Listing subjects in order to do them??

For us, that doesn’t work out especially well. Each of the kids does have a list, and I’ve put the subjects in the order that I would like them done, but the kids each have their own preference in the order.

I do group the items into three categories – independent work, family work, and one-on-one with mom work, just so that we can easily see at-a-glance what is left to be done (mostly so that I can manage my time!)

Typically we all start the day with Morning Devotion, history read-alouds, and one other read-aloud. Otherwise it’s kind-of a free-for-all around here. School is done when all of the items on their list are checked off.

Would like to hear if this works for other families, though!!

We stick to the beginning of the schedule which is Bible readings, Scripture Memory, sing hymn, plus daily topic which changes each day like picture study, character read-aloud, health. This all happens at the breakfast table. We always have composer study at lunch. We usually do history/geography after breakfast time (after I tend to some laundry), but the rest is not as consistant. I really feel that I need to work on that though. But my oldest is grade 2, so not very independent yet.

ChristineAZ: Do you mean the planning took a long time or the time the lessons took to do?

I asked this question a while back. It would benefit me greatly. My son always wants to do his subjects in the order that is printed out and it drives me nuts; My dd is completely random. I’d like to organize it in a way that benefits my schedule for the day so I can get my chores done and do the family subjects and those subjects of theirs in a way that works for me. Numbering only works so-so.

@Sarah

I ment the time it took to plan everything out and getting everything scheduled. What I will do difefrent next school year is just ecide what subject will be done on what day, but not scheduling them throughout the day.

I’m bumping this, because I was checking back on the wishlist page and saw the link to this discussion. I mention it in the comments on the wishlist page, but it’s worth repeating here. This is the single biggest factor to why I decided not to purchase the planner after the trial period. I loved, loved, loved so many aspects of the planner. But when it came time to actually use the information on a daily basis, I couldn’t handle the fact that there was no way for me to change the order in which the subjects appeared. It seemed like a natural thing to me that one would be able to move them around instead of having them appear in alphabetical order. Anyhow, I just wanted to say again, that I would probably purchase this immediately if this one issue were changed. Thanks for all you folks here at SCM do!