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Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-09-29T05:04:47-06:00

Hi there, I'm new here and have just loved all the postings!!! Great place to be!! I have a dd that is now 10....we've schooled her since preschool and she has always been an early riser, thankgoodness we both are!! Anyway, we school through the morning hours and by 12:00 noon we are almost done and wind up by 1:00. We are flexible in what to do next type thing but if we don't get it done up front in our day, we wouldn't be much good by late afternoon and zero is ever normally done at night...that is our kick back family time!!
We just love homeschool and the freedom it gives us...being able to study/learn what your interests are is certainly a wonderful day!!!!!!!! We love the 3-4 hours of afternoon fun on days with our homeschool group too!!!! Ballet and tap are a super P.E. as well , which she enjoys in the afternoons!!! So many things to explore!!! Have a great school day, Katy

Statistics: Posted by lambie — Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:04 am

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-09-26T17:23:01-06:00

Scheduling time is like budgeting money - there's never enough to go around but it's helpful to have some idea of where it's all gone. One suggestion is to keep a record of how you spend your time. Every hour or half-hour write down what you are doing in just a word or two. After a week or so, just look at what you've done and you will automatically get some ideas for streamlining, rearranging for better use of time.

We have a simple schedule form on our site - it's free, just print and use. It's shown on this page and you can download the attached file for easier printing: http://www.everygoodpath.net/SimpleSchedules

Statistics: Posted by mark_egp — Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:23 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-09-23T22:34:32-06:00

We have a schedule that is structured but pretty loose at the same time.

We do our devotions first (usually while I am waking up with a coffee )

I start our first day of the year with LA, Math, SS and then science. The time spent on each subject varies half an hour to an hour. We then rotate the subjects every day so that the last subject finished the day before becomes our first subject the next day. After these subjects are finished the kids go onto the computer (spanish or school games), arts or whatever they want (except t.v.) usually for however long they want.

I found that the earlier we get going the better (I don't mean EARLY though, around 9:00 a.m. or so) but this hasn't always worked out - there are times when I am not well and need to sleep in. This was more of a problem when the kids were younger and wouldn't do any work unless I was there to "stand guard" but lately they have been taking the initiative and started working without me! So our devotional sometimes ends up in the middle of the day or not until the evening (which is o.k. too!).

Of course everything goes out the window every once in a while - like needing a break from the routine, field trips, doctor appointments, my mother showing up for a week ...you get the picture. LOL

We have tried all sorts of schedules, unschedules and everything in-between and this is what seems to be working the best for us. I guess even though most would consider it a schedule it really doesn't feel like one to me, it feels more like a routine (if that makes sense). Anyway, that is our "normal" day.

Have a good week all.

Statistics: Posted by momagator — Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:34 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-08-24T22:31:44-06:00

Statistics: Posted by laurabeth — Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:31 pm

reading this....

2007-08-20T13:57:31-06:00

Statistics: Posted by ilovemy2bunnies — Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:57 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-08-16T20:38:12-06:00

Statistics: Posted by StellarStory — Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:38 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-08-09T21:08:54-06:00

Yes, we dont do schedules around here. We have been been just been flying around by the seat of our pants for the past year. we tried schedules the first year and they defiantely did not work. no more schedules for us.

Statistics: Posted by homeschoolmommy — Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:08 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-08-07T19:00:10-06:00

I have a loose routine rather than a schedule. I find that everytime I try to make a schedule, something happens to interrupt it!! There are certain days where we definitely have places to be at certain times so we do follow a schedule to that extent. However, we don't do subjects in a certain order or for a certain period of time, we just go through our checklist in any order we see fit for that day.

Statistics: Posted by my3boyshomeschool — Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:00 pm

Schedule

2007-08-07T16:13:07-06:00

Our day has sort of a schedule "outline", if you know what I mean. Although we have a planner/agenda that our mom sets out for us daily, my brother and I are mainly self-taught and we have no particular order in which we complete our assignments. We do have due dates for our assignments, tests, exams, and projects, but besides that we have no real solid schedule, and it works perfectly fine for us.

Statistics: Posted by Morgan — Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:13 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-07-12T23:01:58-06:00

Statistics: Posted by bobbinsx5 — Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:01 pm

Re: Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-07-02T18:42:44-06:00

Statistics: Posted by Carmella — Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:42 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-06-09T19:19:31-06:00

We do not do schedules. I work nights, and sometimes if there are errands or such during the day, we do not do schoolwork for that day. But we do school year round, so I figure the one or two days a week we miss, we make up for in the summer. I do not do school on the weekends or holidays either.

We do have routinges, though. Wake up, eat breakfast, watch tv or playtime for them/ housework time for me, lunch, schooltime (if we are doing it that day), playtime, snacktime, dinnertime, bath time, bedtime.

Statistics: Posted by bigreys5 — Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:19 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-05-19T19:55:36-06:00

Statistics: Posted by Vera — Sat May 19, 2007 7:55 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-02-27T13:26:27-06:00

Keep in mind that homeschooling is very different from public school. It doesn't take 7 hours at home to teach the amount of information that needs to be taught - there is a lot of wasted time in the public schools. My 6 year old and I go for about 2 hours, 3 absolute max. We do each subject in 10-15 min chunks with more time as necessary (like if he's really involved in a project or enjoying something). I spend time with my 3 year and we do 5 min chunks and we get as many of those in as we want to/can.

If you look at public school material, they don't actually get a lot done during the day because of all the time wasted. I know at two of our elementary schools, they don't even address each subject every day (I cheated and peeked at the class schedule when I dropped my son off for after school classes lol Shhhhh!). I think the amount of time kids spend in school throws a lot of homeschoolers off because they try to replicate school at home. That's the beauty of homeschooling! It's so different from traditional schooling and you can play around with subjects, curriculum, styles and schedules and see what works for you. Don't freak if you don't fall into a groove right away. It took us a good year to find a style, curriculum and schedule that works for us.

Plus there's a ton of help here. Ask away and I'm sure someone has been through it and there are bound to be a ton of other opinions.

Statistics: Posted by Calla_Dragon — Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:26 pm

Does anyone find that schedules don't work?

2007-02-27T09:26:28-06:00

This is my second day of homeschooling my 8 year old son, and i can already tell that the schedule i have laid out will soon burn him and me out. I think i am trying to pace everything like school and try to fit everything in between 8-3. Knowing i have to log a certain amount of hours in my state has me stressing. I want to be more flexible, but don't know how to and still keep up with my requirements for Missouri.

I love reading everyones posts, i don't feel so alone having issues with schedules!

Statistics: Posted by LauraLeigh — Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:26 am