Scheduling

I notice this a lot at times like this- sick days.

My toddler is a needy cuddlebug and my ability to get things done is really compromised. What things?

Cleaning, school, quality time with all the kids in a row.

I'm contemplating various schedule aids I've seen around, not for homeschooling so much as for my life.

I feel like I want a better handle on where our time goes.

Any favorites?

Week Two Schedule LCC + AO

This is the general daily outline. You can plug your own Math, LA, Latin, and foreign language choices in the appropriate spots. Ideally, Latin, LA, Math, and foreign language would take 20 minutes or so as advocated on Ambleside. The order I pulled with modifications from LCC. The Walter de la Mare selections can be found numbered here. You can read more about the English studies, modern studies, and classical studies categories on Ambleside.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Latin Latin Latin Latin Latin
Math Math Math Math Math
Music Music Music Music Music
LA LA LA LA LA
French French French French French

English Modern Science Classical English
Studies Studies Studies Studies

Monday: English studies- Walter de la Mare 5 & 6, and Understood Betsy ch 1
Tuesday: An Island Story ch 23, Child's History of the World ch 47, 2nd half of ch 1 the Little Duke
Wednesday: Burgess Animal Book III OR Nature study OR other science
Thursday: Tree in the Trail ch 2 & 3 (geography) and Norse myths
Friday: Walter de la Mare 7& 8, second section of Pilgrim's Progress

Next year's lineup?

Little Bird
Pre-Kindergarten

Saxon Math K

Cursive First

Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading/ Hooked on Phonics K

Booklist: Ambleside Year 0

Sweet Pea
2nd Grade

Saxon Math 2-3

Reading: Ambleside 2

Language Arts: Shurley English? The modern speller?

Science: Earth Space

History: 1000- Middle Ages

French: Le Francais Facile

Piano

Artistic Pursuits

Day in the life of Sweet Pea

As narrated by mom.


About 6:00 am Little Bird runs into my room and wakes me up. I am not a morning person, so I lay in bed and grumble for a while.

6:15 I venture downstairs for breakfast.

After I eat I play with mt sister and brother for a while, then mom tells me it's time for school.

8:00 am I finish math and science.

8:30 I make a batch of chocolate chocolate chip muffins. Mom puts them in the oven for me, but I do the rest.

8:45 Copywork and a written narration done while muffins bake- then I eat two. Yum!

9:00 am Mom sends me outside with a pencil, box of crayons and a sketch pad. I swing, draw pictures of ants and leaves, and run around.

11:45 am I come inside for a drink. Mom is making lunch so I decide to do some playdoh with my sister. My brother pulls all the pans out of a cabinet and bangs on them with spoons. My mom puts on a CD in French and I practice phrases with my sister.

Noon Dad comes home to eat lunch and see what we worked on. My brother is grumpy and instead of eating lunch pores it on himself and then yells. Naptime for him.

1:00- 3:00 pm I lay in bed somewhat quietly and read. I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. When I'm tired of reading I jump around my room and stare out the window.

3:15 pm Up from not so quiet time I run outside with a snack- more muffins, an apple, and a glass of water. I eat my snack while staring at the clouds and catch some ants.

4:30 Mom calls me in to read history. I narrate it back to mom and then run back outside until supper.

5:00 pm Supper with dad, mom, and my siblings.

6:00 Back outside to run more. Mom lets me play until it's time to come in for a snack.

7:00 Snack. Mom reads another chapter from the Little House on the Prairie.

7:30 pm I lay in bed and read for a while, then fall asleep.