligans ~ Have a restful evening!

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We are fairly new to the home school experience (now in our third year). After too many years of fighting the system and pleading with the schools to challenge my kids, I finally took the bull by the horns and purposed to wrestle the matter firmly into my own hands. Before we set out on this adventure, I imagined all the things I would be able to teach my boys. What I never considered, but have now discovered (much to my delight), is what my boys would teach me! After just two years on the road to 'retraining our minds', we have shared a growing fulfillment that I WISH I had been smart enough (and brave enough) to experience from the beginning of their academic 'career'. As we continue on our journey, I hope our ups and downs will inspire and encourage you.