Homeschool Day

I love talking to other home school Moms about their schedules and curriculum. So today I thought I'd talk about our home school days.

Each fall the boys lay out all their books and put them in the order they want to work. They will tweek here and there until it goes smoothly.

Jacob(3rd grade) likes to go back and forth with reading subject,writing subject. So his order is Science, Spelling, History, English, Bible, Handwriting, History Stories For Children, and Math.

Luke(5th grade) likes all of his reading subjects up front, then his writing subjects. His order is History, Of America, Bible, Geography, English, Spelling, Math, and Science.

Caleb (kindergarten) We aren't as structured yet with Caleb. He is such a busy boy, always working on a project or in the garden. He'll do a few pages here and there each day in Math and Handwriting. We'll start working in his listening subjects,History,Science, and Bible as the weather cools. Which happens to be this week!

Nathan(almost 3)I like to say is in obedience school! During school he will color in a notebook,play quietly in his room,work on a puzzle, look at library books or watch an educational show on PBS.

At the start of each school day we begin Bible reading. I'll read the chapter of Proverbs for that day. (Today will be the 28th) The boys follow along in their Bibles. Then they each choose any one verse from that chapter and write it in a special notebook just for this. After they finish writing, they come show me the verse they chose and what they think it means. We'll talk about it for a bit until they understand and can hopefully relate it to their own life. My goal in this is first of all get into the habit of daily Bible reading. Second is that by hearing the Proverbs again and again over the coarse of the year, it will become ingrained in their hearts and will pop up down the road when they are older and really need some Godly wisdom.

We mainly work at the kitchen table. I can be cleaning up and help as needed. One ground rule we have is that Mom can only help one at a time so you raise your hand and wait your turn. Our school motto is: "I am patient, I wait my turn". Actually, that goes for all the time not just for school.

We have found that starting shortly after breakfast works best for us. We can jump in and stay focused for a couple hours. After a short break we'll work til lunch. Whatever is not finished by lunch is done in the afternoon. Usually they finish in the morning. After lunch I try to have a read aloud time. I'll read either a current library book,Little House on the Prairie, or they can each choose a short book from our shelves downstairs. Then is nap time for Nathan and quiet play or outside for the others. During this time I'll clean up from lunch and start thinking about dinner.

Have a great day!

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