banker281 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Could you please share? I am just curious as to what time everyone starts their school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 mine is later than most but works well for us. we school from 10-2ish. we are off for the summer currently, but plan to start back in mid august. starting later gives us time to do our chores, eat breakfast, get dressed, and i let the kids watch a little TV. we like to move slower in the morning - so it works well for us. we wake up about 7:30 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 6:30 a.m. Yeah, as in "in your seats"....found out last year that my dd is very efficient and accurate at school work while half asleep. I'm still :001_huh: over that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We school from 10 am to about 12:30. Then we take a break. DD does her independent work during quiet time in her room at 2pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Usually at about 8am. Occaionally we'll not start until 9am - if DH gets home from a flight at 4am. Messes me up :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We start at 9 a.m. We wake at 7-7:30, eat breakfast, do chores. The boys usually have about 20 minutes to play before school. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Goal: 8 Usual: 9 Frequently: 10 Depends on what else is scheduled for the day. If we have piano lessons at 11, we do school from 8-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We usually get started around 10. I'd love to be started by 8, but that just wouldn't work for us. My kids are late sleepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We don't start until after lunch (so about 12:30). We have chores in the morning, and I think ds deserves a break between chores and school. We're usually done by 3 or 4 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita in NC Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We do school from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. for the older two. The youngest does school on and off throughout the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine in al Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 ds 11 years old starting at 8, dd 8 years old starting at 9, she just wakes much more slowly. ~c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyB Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We usually start around 10. My daughter is a morning person, so she sometimes works on her own before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We start at 10am. I really want to change that to 9am but I fear I am fighting a losing battle. My middle son is a sleeper and gets VERY cranky if woken up, although generally he is a happy go lucky kid and we prefer to keep him that way. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 School is from 8am until 11:45, followed by lunch, chores, and mega play-time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfan78 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 School from 10 am until Lunch (12pm). 1 hour break for lunch, and then we finish up by 2 or 3pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We have always started at about 8. Sometimes in the winter or on a really rainy, stormy day we may sleep later, but we have things out of the house most days, so we have to be up and at 'em in order to get our work at home done.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 With dance starting at 3 we have to start school this year at 8a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiMomNP Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We start at 7:30 AM. We were starting much later last year, but this year we are working on character building including self-discipline and work ethic. So that means he is up and out of bed by 7:30 to sit down with us for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 2:30/3:00pm. I have to wait until ds2 is napping or he'll shout out the ABC answers before ds4, and he "reads" all cvc words as "cat," which confuses ds4. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpidarkomama Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Last year we didn't start until 10/10:30, but now with kids in 3rd, 1st, K, and pre-K I have to be a little more organized and really start by 9:00. I really liked our 10:00+ start time, though!! :( But I'd also like to be done by 3/3:30 every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8:30 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I have ranged from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. depending on the year, the kids, and our schedule. The older the kid gets the longer the day is unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I am going to be starting at 8 in Sept when we start back with a Bible & Breakfast time and then we will get into work and work until about 11:20 or so, then break for lunch. I will only have mornings to work with them and then in the afternoon from 12-3 they will have some independent work to complete while I work an afternoon shift. I am sure they will be done by 2pm or so and then the rest of the day would be free choice until I get home and we head out to soccer practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We're going to try to start at 8:00, when the school bell across the street rings. In practice, though, we start whenever DD is up, dressed, and has eaten breakfast. I'd rather let her sleep a little later if she's tired that morning than force the issue, and if she's up early, I have no problem with starting early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My younger 2 are early risers so we usually start around 8:30am, and my older son gets up a little later, and I just let him get up on his own. Most of his work is independent anyway. I can get a lot done with the younger 2 this way.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahRah Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We usually start around 9:30 AM....do an hour or so, break until afternoon, so another hour, sometimes two....then in the evening do some more after dinner if DS is up for it. We don't do everything in one long stretch, but break it up throughout the day, usually into two shorter stretches, sometimes three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) We're off to a great start this year! We've started our school days so far all at 7am! This works out the best for all of us. We get to visit with daddy before he leaves for work, we all get breakfast and are done with school by lunch time most days! if not within an hour after lunch! :) This year we're setting the timer per subject or doing 1 lesson and stopping...AND we're not breaking after every lesson either. We break TWICE through-out the morning during our school and that's it. I explain to the kids if we break more often we won't be done by lunch and they groan at the thought of doing school after lunch..so we all like to be done by lunch! Last year I let my kids sleep til they were ready to get up on their own. We'd start school usually around 9am or 10am most days last year and be done with school around 4pm!! I was so TIRED of doing this. The kids didn't like getting so little afternoon time and I didn't like it either. We would take ALOT of breaks...one after each lesson almost. I like that we're up as a family at 6:30am every morning! The totboy is the only one allowed to sleep in each day and most of the time he wakes up by 8am anyhow. This gives the girls and I an hour to do a lesson or two before he wakes up. Edited July 27, 2011 by mamaofblessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Around 8. Lets them play while still finishing early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My oldest gets up around 7:30, I get up about 8. The younger three then wake up between 8-8:30. Sometimes i have to wake them up. We start with Speekee during breakfast, and then the kids do GoTrybe Exercise while I either shower or go online for a bit. I try to start seat work by 9-9:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakotajm Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I had imagined starting by 8:30 most days when we began, and often I did. But it got later as this got harder to do-oldest sleeps in and younger two are so hard to keep on track. In reality, it has evened out to about 9:30 or 10 with the oldest being mostly on her own to start when she is not comatose-around 11. She must have her cup of tea, you know. We keep getting more livestock around here which keeps slowing me down, as I seem to be in charge of their feeding and care by default (though I do delegate regularly). It takes me dang near an hour to feed myself, husband, two youngest kids, 4 cats, 2 dogs, one lamb, several chickens. Sheesh! Then I groan to think of all the other work ahead, I hate to admit. Usually a load of laundry goes in before school, as well as a drainer full of dishes while making breakfast. No wonder I am exhausted by the time we start school.Hmmm...there must be a better way.:glare: For years I have dreamed of doing Latin lesson with dd14 at 7:30 every morning before the others get up. She is not enthusiastic, to put it mildly. How do you get late risers to convert? Anyone try it successfully? Lakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I planned to start at 9am this year, but I think I am going to have to change it to 8:30. Still tweaking the schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I get up around 6ish, they are up around 7ish and at the table by 8ish :tongue_smilie:. They have alarm clocks, which one uses well...the other is not a morning person so it takes her longer to get going. And heaven forbid if you turn on her bedroom light before she's out of the bed-the grouch comes out, lol. They school until their work is done for the day. My main requirement is that Math and music practice must be done each day. The rest of the schedule they have just needs to be finished by the end of the week. Our DS likes to do all his weekly reading at once, or gets so caught up in science that he'll finish a whole weeks worth in one day...then he just has to finish up the other stuff through the rest of the week. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We are starting back next week. My hope is that we will be starting at 8:30 but I think my reality will be 9:00. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 :001_huh: Our school day lasts from 8am until almost 5pm because it coincides with my workday which is 7-6. They come and go from my office and I come and go from the school table as we're available and as we're needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We start at 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My ideal would be around 9, last year it was closer to 10 on most days. I get up by 6am, the boys are allowed out of their room at 7 and only occasionally do they sleep any later than 7:30. I have to confess that the slow starter is ME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 9:00 a.m., give or take a half-hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 6:30ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8:00 am is usually when we start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 8:30 am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 This year, 9 am. Previous years have been much later, but twice a week we need to leave the house by 9am so we are making being ready before 9 our regular routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 My shiny new schedule for this year says we're going to start at 8:00. In other words, ask me in a month ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Around 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Ds starts at 6. We break for breakfast at 7:00 and then we all start again at 7:30. Everyone here works better before lunch. I prefer school to be done while we are at our best. Housework can be done in the afternoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 9 am. Although, this past year we were a little more flexible on scheduling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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