Latte's Musing's - Home School 6 month update

Latte's Musing's

Mar. 2, 2009

Home School 6 month update

Well we are 6 months into our 12 month school year (we homeschool year round). This year is by far our most consistent year yet...but it's not what you think. Usually by December I have pretty much washed our homeschool books because we bore of them/I am lazy. But this year we love the homeschool books we have and I have forced my self to be a little less lazy. Both have paid off! So here is our updated schedule that seems to work pretty nice for us, it's an average schedule that we try to do Monday-Thursday...notice I said try. We probably only consistently do this schedule 3 times a week on average but I usually make up what school is missed on Friday and the Weekend:

3:20 I get up or see my husband off-This is usually when I blog
6:30 I get up if I don't stay up after husband goes to work-blog
8am get boys up
8-9:15am chores-has chore chart

start laundry
make bed
shower
clean room
eat
brush teeth
put laundry in dryer
start school

9:15-9:45am guitar lessons using book and CD (electric guitar primer)
9:45am-10am bible study and memorization (my oldest boy's choice to memorize)
10-10:15am snack
10:15-10:45 reading (Chronicles of Narnia)
10:45-11am spelling (spelling power)-we love this!
11am-12pm

Monday and Wednesday: History (The Mystery of History)
Tuesday and Thursday: Science (Apologia)

12pm-1pm lunch
1pm-3pm KONOS or other school activity of his choosing
3-5 Free time

My summer schedule (starts first real hot days or first day of summer)will look like this:

8am get boys up
8-9:15 chores (listed above)
9:15am-10am garden/yard work
10-10:30am guitar
10:30-10:45am bible
10:45-11am spelling
11-12pm History or Science
12-12:30pm reading
12:30-1pm lunch
1-3pm KONOS or other project
3-5pm Free time

With this schedule he loses 30 minutes of lunch but gains really nice morning time outside relaxing and weeding the garden.

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Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 2boysmom

I pretty much do the same - about 3 good days of school and the other 2 days are filled with life. I always plan for no more than 4 days, just because I know better. I don't know how people do 5 days consistently. We're too busy and I would be bored.
We use Mys. of Hist too. We're in Vol II this year.

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Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 2boysmom

I just noticed there is no math on your schedule. Do you do math? That is my subject that I've had the most trouble with. My oldest son never likes the math curriculum, so I've tried so many.

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Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 2boysmom

In answer to your question about science: we have been doing a variety of sciences. I record each thing as we do it and will compile it all at the end and catorgorize it into the different areas. For instance, all of his recording and graphic arts and computer science goes under Applied Science. When he goes on rock climbs, we list it under geology. When he gardens for a lady at church, it goes under Botany, etc. Next year he will do Biology 101 (dvd) and it will obviously count toward that subject. Hope that answers your question.

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Mar. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CherylinMA

Faith,
It looks like a great schedule. What KONOS unit are you currently doing?
Blessings,
Cheryl

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