Our days are often chaotic and full of interruptions. You don't see the many interruptions that happen in normal life when I write this out so keep that in mind, LOL! We have disagreements, diapers (3yo son is still in diapers, yes!), or the child who spends a lot of time in the bathroom, etc. There are days that we don't get as much done, when one subject or child needs much more time. But it is so worth it! I love to be able to homeschool, it is truly a privilege!
*early morning, kids become PBS kids (prayer, bed, scriptures), violin practice/Aleks (math), get ready for the day, breakfast. During breakfast we have gospel study and memorization.
1. Math first, as much as we can do until 10:00. Some days they only work in Singapore workbooks or texts, but I like when we can also do either flashcards or a timed math sheet. My older two girls (10 and 8) also spend 1-3 hours/week doing Aleks.com an online math program tailored to their needs and state grade level requirements. My younger daughter (6) does math baseball (funbrain.com) for fun. I really don’t want to do math this long, but my kids like math and don’t want to switch subjects earlier.
2. Assigned reading, we set monthly reading goals for the Pizza Hut book-it program. Many of these come from Amblesides free reading lists, Truelight Academy lists, or others that I feel are important. They read these themselves (the older two) as silent sustained reading and the time varies from day to day. My 1st grade daughter reads to me, however sometimes I go directly into her AO readings and read to her depending on what extracurricular things we have that day (field trips, VT, etc.). The kids come report to me as they finish reading something and narrate.
3. Ambleside readings, more narration, copywork . We follow the schedule for Ambleside as much as we can, however sometimes we get books from interlibrary loan and so that book is studied more intensely.
4. Combined subjects, foreign language, artist study, composer study, singing. These are not all done everyday.
Lunch. Sometimes we listen to books on CD (Old Testament, Pilgrim’s Progress, or anything).
5. Read aloud, history, nature study, biographies, Shakespeare and Plutarch. Field trips. I pick a read aloud from each of their AO schedules to read with everyone, we often read these at night too. We do some history together 1-2 times a week, but we still are working on this one. There are so many interruptions in the afternoons, usually due to field trips. Once a week we read from the Handbook of Nature Study from Anna Comstock and try to go on a nature walk. The biographies come from AO readings. Shakespeare and Plutarch are only a couple of times a month, but my kids love it and always want to do more. Amanda (6yo) isn’t into Plutarch yet and I don’t always require her to stay for that one.
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