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Jan. 12, 2007
Our Homeschool Schedule
We had a busy month of December. Our Christmas was wonderful. We got to visit with my brother, his girlfriend, and my precious nephew. I really enjoyed spending that time with them. The kids had a great Christmas and we even got a family membership to the pool and gym! We have dived back into school full throttle now and things are going well.
I have made one minor change in our homeschool that has made a tremendous difference. Each morning I write on a white write board all the morning's activities, their individual assignments, and the Daily Oral Language and Analogy for the day. It looks like this: 1) Bible and Breakfast 2)Dress, Make Bed, Brush Teeth 3) Table time (this is where we go over our memory verse, hymn, Spanish and I give instruction on their individual assignments.) Under this list I have each child's name written with their independent work underneath. Like this.
7 Year old :Math Phonics Sheet Handwriting Violin Problem of the day
5 Year Old: Math Phonics Sheet Handwriting Problem of the Day
3 year old: Shapes Pasting Blocks Color (We vary these activities daily - Like one day he had to build me a building with blocks and come get me to take a picture of it.)
While they are working independently I am spending time with each child individually working on Reading and Phonics
Under that I write the Oral Language and Analogy for them to figure out, write down, and turn in. (Some days we just do it together on the board.)
Next we have lunch. During lunch we review their memory verse (I tell them it's their meal ticket and they can't eat unless they try to say it ;) I will also read them a poem, ask them questions in Spanish, and talk about our Artist. We just finished studying Jan Vermeer and now we are looking at Giotto Di Bondone's works. Mostly we just look at the picture - try to describe it without looking at it etc.. Sometimes I will get a short bio. on the artist and read it to them.
After lunch we finish up anything left undone - and then I do our AO readings (History, Literature, Science, Geography ) and narrations with my 7 year old. I aim for 2 a day. Sometimes we get in more - sometimes less. He loves Shakespeare!!!! This is really a relaxed time as he enjoys all the books on the AO list and he is learning so much from these books - Did I mention we just love the Charlotte Mason method and Ambleside Online?
Free time from then on!
Having the independent work written on the board has really helped. They can see it, mark it off, and move on to the next thing on the list without disturbing me while I'm in a reading lesson with their sibling. It was a minor change but it has made a HUGE difference. We still have to work on that habit of attention though. It seems that it is easy for them to get distracted. I find myself saying "What do you have to do next?" "What are you working on now?" "Are you all finished?" etc... It will improve with time - I know!
We are still flexible because some days the schedule has to be altered. Like on Tuesday's when we have homeschool swim in the mornings, or on Friday's when Daddy is home and spending time with him is the most important thing. On those days I have still been using the board but things are just done at a much more leisurely pace. Flexibility is very important in life! |
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Posted by Sweetlee 
Mar. 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment