In the interest of actually making progress this spring, I am putting my foot down, laying down the law, making a stand... whatever you want to call it! I am purposefully trying to keep the scheduling very, very simple, and allowing for super-jam-packed-bare-minimum days.
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Our school days:
Sunday (half-full day)
Monday (bare minimum)
Tuesday (full day)
Wednesday (bare minimum)
Thursday (full day)
Friday & Saturday: catch-up/make-up
On a full day, we will do:
Math
Language Arts
Literature
Read aloud from the Afternoon Basket
Documentary or Downton Abbey
On a shorter day, we will do:
Math
Literature
Language Arts
And as time allows, read aloud from the Afternoon Basket
And on a bare-minimum day, we will do:
Math
Literature
Basically, my goals for each week are as follows:
Five math lessons per child
One Lively Art of Writing lesson (The Boy) / One spelling lesson (The Girl)
At least five chapters per week from our lit choice
One science project/observation each week
At least two chapters from our history read aloud each week
At least one chapter each from other rotational readings
I am hoping this is doable. I'd love to actually feel like we are really moving forward.
Now, having planned all that, I will say the most important things to me are (in order from most to slightly less important) MATH, LANGUAGE ARTS, LITERATURE
Everything else is just gravy!
It sounds great! You're still accomplishing your goals but without losing your mind :)
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