Here is the general schedule that is intended  to guide us for the entire year.

Boxes with two items listed are for ds#1/ds#2 (I work with one while the other works independently.

ILL is Intermediate Language Lessons from Hillside Education

PLL is Primary Language Lessons from Hillside Education

PACE is Program to Achieve Character Education (Catholic edition)

MEP is Math Enhancement Programme

LA is Language Arts

Ds#1 going to use Rosetta Stone Italian while ds#2 will use Italian for Children

This doesn't include our nature walks, working on our commonplace books, learning Latin phrases, or even our Country Club (studying a country a month with 3 other families.)

Last year I had every subject, every day scheduled and I would drive myself and my kids mad trying to stick to it.  This year I have scheduled subjects or programs but not daily content.  Also I used to schedule 36 weeks; this year will be 33 weeks since my kids have done at least 3 solid weeks of school activities over the summer.

I put some subjects into blocks.  During these blocks we will do a variety of things depending on how the day or week is going.  We may spend the whole time working on a project or we may do some reading, activities, and games during it.  We may even spend time getting caught up in our commonplace book for that subject.

My next step is to create a list of books, activities, and games to choose from to fill those blocks.  I will create a blog entry for each subject with the resources that I gather for others looking for new resources (since I benefit so much from other blogs in this way!)

For me, the key is to not feel the need to cover a certain amount of material before a deadline.

I rely heavily on Mater Amabilis and For the Love of Literature to create my book lists.  For activities I get ideas from books, blogs, and web sites.  I also have a lot of games, especially for math and history, but some for science and language arts, too.

This type of schedule allows for a bad day, a sick day, an opportunity, or a surprise without the dread of feeling you are falling behind.  We all know Life happens, so we pray and trust in Him to have it all turn out just as He intends.