Schooling 6 days a week

[Hunter's Moon]

I decided that I will do 40 weeks of school. Now, I am thinking about schooling 6 days a week.

 

I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and now it is beginning to scare me. Lol. (Not that it is a bad thing, of course!)

 

The very thought of planning and scheduling just makes my heart beat faster and I start drooling over the very idea!!!!

 

Anyways, who homeschools 6 days a week, and what is your general plan of attack?

 

I was thinking main subjects M-TH, somewhat light on Friday (review,makeup,tests,field trips) and then on Saturday do my electives.

 

That is just one idea I had. Then I began to think about throwing in Saturday as a core day like the others, and just spreading out my core classes more.

 

If you cannot tell, I am just excited at the thought of this and can't wait until PS ends for me. I even sneak onto the computer in Video Production to do some research :blush:

 

Anyways, how do you spread out your days if you homeschool 6 days a week?

 

 

Another idea: I am thinking of doing what I have to for 11th grade and right when I'm done moving onto next years subjects. For example, if I finish Pre-Calc early, I will do Life of Fred Calculus until I can buy MUS for Senior Year and so on. For the rest of the classes, say I finish American History II early, just moving onto Government/Economics using library books until I can buy a curriculum. (I basically live at the library so this shouldn't be a problem) Anyone done this?

 

Sorry for my ramblings and overall excitement.

[Beth in TN]

My advice is to begin your school year working only 5 days per week for a few weeks just to get used to your new curriculum and routine. THEN, if you decide that you want to do more work on Saturday add it.

 

You may find that Saturday is needed for extra studying for a test or homework (eg. writing essays or more math work). Or maybe you have full days during the week and just want to spend some time reading or socializing with friends and family.

[Tree House Academy]

Well, considering that we actually do formal school 4 days a week and use day 5 for co-op and electives, I can't really answer your quesiton. It actually makes me dry heave a bit to even think of schooling more than 5 days a week. We just need the break with the ages of my kids.

\.......But since You are the student, I have to say GOOD FOR YOU! Have fun and learn all you can! :)

[Teachin'Mine]

Just one thought - colleges like to see students who have interests outside of their classes. Saturdays could be a good time to get involved in volunteer activities and/or anything else that interests you. I can imagine that with your schedule some work will spill over into Saturday, as it does for other high school students, but I personally would avoid scheduling work for that day. Then again, an elective or two that only takes a couple of hours in the morning could work. Will be curious to see what you decide and how the schedule works. :) That's the nice thing about home schooling. You can always give something a try, and know that you have other options too.

[Murphy101]

This is what we do.

You might enjoy reading about the Swann family and they did HS-ing. There's a recent thread about it her but I don't have time to link to it right now.

 

I think it's wonderful that you are so enthusiastic about learning!:D

 

Another idea: I am thinking of doing what I have to for 11th grade and right when I'm done moving onto next years subjects. For example, if I finish Pre-Calc early, I will do Life of Fred Calculus until I can buy MUS for Senior Year and so on. For the rest of the classes, say I finish American History II early, just moving onto Government/Economics using library books until I can buy a curriculum. (I basically live at the library so this shouldn't be a problem) Anyone done this?

[Ester Maria]

We homeschool six days a week, with relatively long work days for kids their age (btw, we homeschool S-Th, Fridays 2/3 of the day), but that's due to the amount of the academic load and the fact that we travel / take off a lot, so it has to even out somewhere - I'm not sure I'd go with the 6-days option if you have no reason to do it. You might overwhelm yourself and cut your free time for other interests and activities you might have.

 

I say start with 5-days and see where it takes you, whether you're doing things appropriately and on time, or you need an extra day to finish it up. You can always learn informally the remaining 2 days of the week ;), no need to "officially" load them too.

[StartingOver]

I decided that I will do 40 weeks of school. Now, I am thinking about schooling 6 days a week.

 

I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and now it is beginning to scare me. Lol. (Not that it is a bad thing, of course!)

 

The very thought of planning and scheduling just makes my heart beat faster and I start drooling over the very idea!!!!

 

Anyways, who homeschools 6 days a week, and what is your general plan of attack?

 

I was thinking main subjects M-TH, somewhat light on Friday (review,makeup,tests,field trips) and then on Saturday do my electives.

 

That is just one idea I had. Then I began to think about throwing in Saturday as a core day like the others, and just spreading out my core classes more.

 

If you cannot tell, I am just excited at the thought of this and can't wait until PS ends for me. I even sneak onto the computer in Video Production to do some research :blush:

 

Anyways, how do you spread out your days if you homeschool 6 days a week?

 

 

Another idea: I am thinking of doing what I have to for 11th grade and right when I'm done moving onto next years subjects. For example, if I finish Pre-Calc early, I will do Life of Fred Calculus until I can buy MUS for Senior Year and so on. For the rest of the classes, say I finish American History II early, just moving onto Government/Economics using library books until I can buy a curriculum. (I basically live at the library so this shouldn't be a problem) Anyone done this?

 

Sorry for my ramblings and overall excitement.

 

I think pushing to hard could cause burnout. I see no issue with going on to the next thing. But you have a life time to learn everything, it doesn't have to be done in the next 6 months. :) You need to take time off to recharge too. If you school 4 days a week ( adding light friday's ) for a couple of months and want to add a Saturday after that, then I would say go for it.

 

Just my two cents.

[Brindee]

My advice is to begin your school year working only 5 days per week for a few weeks just to get used to your new curriculum and routine. THEN, if you decide that you want to do more work on Saturday add it.

 

You may find that Saturday is needed for extra studying for a test or homework (eg. writing essays or more math work). Or maybe you have full days during the week and just want to spend some time reading or socializing with friends and family.

:iagree: Doing that gives you an idea of how you and your classes get along. :001_smile: You'd have an idea of how long things take, and know more if you'd want to add Sturday studies to the mix or not.

 

We always move right into the next book once we're done with one book. It keeps things fresher that way. We usually do math 2-3 days a week over the summer, so there's not that loss of knowledge, finish one book, take a little break, then dig into the next one.

 

I agree with the volunteering idea. A good number of hours of Community Service is looked on very highly! If you do an elective class for an hour or so on Saturday, then spend a couple or more hours volunteering--at the Humane Society, or with a community service project, and keep track of the hours--that'd be very good to have on your paperwork you send to colleges!

[Rosie_0801]

I think it is a good idea to make time to be regularly involved in the community in some way. The people you meet and work/play with there are the ones you'll be asking for references when you are ready to look for work or your own flat. It was a bit of a shock to me recently when we were filling out forms for a new rental. Who to put down for references? Do I even know anyone anymore? !!

 

Rosie

[jld]

You don't necessarily have to have a plan for everything. I don't plan out much, and even when I do, life doesn't usually follow the plan.

 

Why not just start out whole hog, studying as much as your heart desires, 7 days a week, 12 hours a day if you have no other responsibilities (smaller siblings, a job, extra-curriculars, etc.), and see how it goes? You'll find your rhythm. You'll know when you need a break.

 

Sometimes you have to give up some control and just let life happen. If you see homeschooling as a learning lifestyle, and really try to nearly always use your time wisely (we all goof off sometimes and watch a sitcom or just navel-gaze a bit), I really think you'll be fine.:)