Framework for Our Day 2006-2007

8:00am:      Band practice at a local school [Mon and Fri]

8:00am:      Vocabu-Lit [Tues-Wed-Thurs]

8:30am:     Apologia's  Physical Science [Tues-Wed-Thurs]

9:30am:     Saxon Algebra ½ [Mon-Thurs] 
                     Consumer Education aka grocery shopping together [Fri]

10:30am:    the ever-important SNACK! (often outside)

10:45am:    Religion/Bible

11:15am:    Seton Reading

12noon:    Lunch

12:30pm:   Spelling Workout [Mon-Thurs] 
                     Leave for Co-op [Fri]

1:00pm:    Seton English  [Mon-Thurs]
                   Co-op:    Math Challenge Club [Fri]

1:45pm:    Spanish: we just finished 4 years of Latin: taking a break [Mon-Thurs]
                   Co-op:    Spanish Class [Fri]

2:30pm:    American History [Mon-Thurs] 
                    Co-op:   Pre-Algebra

3:10pm:    instrument practice

3:30pm:   Maps, Charts and Graphs [Mon]
                 Millikin University Children's Choir [Tues]

                 The Fallacy Detective [Wed]
                 Keyboarding Lesson [Thurs]

4:00pm:   Piano practice

6:00pm:   Piano lessons [Mon]
                 Swim Team [Tues-Wed-Thurs]

8:30pm:    Literature

We don't keep time by this schedule....the time frames are fairly lenient/flexible. But we definitely need a framework to get all our inside and outside commitments coordinated! We do many of these subjects together, so I NEED the schedule!

11:05 AM - Aug. 22, 2006 - post comment

Wow!

This looks pretty frightening to me. I admire you for being able to cope with such a schedule. You are more disciplined than I am.

I usually start the year with something like that, and then burn out by mid October. I've worked out a plan this year where we start really slowly, adding one course a week. We are also trying an online course this week through our homeschool board, and we have a teaching co-op every second Friday with two other families. One mom is doing Rennaissance History, I'm doing French, and the third mom is doing Film. Should be fun! We'll add music and fitness to the "outside" activities this year as well.

I love the flexibility of homeschool - don't you? We really only do "serious school" three days a week, and we take every second Friday and do something fun!

I hope your schedule works well for you. You have some wonderful courses there! I'd love to come and do them with you!

Darlene
www.mom-defrazzler.com

MomsBookNook - 11:04 AM - Sep. 1, 2006

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Changes

We ended up only getting through the first 4 modules of Physical Science and then postponing it until next year. It wasn't too difficult alone, but I felt I needed to be sure the kids really focused on the 4 R's this year.

They maintained their involvement in their Fine Arts programs and Competitive Swim Team. We kept up with our literature-based American History studies, but I allowed Science to slide.

Maureen

Maureen - 8:41 AM - May. 13, 2007

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