This is our schedule from the very first day of school. We still use the same basic routine, with little changes here and there. I have gotten a little lax with writing down our schedule EVERY day, I write it down once for the week and only add daily things if it is different from the everyday schedule ( does that make any sense??) I also use iCal a lot for everything that our family is involved in so i can get to it easily while Im at the computer during the day. Alright, Im going to go ahead and show you what our schedule looks like right now.
8:00 am- I try to get the kids up around this time, but if they have had a late night, or aren't feeling very good then I will just let them sleep. We eat breakfast and brush our teeth and get dressed before we start ( the kids do anyways, Im usually still in sweatpants)
9am- try to get started with school around this time, but again, it depends on what time we get up and get done with breakfast
We usually start with handwriting and the kids do that while I read the Bible. We have been using the Reese Chronological Bible ( you can find it here) We did order the KJV. Im not a stickler for KJV, but I thought the language would be good for the kids to hear and get used to. We discuss what we've read then we pray together.
After Bible we do our presidents song. I tried last year and the beginning of this year to just do straight memorization with no help. Just didn't work for us. I now use this song ( you can find it here) and its been making it a lot easier for us ( yes, us, I need to learn them in order too!)
If its a Monday, we will do the pledge
Language Arts is next. Their K12 curriculum is pretty basic for Elsie, just read a story and recall what happened and answer questions- she loves it and most of the books are really cute and enjoyable for her. Jude's is more in depth as far as beginning writing and learning the parts of a sentence and how to really structure one on his own. He has been learning subject and predicate and also, how to write and invitation. We also started the Little House on the Prairie series and we are to book 4 now On the Banks of Plum Creek. I do this as extra reading and we have all loved this series!
Next we usually do the extra or enrichment subjects. Jude has History ( he is learning about ancient history-we did ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and now he is to Judaism) He also has social Studies ( learning about money- supply and demand, needs vs.wants) He has Art ( he learning about landscapes and landscape artists) And last, he has Music ( learning stick notation) and Science ( we have been keeping a weather log and keeping track of rainfall starting today) Elsie has Language Skills ( right now she is learning kitchen words- this subject to me is extremely below her skill level and so i just let her enjoy doing the online activities and don't really spend a whole lot of time on this) She also has History ( learning world geography and about different cultures) and Social Studies ( learning about families and working together as a community) These are the courses that have the most online activities for the kids and they really enjoy them.
11 am- we usually have lunch around this time, sometimes later if we are still working, but for the most part its always around 11.
12- Thatcher goes down for his nap, so the kids get about 30-60 minutes to play and have free time, but around 12:30-1:00, we start back with school
12:30- I usually have the kids do the opposite subject of each other, one will do Phonics, while the other does Math, that way one can be on the computer doing their activity while I'm working with the other one. Jude has been learning letter blends for Phonics and has improved so much from last year- Im so excited and proud of him!!! Elsie is learning the double oo sound and is a natural reader ( typical girl). Jude is doing addition past 20 right now and is very good at math and enjoys it, but just has a hard time keeping his focus- Im going to try and few different things for him to kind of switch it up and not let it get monotonous to him.
Last we do journaling every other day, so Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This is just extra practice that I make them do, its not part of their curriculum. And last we usually do sight word practice- takes a little while for Elsie b/c I have her learning the same words that Jude is learning, but she is doing remarkably!
K12 has a program called Reading Eggs and my kids LOVE it- they are required to do 5 lessons a week and this is what the kids usually do while I clean and get ready for dinner.
On Mondays Jude has Karate so we leave the house around 5:30-6:00 and get home around 8-8:30
Tuesdays are our free night as a family until next week, b/c Thad is starting back to school.
Wednesdays, I drop the kids off at 5:30 for piano and then they go straight to church from there so I don't see them again until around 9pm.
Thursdays, Thad and I have FBI youth service and the kids stay with their Papaw :)
Fridays is pizza and family night- we order pizza and just hang out- this is when the kids usually get to watch a video :)
The kids bedtime is around 8- or whenever we get home and get them to bed ;) Thad has also been reading The Hobbit to the kids and we are so excited to see the movie!
Shew!!! Well, I hope this was helpful for someone and if you have any questions, please comment!!! Blogging feels very one sided a lot of the time! Hope you have a great rest of the week!
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