A Day in the Life

I typed up this sample schedule for a cousin of Jeff's who's been interrogating me about homeschooling, but in a good way! She's thinking of homeschooling her son so I promised to send her some information. This is just part of the stuff I sent her but I thought it would be neat to look back next year (or next week) and see how much our day has changed. So, here's the schedule that's working for us now, along with the typical disclaimers that must accompany any homeschool schedule. ;)

8:30ish - wake-up, eat, play, do chores
10:00am - Evan starts Bible Lesson and Reading/Language
10:30am - Adam and Ryan start Bible and History or Science (Evan entertains Matthew)
11:00am - Evan starts Math
11:15am - Adam starts Math; Evan finishes his paper independently(Ryan entertains Matthew)
11:30am - Ryan starts Math; Adam finish his paper independently (Evan entertains Matthew)
12:00pm - LUNCH
1:00pm - Adam and Ryan start Spelling and Language; Matthew naps
1:30pm - Evan starts handwriting

disclaimers: Although this schedule is written with specific times, we don't always follow them exactly. The times are just to give an illustration of how long we spend on school work on a typical day. Not all of the time spent doing school work either. The boys take breaks as they finish their assignments. For instance, Evan starts Bible/Reading at 10am but that doesn't mean he works until the next time on the schedule. He works until he gets done, could be 10 minutes or could be 30 minutes or more if necessary. Some days we may start earlier or later or not at all and we don't always do every subject every day. It's all flexible and that's one of the major advantages of homeschooling.