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Musings of a Prairie Girl
Jun. 2, 2009
Our Summer Rhythm

     Our 3 week break is over and we are back in the saddle, so to speak.  Even though we school year round,  our learning time looks much different in the summer.  I have fooled around with our summer routines over the years  and  have found a rhythm that works well for us.  We started implementing this yesterday and the kids appreciated doing school this way as a change from the 'same old same old.'

     This is how our day looks:

Breakfast

Chores

Kids can play or do whatever they would like to do,  Mom  gardens

Read aloud and Five in a Row book

Lunch

Kids play,  Mom cleans up

Learning time

Free time for both Mom and kids

Mom and kids  clean up house

Supper

Free time

Bed

As I said before,  this has been working out very nicely.  When the weather gets a bit warmer,  the kids don't like being outside in the afternoon as it is too hot for them, so it works to do our learning then.  This way they can play outside in the morning  and I can get my gardening done before the heat of the day descends upon us.   I should clarify that the heat does't really get here until July, but we are practising for it until then. 

     Also, our learning time consists mostly of math, reading  and read alouds.  We are still using workboxes so I may put in some extras things like writing  so they can get done periodically.  It only takes us about 2 hrs. max  to get our school work done.  Even mom is liking the summer schedule.

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