LNC Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) Not going well! I never have time for art lessons and that is important to my children. Another priority though is playing outside all afternoon. We have a large homeschool family down the street and they have endless games, nature fun, sports, fellowship, and imaginative play outside from 3-5pm. Here is our academic schedule - my special needs son gets on the bus around 8:30 next year. We need to start when he leaves - we started much earlier last year when his schedule was different. Homeschool schedule: 8:30-9:15 CLE Math 9:15-10:00 CLE Language Arts 10:00-10:30 Daughter piano Son read to Mom and CLP Phonics C 10:30-11:00 Son piano Daughter CLE reading or Veritas novel guide 11:00-12:00 Boxes: #1 Spelling, Vocab, Writing w/ Ease #2 Bible, Logic, & Geography 12:00-12:15 Lunch 12:15-1:15 silent reading on beds 1:15-2:00 Science 2:00-3:00 History 3:00-5:00 outside 5:00 clean up and help w/ dinner 5:15 dinner Any ideas? I own 5 years of Artpacs and only the first 10 lessons of Artpac 1 are completed. I own Artistic Pursuits K-3 vol. 1-3 and 4-6 vol.1 and haven't done anything out of it. Should I just make a schedule and add it to a box? I hate to downsize our silent reading time bc of evening activities. Thanks! Edited July 11, 2009 by LNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Maybe you could shave off 5-10 minutes from each activity planned and that would give you a bit left over for art? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Is this a schedule you use every day? Could you drop science and history to 3 days a week and have the other two for art? Just a thought. The outside time sounds great, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I agree with cutting back on the history and science time. We do three days of history and two of science here. If you can't cut back that much, how about cutting each to just 4 days a week. 1:15-2:00 Art (Monday), Science (Tues.-Fri.) 2:00-3:00 History (Mon.-Thurs.), Art(Fri.) HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 I agree with cutting back on the history and science time. We do three days of history and two of science here. If you can't cut back that much, how about cutting each to just 4 days a week. 1:15-2:00 Art (Monday), Science (Tues.-Fri.) 2:00-3:00 History (Mon.-Thurs.), Art(Fri.) HTH Good idea - I can cut a day of science. I'll schedule art on Fridays. I read aloud every day for history so can't cut down on that one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I don't know the ages of your children, but 2 hours a day on science and history seems like a lot. Also, could you allow your children to have some of their silent reading time at bedtime instead of in the middle of the day? Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Read aloud for history at bedtime or after supper as family time? Is it interesting books or a boring textbook? Then alternate History (MWF) with Science (TTh.) Those are my only thoughts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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