Oct. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by hooahwife

I love your schedule! Nice to know I'm not the only one who doesn't wake up at the crack of dawn. Everyone knows not to call me until at least 9!

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Oct. 13, 2009 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>

Posted by henryteachers

That looks great and sounds so doable Alyssa. I'm glad it is going well for you and your kids. I'll have to keep this in mind. Right now I only have 3 schooling, one being a preschooler so my oldest tends to pick and choose but it is good to know with more structure it seems to go smoother. We may have to try that even this year. Thanks for sharing. I was hoping you would. P.S.--what do you have your kids do for exercise everyday? Edited by henryteachers on Oct. 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM

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Oct. 13, 2009 - Same here!

Posted by probablytracy

Night owl and I am not up before 9 am either! Great schedule but more importantly, glad it's working for you! Sounds like a great year! (Now I think you need to add some blogging time to that schedule! LOL)

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Oct. 13, 2009 - Schedule

Posted by basketflat

I relate about the "self" expectations involving a schedule. Well, it's a good idea to shoot for what you want even if you don't get there, right? That's really great about your older son getting up early and doing his work. He sounds like he is getting to be so much of a man. I'm glad the schedule is working out so well for you...I'll have to look at it closer and see what I can glean. Cathy

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Oct. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by crazybusy

Oops! I realized I didn't put in when Gabe & Gracie do their readers- that's because it varies. It's the last thing scheduled for the day but in reality, most days they're able to get it done before lunch. hooahwife- Yeah, we are NOT morning people here. ;) Hubby's worked nights for years & we're all on his schedule. Mindy- I've found the older they get and the more children you add to the mix, the more you need structure. LOL! We exercise to this song called Chicken Fat. It only takes 6 minutes. I posted about it a while back here: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/crazybusy/613549/ There's a YouTube video in that post of children exercising to that song and a link to where you can download it. Kenton said at soccer practice, Gabe probably does the best push-ups & sit-ups... and it's probably because he does them every day! :) Love, Alyssa

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Oct. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by crazybusy

Tracy- I love that there are other strange night people out there besides us. :) I know, I'm going to try and to better w/ this blog. Cathy- Right. I really would like to start exercising but I've been SOOO tired with this crazy soccer schedule and sick kids (colds lately) and everything else going on. My body just wants to rest. It *is* nice that Alek is motivated this year. Last year he wasn't and we struggled with him a lot. Part of it was not understanding that the expectations we placed on him were practically impossible for him to achieve. Bad mom. Bad mom. When I was writing down the time needed for him to complete each subject when coming up with this schedule, I felt so bad when I realized how off we were w/ those expectations last year. Poor kid. Argh. *kicking self* Love, Alyssa

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Oct. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 40winkzzz

hey alyssa! so often i read but don't comment. it was interesting to read your schedule. ours is rather loose, but i am only schooling 2 kids and the youngest is 11, so it *can* be. tighter schedules always have ended up being frustrating for me bc even if i am careful to make them "realistically do-able", we never end up being able to stick to them well. however, having no schedule at all is even more frustrating!!! so basically, i "block schedule" and that works... if we get up on time... and if ben doesn't dawdle... and if.... (altho ours is *too* loose at the moment; i do really need to tweak & tighten it up just a little. life has been crazy so mom has been lazy...)

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Oct. 19, 2009 - sonlight

Posted by linny

How easy/hard is it for you using more than one sonlight core at a time? We are using Sonlight right now and I am stressing out about schooling more kids (right now it is really just my older boys). Is using more than one core difficult? At what age are they able to use Sonlight pretty much on their own?? Thanks!! Linda

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Oct. 19, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by crazybusy

Bethany- What do you mean by "block schedule"? I normally do NOT like schedules but we are doing pretty well with this. I am loving being done at a decent time consistently. :) Linda- It's actually not as hard as I thought it would be! It was time for Alek to be in a core of his own and the other children I have in pairs are working out well together too. The way I have the reading time scheduled works out great because it's pretty quiet during reading time- when I read to J & E, the older 3 are off doing bible & I only have the baby downstairs with me. When I read to Alek, the 2 littlest are napping, Gabe & Gracie are quietly working on math & it's Millie's quiet/rest time. Just timing that right helps a ton. I think the biggest thing that has helped as we've added more children and have more to school is tightening up on the schedule. It was pretty easy back when I was only schooling Alek & could get it all done during the babies' nap times. I think 8th grade is when Sonlight has you start doing a lot of the reading on their own. I think I will still want to read aloud to him though. We both enjoy that time. Love, Alyssa

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Oct. 20, 2009 - Thank you!

Posted by linny

I might just stick with Sonlight and do some unit studies on occasion. You helped me out greatly!! :) Linda

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