I feel revived Posted: 9:32 PM, Aug. 13, 2006 The wonderful thing about the weekend, is that by the end of it, I am excited about school again.  It was so good to have a Day of Rest, and as I posted last week, it really is one for us.  I am ready to get back on the schedule tomorrow, and am excited about tomorrow's lessons.  I hope DD and DS enjoy them too. I am also ready to try our new four-day schedule.  DH has given me the go-ahead to try it, and we'll re-evaluate as we go.  I am still trying to figure out when to do art, but maybe we'll work it in on an alternate-week schedule. The trick is going to be getting to bed early enough to wake up fresh in the morning.  Hmmm...maybe I'd better head thay way soon.

Posted: 9:32 PM, Aug. 13, 2006 filed in my School and Curriculum category View Comments (3) Add Comment Link Send to a Friend!

Link Did you miss me? Har!

I have done a four-day school for a number of years. Wednesday is our "alternate" school day. We have piano lessons in the morning and have had an art co-op in the afternoon for many years. We do all those cool things that you'd like to do but don't seem to get to do like logic puzzles, geography games, home ec, etc. Plus, it's the day I try to schedule all the doctor's appointments and running around. I don't go for groceries or anything on this day, but I do run some errands with the kids if we are in town (library and so on).

You probably won't get through the math book or any other textbook, but you will get enough done that it won't feel like you're skipping school. I still count our "alternative" day as a day of school as we are doing all sorts of educational things.

Posted by TeacherPerson on Aug. 14, 2006 at 12:24 PM

Link I really love weekends too. I spend most of it working. When our son goes back to school I plan on cutting back on my hours.

Posted by berrymorin on Aug. 15, 2006 at 7:07 PM

Link Thanks so much for answering my question. Very kind of you. It sounds like it would be too crazy to do them seperate so I am going to combine them.

It sounds like Saxon Phonics K is a good fit for both Brent & Caleb. I haven't started Caleb with his long vowels. I hope it takes us no more then 30min. When I do SP Intervention with Josh it probably takes between 30-40 min.
If all goes well with Phonics K I plan to use 1 & 2 with Brent & Caleb. I'll just keep them together.

I know what you mean about talking about curriculum. I could talk all day about it if I had someone to chat with. Most of my family is not interested.Only my sister Cynthia because she homeschools too.

Have a good week!
Linda<><

Posted by Homeschooling6 on Aug. 15, 2006 at 9:25 PM