My homeschooling plan for the next year is in shape.\u00a0 I wonder how long for?\u00a0 It seems to add up to about 12 hours of formal schooling, mostly spread over 4 days.\u00a0 It is a mixture of Charlotte Mason inspired methods and what I think we need.\u00a0 Here is what it looks like at the moment:<\/p>\n
That is a total of one hour, and then there is a break!<\/p>\n
Clearly, I have fallen into a pattern of putting the more ‘technical’ stuff first and the literary stuff second.\u00a0 Must be because it works for us…<\/p>\n
There is some more reading that gets done in the day, and even on non-school days.\u00a0 But there is not a fixed time for it.\u00a0 Before lunch, after lunch or even at bedtime, are all good times.<\/p>\n
We generally go out in the afternoon for a nature walk, a field trip, an activity, errand or to play with other kids.\u00a0 But if it’s raining, we might cook or do an art or craft project or play board games.<\/p>\n
Once we get back, or during the afternoon if it is raining, there are two other things to do:<\/p>\n
Apart from that there is an extended art study once a week, which is a bit eclectic.\u00a0 It might be picture study with narration and copying.\u00a0 It might be GeeGuides.\u00a0 How long it takes is rather variable.\u00a0 There is also Chinese which often consists of listening to the CD in the car, but every so often, we need to sit down and do something a little more precise.<\/p>\n
Other educational things go on all the time, but these are the ones we pay conscious attention to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My homeschooling plan for the next year is in shape.\u00a0 I wonder how long for?\u00a0 It seems to add up to about 12 hours of formal schooling, mostly spread over 4 days.\u00a0 It is a mixture of Charlotte Mason inspired methods and what I think we need.\u00a0 Here is what it looks like at the … Continue reading This year’s schedule (to be revised)<\/span>