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How We Homeschool: 4-Day Sample Schedule

Published on May 13, 2025November 18, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

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:

Our 2025-2026 Homeschool Curriculum, Schedule Plans, Resource Links, and Daily Routine – Tons of FREE resources!

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7 Easy Steps To Simplify Your Life Today

Published on May 3, 2025May 12, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

7 Easy Steps To Simplify Your Life Today

Our 2025-2026 Homeschool Curriculum, Schedule Plans, Resource Links, and Daily Routine – Tons of FREE resources!

Published on April 26, 2025November 18, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

It’s that time of year again for us… time to get the next school year planned out. We technically finished up our 2024-2025 school year before Easter but I’ve been busy with the garden and such so I am just now getting around to making our new schedule.

It is always SO TEMPTING to take a few months off to just focus on this house but I know from past experience that this doesn’t go well and that it takes FOREVER to get a couple of the kids back into the school routine. You can read more about last year’s curriculum and routines HERE.

Having a little extra wiggle room in our schedule means that we can take off more time around the holidays and I can take a week off for new grandbabies too! We also love taking the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas to just reflect on the reason for the season and it gives us time to do fun things with the family too.

Last year we switched to more of a Charlotte Mason-style approach and it was GREAT for the most part. We still have a couple of kids who just hate anything to do with math so that’s been a little challenging but we’re making progress. We’ve also really enjoyed using some of the FREE courses with Under the Home Homeschool.

A couple of the kiddos went with one of their big sisters and husband for the weekend so the house was surprisingly quiet… I used the time to sit down and get our new year planned out and organized. We will have an ‘official’ kindergartner this year too… sobbing quietly to myself… that means a little extra planning to include her but she already sits with us during school so it shouldn’t be too much of a transition.

Shyanne’s journey has been miraculous and to see her doing so many things that we were told she’d never do has been such a blessing in so many ways!

FREE Homeschool Planning Scratchpad

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Pandemic changes

Published on April 12, 2025May 12, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

Wow! This was a question I’ve actually been thinking about a lot lately.

Our lives have changed a lot since the pandemic… I’m sure others can relate to this as well.

We had just moved into our current home and I was pregnant with little Shyanne… what an experience! It was a high risk pregnancy and I had to attend most appointments alone.

The pregnancy and complications made that time more difficult in itself. It was definitely one of the most challenging experiences of my life… even without the added challenges from the pandemic.

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Biblical Feasts: Fall Feast Resources

Published on April 7, 2025October 4, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Here are some posts and resources we have made regarding the Fall Feasts:

Fall Feasts

Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah:

This is the day that we are reminded that Jesus will be coming back and the angels will blow trumpets to signal his return! The kids love this one as they get to blow the Shofar.

Biblical Feasts: Feast of the Trumpets Menu & Activities

Biblical Feasts: Feast of the Trumpets Resources

Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur:

This is a solemn Feast day, often accompanied by a 24-hour fast, when we remember the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross to atone for our sins.

Biblical Feasts: Day of Atonement Menu & Activities

Biblical Feasts: Day of Atonement Resources

Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot:

We are reminded that God sheltered the Israelites after they left Egypt. We are also reminded that Jesus ‘tabernacled’ or lived among us for a while, and that God will rebuild the Earth, and everyone will be taught the laws to live by.

Think ‘Thanksgiving’ and Christmas rolled into one… so much to be grateful for and so many ways to show our thankfulness for all of God’s blessings on us!

Biblical Feasts: A Sukkot Menu & Activities

Biblical Feasts: Celebrating Sukkot as a Christian

Feast of the 8th Day/The last great day:

We are reminded that God will resurrect those who have died, and we will be reunited with our friends and family. This will be the GREATEST DAY EVER!

Biblical Feasts: A Sukkot Menu & Activities