I thought it might be helpful to show how we go through our lessons for a week here so that you could give it a test run to see what might work for your home and schedule. Some things we do every day while others might have a specific day of the week or they may be done on even/odd days to work with our schedules.
We also try to have a four-day week with one day off for ‘Life Skills’ as there are lots of doctor appointments, errands to run, and sick days around here plus the gardens and animals keep us a little busy at times. I’ve tried to provide as many links as I can for demonstration purposes if you want to give this a test run but for more detailed information you can check out this post:
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(00) MORNING CIRCLE
We start every day with our ‘Morning Circle’ routine… this changes a little as the kids get older but with the addition of a Kindergartener this year we may start doing some calendar work again soon… I just have to find it 🙂
Our Morning Circle includes:
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Morning Prayer … You can see it HERE!
- Memory Box … I talk about it HERE!
- ASL practice
- World Watch News
We usually pull out some sand, blocks, coloring pages, or other items for Shyanne to play with while I am getting everyone else started on their work.
(01) Religion and Character Development
Bible:
- Monday – Lesson 1 From the Foundation – Genesis 1
- Tuesday – Lesson 2 In the Beginning – Genesis 1
- Wednesday – Lesson 3 Adam and Eve – Genesis 2
- Thursday – Lesson 4 The Temptation – Genesis 3
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
We also complete a Lesson from Laying Down the Rails… we are currently working on ‘Generosity’.
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(02) Communication Development (LA)
Reading
30 minutes of Independent Reading while I work one-on-one with Kindergartener
Kindergarten:
We will repeat lessons on multiple days, if more time is needed. We don’t do all the suggested activities with the Prose as her attention span is not quite that long yet.
- Monday:
- Phonics Lesson 1
- Mother Goose Lesson 1 – Read the Poem and do Activity 1
- My Father’s Dragon Chapter 1 – Read, 1-2 Activities
- Tuesday:
- Phonics Lesson 2
- Mother Goose Lesson 1 – Activity 2
- My Father’s Dragon Chapter 2 – Read, 1-2 Activities
- Wednesday:
- Phonics Lesson 3
- Mother Goose Lesson 1 – Activity 3
- My Father’s Dragon Chapter 3 – Read, 1-2 Activities
- Thursday:
- Phonics Lesson 4
- Mother Goose Lesson 1 – Activity 4
- My Father’s Dragon Chapter 4 – Read, 1-2 Activities
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
Elementary Kids:
- Monday – McGuffey Lesson 42
- write vocabulary words in ABC order
- answer questions
- Tuesday – McGuffey Lesson 43
- write vocabulary words from lesson 42 three times each
- Wednesday – McGuffey Lesson 44
- look up definitions for vocabulary words from lesson 42
- Thursday – McGuffey Lesson 45
- spelling test with vocabulary words
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
Older Kids:
We use premade unit studies for them and work through the workbooks which include grammar, spelling, and other writing activities.
- Monday – Unit Study work
- Tuesday -Unit Study work
- Wednesday – Unit Study work
- Thursday – Unit Study work
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
Poetry: (Mondays)
We read the poem on Monday, copy it, and then review it for the week with our Memory box. We also do other activities throughout the week.
- Monday: Read: Lesson 1: Rhyming: Remember by Christina Rossetti – do suggested activities as time permits throughout the week
Prose: (Tuesdays – Thursdays)
We usually listen to this during our lunch.
- Tuesday: Treasure Island Ch 1
- Complete 2-3 Activities and Answer Questions
- Wednesday: Treasure Island Ch 2
- Complete 2-3 Activities and Answer Questions
- Thursday: Treasure Island Ch. 3
- Complete 2-3 Activities and Answer Questions
- Friday: Life Skills Day
(03) Thinking and Educational Skills Development
We rotate through tasks for this area and I include the World Watch News and Memory Work as part of this although we complete it during our Morning Circle.
- Monday – Skill Trek Lesson
- Tuesday – Cursive Copy Work
- Wednesday – Skill Trek Lesson
- Thursday – Current Event Writing – they use their notes from watching World Watch
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
Shyanne is learning a new skill a week from:
(04) Arithmetic
I get the older kids started on their work and then work with Shyanne. We are currently using Werner’s Elementary and Complete Arithmetic but I am linking to Ray’s for the purpose of showing some of the lessons as they are similar.
Elementary/Older Kids:
- Monday – Lesson 91
- Tuesday – Lesson 92
- Wednesday – Lesson 93
- Thursday – Lesson 94
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
We will also supplement with flash cards and such as needed.
Kindergarten:
If she has any difficulty with a lesson we will repeat that lesson until she has mastered it.
- Monday – The Eclectic Manual of Methods Lesson 1
- Tuesday – The Eclectic Manual of Methods Lesson 2
- Wednesday – The Eclectic Manual of Methods Lesson 3
- Thursday – The Eclectic Manual of Methods Lesson 4
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
We will also let her work on some Spielgaben activities if time permits.
(05) Social Studies
Our little one just sits on while we do these. I will assign the older kids some independent research for the chapters to make it a little more challenging.
US History (Even)
World History (Odd)
Geography (Wednesdays:
We also watch some YouTube videos related to whatever subject we are studying as well.
(06) Natural and Scientific World Studies
Our little one just sits on while we do these. The older kids are doing the Botany course to make it a little more challenging but the younger kids sit in while we do the lessons.
Plant Nature Study II(Even)
Botany (Odd)
We can stretch the lesson out over a couple of weeks, if needed.
- Botany Week 1 – do as many lessons as we can on Day 1
- Botany Week 1 – Finish on Day 2
(07) Languages
ASL
We practice ASL during our Morning Circle using the Lingvano app
Biblical Hebrew
- Monday –Biblical Hebrew Lesson 1
- Make Flash Cards for the letters/phrases learned
- Tuesday – –Biblical Hebrew Lesson 2
- Make Flash Cards for the letters/phrases learned
- Wednesday – –Biblical Hebrew Lesson 3
- Make Flash Cards for the letters/phrases learned
- Thursday – –Biblical Hebrew Lesson 4
- Make Flash Cards for the letters/phrases learned
- Friday – Life Skills Day – No Work
(8) PE, Health & Safety
PE
We use the EASY PEASY ALL-IN-ONE HOMESCHOOL site and the PE classes pop up automatically… Usually about 1 time a week.
- PE 2 on EP
- Outside Games and Free Play after school
- Swedish Drills on even days
Health & Safety
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(09) Cultural Arts Appreciation
Art History (EVEN)
- Western Art Movements Lesson 1: Study Picture, Vocabulary, & Questions
- Western Art Movements Lesson 1: Study Picture, 2-3 Activities
Studio Art (ODD)
MUSIC APPRECIATION (daily during Morning Circle)
We get our Hymn and Folk Song studies from Ambleside online. We read the information page and then sing along to a YouTube video with the lyrics.
- Hymn (Even): Rejoice, The Lord is King
- Folk (Odd): Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her
Shakespeare (Wednesdays)
- Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare II Lesson 1: Read, Vocabulary, and 1-2 Activities
(10) Life Skills Development
We cover this area every day even though it might not all be considered ‘school’. I add things like our Home Cleaning schedule and Laundry Routine to this as reminders as well.
Weekly Routine:
- Mondays: Weekly Home Blessing
- Tuesdays: Zone Cleaning – We have a binder set up with all of our lists for the different areas
- Wednesdays: Mini Home Blessing
- Thursday: Zone Cleaning
- Friday: Mini Home Blessing
Laundry:
- Mondays: Mom & Dad
- Tuesdays: William & Shyanne
- Wednesdays: Towels & Sheets
- Thursday: Boys
- Friday: Girls
Home Ec:
- Home Economics Household and Personal Skills – Unit 1 (odd)
- A Year of Happy Homemaking from Heart’s Content Farmhouse (even)
Our school day starts with Morning Circle which includes a couple of other areas because they are just a little more fun and help to get the kids ready for learning. I usually project my laptop screen onto the TV we have in the dining room so that everyone can see what we are working on. This helps keep everything a little less cluttered.
After Morning Circle we move on to our Bible and Character Studies which usually don’t take us very long. From there we start our Language Arts and Math. I will usually start with the older kids so that they can be working on their work while I go over the reading with the younger boys and then I try to work through Shyanne’s Kindergarten work. I usually leave our Prose or Read Aloud for lunchtime.
If they finish before I am ready to start with the next subject they usually take a quick break, walk the dog, swap laundry, or read until I am ready. Shyanne will sometimes go play after she finishes or she will sit at the table and do a quiet activity while we continue working.
We then work through the remaining subjects and they can go pretty quickly as long as everyone is in a good mood… normally we can finish our work around lunchtime and then we have the afternoons off to finish our chores and have a little free time.
This may not work for everyone but I know a lot of people wonder what a four-day week looks like and this is how it works for us. We may make changes in the future but that’s part of the beauty of homeschooling… you can change the schedule to work for you!
God Bless!
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