Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
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...]
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...]
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...]
As y'all know, I've spent a lot of time this summer reading more about classical education. I'm convinced if we work the classical model, the classical model will work for us. Through implementing what I've learned about classical education into our curriculum choices, scheduling, and memory work review, I'm hoping to … [Read more...]