POLL: What's the first school subject of your school day?

[katalaska]

Whether you teach it or you assign it--I'm curious what subject your kids work on first.

[VaKim]

Bible, though really not a "subject." Next is memory work.

[Jen500]

Math. Although my dc read on their own first thing.

[Book Crazy]

Latin

[JudoMom]

Memory Work. The poem we're currently learning, the Presidents, and Bible verses they need to learn for church. After that, it varies according to our Loop.

[threetreasurs]

For now getting math done first seems to make the day flow better!

[Jenny in Florida]

. . . is math. However, my son often does assigned reading over breakfast, just to get a start on his day.

[sleepy]

It's different for each kid:

 

dd13 does her English first

dd12 does math first

ds10 does Latin first

[beansprouts]

When I am having trouble keeping up with a subject, I make that subject first. Last spring it was History, and since then this is where we have begun our day.

 

If I begin having troubles with another subject I may change that.

[Karenciavo]

I checked language, but ds6 works on penmanship and math drill while I'm teaching ds15 & ds13 Latin. We start our day with a 15 minute review period.

[NorCalMom]

We start our day with Bible study and prayer.

[OnTheBrink]

Math. If we don't do it first, we have tears and gnashing of teeth because when math is done later in the day, it becomes exponentially more difficult.

[Alenee]

I answered "other". We begin with poetry memorization after devotions and then go to math.

[Old Dominion Heather]

The kids have their list and chose whatever they want to start with... it changes daily.

[Jean in Newcastle]

History - because I read aloud at breakfast.

 

But for seatwork, dd6 starts with math.

Ds11 is allowed to choose the order of his subjects as long as they get done before the end of the day.

[charlotteb]

We do Bible study first because I want my kids to learn that God should be the most important thing to learn about!

[mommylawyer]

We do history first - I read while we eat breakfast. If we're not doing history that day, I try to read something to them. After breakfast, we get dressed, then meet in the school room where we do Language Arts subjects first. If we have activities to go along with our history lesson, we do those last, after everything else is finished. Nice way to round out what we started the day with.

[chaik76]

Reading/Phonics. Math is last as it is a favorite subject for my son.

[Barb_]

I have the kids do handwriting first because they can do it independently while they are waiting for me to get geared up. Our first 'real' subject is Math because I like to have fresh minds for absorbing Math.

 

Barb

[ncmomo3]

Math. If we don't do it first, we have tears and gnashing of teeth because when math is done later in the day, it becomes exponentially more difficult.

You said it!

[JFSinIL]

Math -to get it over with - then we walk the dog.

[Laura K (NC)]

All three of my kids watch it, so that's the first subject of the official school day at about 9am. My oldest often gets a subject in before then, though. If we don't plan on art at 9, then it gets impossible for all three boys to coordinate their stopping points. This DVD works great because I can listen and watch while I organize some of their other subjects. Sometimes I just listen and watch because it's a great series.

[bumbledeb]

We start with reading for the two youngest but end with reading for big brother. We do Bible - related things first thing after breakfast but I voted reading because I don't count Bible as part of school.

[Andie]

I need two votes! Some days it's Latin, some days it's math. :001_smile:

[Mama Lynx]

I chose math, because when I'm in charge, we do math first. However, lately I let the kids choose. Often, they choose to do math first. Except the oldest :lol:

 

ETA my oldest almost always chooses to do his reading first.

[Tess in the Burbs]

my son wants to start with math...so he does that.

 

my dd wants to do ETC and HWT, so she does that.

 

then they switch. group lessons are done after individual work is done.

[LaMere Academy]

Bible/Devotional and then Poetry

We're all together in the living room, I do most of the reading and it's all done aloud.

[swellmomma]

We do bibe study first then math. The exception to this is days when dd is being PITA and dawdling then I get ds to do his math while we wait for her to get to the table. I prefer to start the day with bible though as a way to get our hearts and minds focused on what is important.

[Ancora_Imparo]

we start with a warm-up of calculadder and memory work, not lasting more than 15 minutes. Then she gets to pick the subjects in whatever order she wants, saving piano for last (that is her favorite).

 

Tracy

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

Well, we're having a sloooooow start to our school year (I've been under the weather), but we are technically supposed to start with memory work (poetry, Bible verses, etc...) and geography at the breakfast table. I voted 'other.'

[~Tara~]

They each grab whatever they want to start the day. I'm not even sure they stick to the same order each day. Eldest may do handwriting first one day, then math first the next. Yo may start with grammar one day, then math the next. I think Nugget almost always starts with math though.

 

So, my answer, "other". It varies from child to child, day to day. :D

[MeanestMomInMidwest]

We used to start with math, but now I'm having them do journaling first thing. It kinda settles them down and gives me a chance to get the math ready to teach (since I can't seem to do my prep work at night). Then we move on to the Math, but save the worksheets for later in the day. I have to split math up because there is a lot of resistance to it from my ds6

[TwinMominTX]

We do geography first.

[TammyinTN]

We start with Bible class then onto math.

[Beebalm]

We begin with music (strings) and then math...the two most challenging subjects....to kick our brains in gear.

[Laurel]

The current schedule has us starting with math. But we did phonics/reading instruction first yesterday, and flew right through it. It's usually a struggle, and I'm now thinking that's because she's tired. So I am considering starting with phonics first thing. If math then becomes a struggle (right now math is easy-peasy, but, again, maybe that's because it's the first thing we do), then maybe we will switch every other day which we start with.

[Guest]

We start with prayer, Bible memory verse and then a short Bible story. Then, we move on to Phonics. Since we're only doing Saxon K for math, we save it for last - it's mostly playing.

[TN Mama]

I selected Math as that is our first "official" subject of the day. We actually start with a Bible story over breakfast before moving into Math. My daughter claims to love math, but it is the one that has the potential to cause the most distraction/emotion.

[mycalling]

Phonics, but I think they'd do better with having math first.

[nukeswife]

We don't have a specific one we start with. The kids have folders with all their work in it and they can choose which they want to start with. It's different almost every single day, but it works for us.

[sassenach]

Ours is scheduled to be bible, but we do the loop system so it can change. For example, we didn't get through our loop yesterday. We still had latin to get done, so today we started with latin. We'll finish our loop today, so tomorrow it will be bible again.

[NancyNellen]

I voted 'other', as the first 'official' thing assigned to them is memory work. I create a daily, rotating memory page for each day where we review Scripture, poems, math facts, measurements, Latin vocab, etc. However, we do have a family devotion time during breakfast every day. I just don't count that as a part of our school day.

[ereks mom]

Math. If we don't do it first, we have tears and gnashing of teeth because when math is done later in the day, it becomes exponentially more difficult.

 

:iagree:

[Sarah CB]

We practice violin first. One boy starts at 7:30 while everyone else finishes their breakfast and morning chores. Dd begins her independent work (French, Latin, spelling) at 8am. The other boy starts violin at 8:30. We meet downstairs for the subjects we do out loud together (Bible, memory, geography, etc.) at 9:30. Math starts after that.

[Laurie4b]

It depends on the individual. For one of my kids, the first subject must be occupational/vision therapy exercises. My other kids plan their own school days. I encourage them to put the subjects that require the most concentration for them at the beginning of the day, and the subjects that are easier for them or that require less concentration after lunch. Generally, I'd be looking for math and writing to be done in the morning in elementary school or middle school.

[Michele B]

Math!

 

But sometimes I try to do piano first - as a brain warm-up!

[Guest Lorna]

We go swimming every second day or for an hours cycle the other days at about 6.30. It is great for us all to share this quality time with dh before his work and the day begins and everyone feels better all day. After that it is maths...

[Plaid Dad]

At home, it is always Latin, followed by math. At the cottage school, it varies from day to day: history, composition, memory work.

[hsmamainva]

My kids do math first because it's their favorite subject (well, my oldest wouldn't say that, but the other three would!)

 

Then we do language arts, then art, history, and science, in that order.

[Mad Jenny Flint]

This includes either philosophy/values/character/ethics or, more recently, geography and election/political issues discussion. This takes anywhere from 20 min. to one hour, usually around 30 min. It is so great because it gets us thinking about things that are important to us, but it's not too brain intensive. It also helps us to get to know one another, and we snuggle on the couch while we do it. What could be better? :hurray:

 

Oh, one other thing. We start with the above at 8:30, but before that, everyone gets up at 6 and we all read for about 60-90 minutes. The kids have half an hour of required reading and one hour of free reading, or they switch if the required reading is starting to run behind. This helps us to wake up in a leisurely way. The whole family is together in the same room when we do this- the only time of the day when we are all together and it is quiet.