Daily Schedule

I have re-vamped our schedule.

First of all, I am no longer following the programme set out in the Latin Centered Curriculum. Even though veterans warned me, we became that sort of homeschool which did only its "morning" subjects. We were just not getting to science, art, music, literature, writing, and history. It's really too bad: but I've had to return to a more conventional approach: we all just flat out need the discipline.

So, this is our daily schedule.

Tuesday thru Friday:
Bible Study
Copywork and Recitation
Canadian History (Read Aloud sometimes followed by written work or map work.)
Latin
Lunch and World History (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Lunch and Science (Wednesdays and Fridays)
Classical Writing
Grammar/Math (Do one child first, then the other).

Saturday:
Bible Study (Review)
Dictation
History (Chapter Review Test)
Science (Experiment or activity)
Composer Study
Art

Here it is all purty:

(as ever, click to enlarge)

I used the Charlotte Mason principle of alternating content with skill subjects...and it works very well. We did two consecutive weeks of school at the beginning of August and starting by 9am, we were finished by about 1:30, 2:00 pm every day.

I really enjoyed that.

Back in the Building

My last post was May 5th. That was three months ago. My aplogies. I hadn't realised I'd left it so long.

Since I have left it so long, I don't suppose there's anyone who is out there to even read this. So, I'm not sure what, if anything, I ought to say, just now.

I know that as we begin our fifth year I am more unsure about this than ever. I just don't feel I have made the adjustments necessary to create a successful homeschooling environment: and if it hasn't happened by now, I don't think it will.

I am really feeling quite stuck.

I have out year planned to Christmas break, I have all the materials we need: I just do not want to wake up in the morning and begin.