Tentative Weekly Schedule
Monday ~ All Day Konos
Tuesday ~ Math/LA/Konos/Family Reading/Scouts
Wednesday ~ Math/LA/Konos/Family Reading
Thursday ~ Math/LA/Konos/Family Reading
Friday ~ Math/LA/Konos/Field Trip Friday
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Yearly Planning - Daily Schedule
As you can tell from my previous post, I am planning the upcoming school year. There will be several posts on this subject.
Tentative Daily Schedule
7:30 AM routine/Mom cook breakfast
7:45 Dad leaves for work
8:00 Breakfast & Clean Up
8:30 AM Chores
9:00 Family Prayer/Bible/Handwriting (While Mom reads devotional story.)
9:30 Mom w/ Prince - Phonics & Reading / Princess - Math U See
10:00 Mom w/ Princess - Spelling & Grammar / Prince - Math U See
10:30 Mom checks progress while kids take break
11:00 Konos Activities
12:00 Lunch & Clean Up
12:30 Family Reading on Konos topic (kids may fold laundry do light chores)
1:00 PM Chores
1:30 Mom look over kids' work/Kids work on finishing projects
2:30 Kids' Free Time (Mom's time to work on projects/chores/etc...)
5:30 Clean Up/Dinner Prep
6 ish Dad Arrives Home
6:30 Dinner w/Family
7:30 Dad Time
8:30 Kids' Evening Routine
9:00 Kids' Lights Out
Tentative Daily Schedule
7:30 AM routine/Mom cook breakfast
7:45 Dad leaves for work
8:00 Breakfast & Clean Up
8:30 AM Chores
9:00 Family Prayer/Bible/Handwriting (While Mom reads devotional story.)
9:30 Mom w/ Prince - Phonics & Reading / Princess - Math U See
10:00 Mom w/ Princess - Spelling & Grammar / Prince - Math U See
10:30 Mom checks progress while kids take break
11:00 Konos Activities
12:00 Lunch & Clean Up
12:30 Family Reading on Konos topic (kids may fold laundry do light chores)
1:00 PM Chores
1:30 Mom look over kids' work/Kids work on finishing projects
2:30 Kids' Free Time (Mom's time to work on projects/chores/etc...)
5:30 Clean Up/Dinner Prep
6 ish Dad Arrives Home
6:30 Dinner w/Family
7:30 Dad Time
8:30 Kids' Evening Routine
9:00 Kids' Lights Out
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Week of July 24-28
Sunday and Monday ~ Clean, rearrange, organize kids' bedroom. This included sorting through all the extra toys the kids keep in the garage in storage totes for lack of space. I'm trying to teach them not to pack rat everything and think of things more logically.
We have officially declared that school is over until August 21st. That will be our first school day of the new school year. We could wait until September, but there's so much I want to do next year. I did plan our Konos units for the year. Here's the schedule:
08/21 - 09/15: Wisdom ~ Government & U.S. Constitution
09/25 - 10/20: Orderliness ~ Plant Classification / Rock Classification / Animal Classification
10/30 - 11/22: Attentiveness ~ Indians
12/04 - 12/22: Love/Generosity ~ Christmas
01/02 - 02/02: Honor ~ Countries-Cultures-Kindness-Etiquette (Japan) / Cathedral & Church Architecture
02/12 - 04/06: Wisdom ~ Presidents & Electoral Process
04/16 - 05/11: Patience ~ Plant Growth-Gardening / Grain-Bread-Yeast
05/21 thru summer: Courage ~ American War for Independence
We plan to take one week off between units and to cover the units rather quickly (in the recommended time) so that I can cover the most material before the Princess is ready for the high school curriculum. I have 4 years, but there's so much I want to do. Each volume takes 2 years in the recommended time and we have 2 volumes we haven't really covered yet. I may be pushing it, but we'll see.
* This post was edited on July 26th. I'm still planning. he he
We have officially declared that school is over until August 21st. That will be our first school day of the new school year. We could wait until September, but there's so much I want to do next year. I did plan our Konos units for the year. Here's the schedule:
08/21 - 09/15: Wisdom ~ Government & U.S. Constitution
09/25 - 10/20: Orderliness ~ Plant Classification / Rock Classification / Animal Classification
10/30 - 11/22: Attentiveness ~ Indians
12/04 - 12/22: Love/Generosity ~ Christmas
01/02 - 02/02: Honor ~ Countries-Cultures-Kindness-Etiquette (Japan) / Cathedral & Church Architecture
02/12 - 04/06: Wisdom ~ Presidents & Electoral Process
04/16 - 05/11: Patience ~ Plant Growth-Gardening / Grain-Bread-Yeast
05/21 thru summer: Courage ~ American War for Independence
We plan to take one week off between units and to cover the units rather quickly (in the recommended time) so that I can cover the most material before the Princess is ready for the high school curriculum. I have 4 years, but there's so much I want to do. Each volume takes 2 years in the recommended time and we have 2 volumes we haven't really covered yet. I may be pushing it, but we'll see.
* This post was edited on July 26th. I'm still planning. he he
Friday, July 21, 2006
Week of July 17-21
Okay, I admit that this week we didn't do anything educational. Princess was visiting a cousin, so the Prince and I kinda vegged for the week. Today, however, we are going to tour a radio station for a behind the scenes look.
We're back from all we had to do today. The radio station tour was very informative and the kids even cut an announcement demo. We learned how radio feeds are received and transmitted. How each station of a network goes to commercial at the same time. How announcements are put on disk to be played at the appropriate time. Prince and a friend got to send out the annoying FCC emergency broadcast system test.
We're back from all we had to do today. The radio station tour was very informative and the kids even cut an announcement demo. We learned how radio feeds are received and transmitted. How each station of a network goes to commercial at the same time. How announcements are put on disk to be played at the appropriate time. Prince and a friend got to send out the annoying FCC emergency broadcast system test.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Week of July 10 - 14
This week is a lesson in patience as we try to get laundry done and unpack while keeping an eagle eye on the two year old nephew I've brought home for the week. More updates soon.
Week of July 1-9
This past week was our annual family reunion in East Texas. We did not do formal curriculum while on vacation, but did learn quite a lot.
We attended my kids first professional baseball game.
The princess and I saw a large snapping turtle while on a walk with some other family members. A cousin explained to the Princess how to tell it is a snapping turtle. She also concluded that turtles can't be all that slow because it crossed the road in less than 5 minutes.
We dissected (kind of) mussels the kids found in the lake as the water was very low this year. We discovered that the inside shell does not stay pretty when exposed to the elements. Only freshly opened mussels had pretty inside shells.
For a little art experience, we painted the shells with acrylic paint. I explained to the kids why we used acrylic paint and not watercolors (weatherproofing).
At the annual fireworks display that our family puts on, we were reminded that fireworks contain sulfur by the smell of rotten eggs from some of them. They also create a soot that lands on everything. We were also reminded how dangerous they can be by the hole found in dad's shorts when he was done shooting them off.
Even modern children can survive outside with no AC for a whole week in July. We stayed in a tent, used an outhouse and outdoor shower. Movies were set up in the garage, but the kids did not go indoors all week.
It is important to stake down all ropes for the fly of the tent (ours got rained in because of this).
Even shaving cream for sensitive skin doesn't taste good and can burn the eyes.
Dissolve powdered laundry detergent in the washer before adding clothes. Dad learned this when he went to wash the bedding after the rain.
One week with all the cousins is about all my kids can take.
The Princess got a lesson on how septic systems work.
Always wear proper footwear. Foot injuries among family members included: wasp stings, splinters, stubbed toes, bee sting, mild cuts and scrapes from objects found in water.
Glow in the dark jewelry is great for keeping track of children.
We attended my kids first professional baseball game.
The princess and I saw a large snapping turtle while on a walk with some other family members. A cousin explained to the Princess how to tell it is a snapping turtle. She also concluded that turtles can't be all that slow because it crossed the road in less than 5 minutes.
We dissected (kind of) mussels the kids found in the lake as the water was very low this year. We discovered that the inside shell does not stay pretty when exposed to the elements. Only freshly opened mussels had pretty inside shells.
For a little art experience, we painted the shells with acrylic paint. I explained to the kids why we used acrylic paint and not watercolors (weatherproofing).
At the annual fireworks display that our family puts on, we were reminded that fireworks contain sulfur by the smell of rotten eggs from some of them. They also create a soot that lands on everything. We were also reminded how dangerous they can be by the hole found in dad's shorts when he was done shooting them off.
Even modern children can survive outside with no AC for a whole week in July. We stayed in a tent, used an outhouse and outdoor shower. Movies were set up in the garage, but the kids did not go indoors all week.
It is important to stake down all ropes for the fly of the tent (ours got rained in because of this).
Even shaving cream for sensitive skin doesn't taste good and can burn the eyes.
Dissolve powdered laundry detergent in the washer before adding clothes. Dad learned this when he went to wash the bedding after the rain.
One week with all the cousins is about all my kids can take.
The Princess got a lesson on how septic systems work.
Always wear proper footwear. Foot injuries among family members included: wasp stings, splinters, stubbed toes, bee sting, mild cuts and scrapes from objects found in water.
Glow in the dark jewelry is great for keeping track of children.
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