Scheduling Our Day Using Blocks of Time

  I always like to consider our first schedule a rough draft, because I typically make changes as I see how things shake out. And truly, our schedule is more of an order to our day than actual times to do things. That sort of predictability without strict rigidness works for us. Mondays: Our Classical Conversations community day now … [Read more...]

Scheduling Our Year 2014-2015

  When scheduling our year of homeschooling, I consider two parts: 1. a daily order and 2. a yearly plan. Because I think of our daily schedule as more or less an order for our day rather than a strict time schedule, I like to keep it simple. Well, generally speaking I like to keep things simple. :) I do write with times though, because it … [Read more...]

How Rearranging Our School Day Is Working Much Better

So, as you might imagine, my pregnancy has thrown our school day schedule for a bit of a loop.  Mainly because I'm a slow riser, tire quickly, and nap frequently. :) Okay, not really all of those things, but that's how I feel.  So our day is moving a little more slowly these days.  I've found that moving our schedule around a … [Read more...]

Drafting Our Daily Schedule

Okay, so here goes, take one! I've drafted my planned daily schedule for this school year. I wrote it in pen, but probably should've started in pencil, because I'm leaving plenty of room for changes and flexibility.  My scheduling goals are to: 1) Give the core subjects priority. 2) Spend quality time with each of my littles - … [Read more...]