Can you give me a rundown of your typical CM homeschool day?

My schedule is on excel.. it’s a bit detailed and I’d love to share but don’t know how here.  If you’d like to see it I could email it to you.  I will have a 6th, 5th, 3rd, 1/2gr & pre next year with 2 little ones in tow! 

I break our day into sections.. family times, independent times, family time and who we are all with.. like mom w/ older boys, mom w/ younger ones, one older w/ one younger.  It seems to run good and then no one is waiting on things like piano and computer w/ nothing else to do.  If you’d like a copy send me an email (Moderator removed e-mail address) Misty

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My girls are 7 yrs, 5 yrs and 2 1/2 yrs. My 2 odd wake up at 7:30 and have free time for 30-60 mins, then my youngest is up at 8:30. We dress make beds, make breakfast, then start our school day at 9:30. Sometimes as late as 10 or 10:30 depending on the morning. 😉

We start with history/bible (sometimes we do this at 8 a.m. before 2 yr old wakes up), scripture reading, and hymn study as a family. We are studying Genesis-Deutoronomy & Anc Egypt so the bible is our history book this year.

Next I do math with each girl (sometimes 7 yr old joins her 5 yr old sister if it’s a game she enjoys. All of us do calendar together). After math, 7 yr old does copywork while I work with 5 yr old learning to read. Next, we get back together for Spanish lesson.

We read science togther as a family. On Wed nights we read poetry together. Tues nights we have Little Keepers at Home and do character study then as a family.

During meals we listen to classical music, but read about a composer on Mondays (not every composer however).

We read our literature book for 5 yr old and 2 yr old before their rest time, and for 7 yr old before bedtime as a family. (Younger 2 look at picture books)

Map drill is done on Wed now because we have homeschool co-op classes on Fridays that take up all our morning. I slip it in at the end of the school day for 7 yr old.

Nature study is done as a family on Tuesdays after our school work is doneand we do a sketch in our journals every other week or sometimes we don’t for mos. But my goal is to do 6 bird sketches, for example. We go to different parks that are wooded to observe or our own backyard. And picnic. 😉 In winter, just watch birds and squirrels from our window at the feeders.

I don’t have set times we do different subjects. I orginally wrote down times, but life happens so I do them differing order depending on what needs to be done most somedays or depending on how our morning is going. BUt we get everything planned done by 11:30/12. 🙂 And that is what counts. 😉 I keep a daily planner and check off as we accomplish or I’ll forget!

Tara

I wish I had a document to share, but I’m old fashioned and hand write in a schedule (I use the Planning your CM Education schedules, from the book sold here–I highly recommend!)  Something of a run down:

Kids wake at 8:30, dress, beds, dog care and do 30-45 min. of independent work. Their independent work inludes:

10yo Daily: Devotion/Math-U-See (2 pgs)/Spelling Workout/Writing Tales/Ambleside or SCM history or lit. reading/30 min. free reading/Queen Homeschool Copywork/Piano

10yo M/W:  Mango Spanish and Dance Mat Typing (only about 10min. ea)     10yo T/F: Greek

7yo Daily: Devotion/Math-U-See (2 pgs)/Spelling Workout/Queen Homeschool Copywork/Handwriting Without Tears Cursvie Page/15 min. free reading/Piano

We eat breakfast around 9:30, then do family work: 

Daily:  Bible

M: Apologia Science/Poetry Memorization of poet we are studying and read one other poem/Engish Roots Up/Supposed to do Nature Study, but this is kind of hit and miss and included in our science book this year—hope to be more disciplined with The Handbook of Nature Study next year.

T: Scripture Memory (plan to start SCM system next year)/SCM history reading/English Roots Up/Lit. from Ambleside or SCM (usually Lamb’s Shakespeare or Trial and Triumph)

W: Scripture Memory/Science/Read a Poem from A Child’s Book of Poems/Lit.

R: Scripture Memory/History/Geography (use free map outlines)

F:  Dad does Greek and Art and kids do a little independent work, easier day

After family reading, I do one-on-one work with 7yo (reading lit. from Ambleside and have him read to me, give math help if needed).  During this time 10yo goes back to independent work.

Lunch

7yo finishes any independent work, but he is usually done by now.

10yo finishes independent work and I work with her on anything needed (math, writing, a dictation once a week, spelling list once a week).

If they are diligent, 7yo is done by 12 or 12:30 and 10yo is done between 1:20 and 2 (includes meals). They usally still need to do piano after this, and we try to get outdoors for some exercise after this, too. We are late risers or would be done earlier:)   Hope that helps some and wasn’t too confusing!  The CM Planner book is nice, because it neatly lays out different schedule ideas with examples of how other families do it.  Blessings:) Gina

Here is a link to our weekly schedule.  My kids are 12, 8, and 4.   We do family work first, starting at about 9:00 a.m.  My oldest Allie (12), then does all of her other work independently while I work with Caleb (8).  Ashlyn (4), has not made the schedule yet, but I read with her and do some other fun activities while Caleb is working on his independent readings.  Caleb and Ashlyn are always done by noon.  Allie usually goes until 2:00.  If she needs me (say for a dictation) then we do that after lunch. 

Heather 

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Here are my plans for the 2010-2011 year, which for us will begin in July. There is a plan for each of my 3 oldest, because I can’t fit it all on 1 sheet. LOL. I’m sure I’ll need to tweak a bit, but they’re fairly ironed out.

Keep in mind that I love a detailed plan as a goal, but I don’t think we’ve ever had a day that has gone perfectly according to my plan, which is fine. I just need the plan to keep me focused and get back on track.

The oldest wakes between 6:30 – 7:00 AM and gets an early start on some things and then she goes to bed at 8:30 PM. The 1st grader and 3 year old wake at 7:30 and go to bed at 8:00 PM.

4th Grader – http://www.box.net/shared/jzkjmkr3z9

1st Grader – http://www.box.net/shared/nyit4mhtz0

3 Year Old – http://www.box.net/shared/4nxri6vcos (She wants a pretty schedule like the big kids. )

The Baby – 4 months old, ah, well, he is on a great schedule, but we don’t need a form to keep his day straight – Start at 8 AM and wake, eat, play, sleep, repeat – go to bed at 8 PM, 11PM Sweet Dreams Feeding.

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This is a great thread! I always like to sneak a peek into other homeschool rooms and see how those families get things done.

Blessings,

Christie