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I really wasn't sure it would work, but I had to try something new this year since my time for teaching school is shrinking.  Last week I did it.  It worked.  It went well.  Wanna know what I did?

Last week we did a week's worth of history on Tuesday.  Then a week's worth of science on Wednesday.  A week's worth of math activities on Thursday.  Watched a video on Friday afternoon, then read a week's worth of literature (related to the previous week's history) on Monday.  This week we kept on going, but substituted our Community Bible Study for Wednesday, pushing science back to today.  Still not sure whether we'll get to math this week or save it for Monday.  Still working the bugs out, but it seems to be working well! 

I like the fact that I don't have to try to divide up each subject to see how it will fit into the week...I don't have to guess how much we can get through in our half hour slot for each subject.  And I end up with more time for hands on projects, experiments, games, etc.  

I needed to make this change for my sanity's.  The reason my teaching time for the bigger kids is dwindling is that my sister-in-law, who has been our nanny for the last 10 months, will be starting a new job in a couple weeks.  Morning school time will be harder to manage, what with a 2 1/2 year old and 2 1-year-olds ...so Mom's afternoon break will give way to afternoon school time with the 7- and 8-year old.  Keep us in your prayers as we adjust our schedule and our style a bit.