The school bell is almost ringing around here!  Oh, wait, that was the coffee pot;) 

If you have read this blog for any amount of time at all (all five of you;)  you know that I am ready for a *normal* year!  Well, I have MUCH to communicate, but first, step into this ADD mind of mine and see how our schedule came together. 

First, it started with fear and trepidation at homeschooling a middle schooler, a 3rd grader and a 1st grader who thinks she is a middle schooler...

Then, I needed to figure out HOW in the world I was going to do it.  I use the BEST curriculum guide in the world, with the BEST philosophy (IMHO of course;).  But there is that applying thing that gets the best of us stuck at times!  Plus, three kids, with three different book lists, one three year old, four days a week equals crying out to God (and of course a glass of wine...).  

Here is what I did: 

wrote everyone's initial and subject needed to be covered in the next 12 weeks on a piece of paper and threw it on the floor:

  this is just a portion

I am not good at processing AND making a chart on the computer at the same time, and I needed to see the whole week at once.

Then I put the lessons times along one side of the room and  started to fill in the gaps. 

On Monday mornings, I decided to do everything we can together, which isn't too much, but every little minute I can squeeze out of the week helps.  Together we are going to do our quartly Composer Study, Artist Study, Shakespeare, Hymn Study, Folksongs, scripture reading, and handwriting. 

I worked on one day at a time, and I think I have it all figured out.  At least it looks really good on paper! 

Here is what my paper squares week looks like after rearranging a couple times.  We only school 4 days a week and each column under each day is one of the kids schedules.  Nik was a little overwhelmed at the amount of his squares. 

The final schedules are here...they even each got their own font;)  So, it fits on paper (even with some of the books they didn't finish up last year), we will see if it works in real life!!  I will keep you posted!

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Posted by Brenda

This looks interesting. Have you done this before? I'm curious to see updates!
Brenda @ http://www.thetiethatbindsus.blogspot.com

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Posted by coramdeojourney

Hey Brenda! Yes, I actually did it this way this term also. I now need to add my 4th in the somewhere;) But it helps me to *see* my time and where it is going and who is getting it when;) I am sure some moms could do this easily on the computer, but for some reason, I can't swap things around so easily like that. Thanks for stopping by!

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