Note: We homeschool year-round and don't use a quarter or semester system for our homeschooling, but Brandon and I are both undergraduates (for physics and math, respectively), so our own schedules change with each quarter and the homeschooling schedule is adjusted accordingly.
I think I've finished revising our weekly lesson schedules, at least for a little while. B and I start back to school ourselves on the 21st, so things could be in flux for a bit as we adjust. I've scheduled the goblins' lessons around my class times, but if there ends up being some reason that the homework schedule I anticipate for myself will need to be changed, I can shift theirs around as well.
I think I've finished revising our weekly lesson schedules, at least for a little while. B and I start back to school ourselves on the 21st, so things could be in flux for a bit as we adjust. I've scheduled the goblins' lessons around my class times, but if there ends up being some reason that the homework schedule I anticipate for myself will need to be changed, I can shift theirs around as well.
For now, Oscar's lesson schedule is as follows:
Monday
Reading
Penmanship
Writing
Math
Language
History
Jujitsu
Tuesday
Reading
Penmanship
Writing
Latin
Music
Jujitsu
Wednesday
Reading
Penmanship
Writing
Math
Language
History
Art
Jujitsu
Thursday
Reading
Penmanship
Spelling
Science
Jujitsu
Friday
Reading
Penmanship
Math
Language
Logic
Geography
Spanish
And Sofie's, which won't include writing until she's finished her first penmanship book:
Monday
Reading
Penmanship
Math
Language
History
Jujitsu
Tuesday
Reading
Penmanship
Music
Latin
Ballet
Wednesday
Reading
Penmanship
Math
Language
History
Art
Jujitsu
Thursday
Reading
Penmanship
Spelling
Science
Jujitsu
Friday
Reading
Penmanship
Math
Language
Logic
Geography
Spanish
We don't time our lessons--we just complete the day's assignments--so some lessons are shorter some days and longer on others. Also, some lessons, like the language lessons, are always shorter than others, like the math lessons, so the number of sessions for each subject is not necessarily indicative of the amount of time spent on each subject. I am planning on reducing the number of penmanship sessions in favor of increasing the math and science sessions at some point, probably at the third or fourth grade level.
The time per session for each subject (just the ones I teach) averages thusly:
Math 30-60 minutes
Penmanship 20 minutes
Language 5-10 minutes
Spelling 20 minutes
History 30 minutes
Art (history/appreciation of, and making) 60 minutes
Reading 20 minutes (challenge reading; free reading happens outside of lesson time)
Latin 20 minutes
Logic 20 minutes
Geography 20 minutes
3 comments:
Nice! I haven't gone up and counted, but I'm wondering how often per week you're doing each subject and how/why you decided that?
Also, how are you managing working with two during lessons where one or both may need undivided attention?
The number of lessons per week for each subject is:
Math 3
Penmanship 5
Language 3
Writing 3
Spelling 1
History 2
Science 1
Art (history/appreciation of, and making) 1
Music 1
Reading 5
Spanish 1
Latin 1
Logic 1
Geography 1
Some of the choices I made were based on frequency recommendations from the curricula themselves, and some were based on my opinion of what the most foundational subjects are, that need to be mastered in order to facilitate easier learning of the others later on.
So reading is always the first priority, because it's foundational to absolutely everything else. Critical thinking, and learning to communicate one's thoughts effectively, are the other high priorities for me at this age, but penmanship is essential to making good use of those skills so it's important that they develop that skill early on. Math is another big one for me, but our curriculum lends itself best to fewer, longer lessons than to daily shorter ones. We also play math games that I don't count as part of the lesson time.
I usually don't teach both at the same time, except for subjects like history, art history, latin, and geography that are mostly oral at this stage, and penmanship, which they can do independently for the most part. Ozzy does his challenge reading while I do Sofie's reading lesson, then they do penmanship at the same time. They each get playtime while the other has a math, spelling, or language lesson (and they take breaks between each lesson), and Ozzy can do his logic text without much help. Once Sofie's reading on about a second grade level it'll be easier to do concurrent lessons.
Thank you for sharing all that you do. It's helping me build confidence in our first official year. Reading is my our number one priority, too. Reading, reading, reading and then more reading.
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