Related Post: Why Homeschool is a Blessing to Our Family Self guided schoolwork Yep, they asked for the checklist and they love checking off their work with gusto. But, after watching Shaun the Sheep, and seeing the sheep dog do his daily checklists, it’s all they wanted. Honestly, I’m not really a person that is naturally drawn to checklists, as I prefer more of a routine and pattern based way of life. I re-write the loop schedule whenever anything changes, and the kids adore checking off their daily and loop items.
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And when we finish with one history book, we are free to move to another era. After studying maps for a while, we may switch to a more intensive grammar study. With the loop schedule, we can change up the items on our loop as often as we need to. We’ll switch to Earth Science when snow arrives and the nature walks become less frequent. We’re studying North American Wildlife in Science at the moment, and we take a nature walk every Friday to collect samples and look for signs of animals and plants first hand. History is a big story, and it needs discussing, not memorizing. One fantastic thing about just studying one of these subjects each day is that we really get time to dive into each one a lot more than if we were studying each one every single day.įor example, when we do a history lesson, we are able to look up in our other books all about the characters or time periods in the lesson, look at a lot of other illustrations, find areas on maps, and spend plenty of time talking about what we learned, all without the pressure to move on to several more subjects. We LOVE Poetry Tea Time, and I think every homeschool should have one!
This Autumn, our loop subjects are History, Geography/Maps, Science, and Handiwork (crafts or painting.) We also have Poetry Tea Time every Friday, where poems are recited or read, treats are eaten, applause is given and bows are taken.
Related Post: Raising Readers, Sharing the Love of Literature with My Children What’s on the loop schedule?Įvery day we do ONE subject from our loop subjects. We are still settling on good Uke resources, share if you have favorites! Uke practice is fun and brief, all about singing and playing and having fun. Music practice is something new to our homeschool this year, and we’re playin’ ukuleles! They are so cute. My kids love the flashcards because they feel like a race, and we do them in about 5 minutes. We sometimes do flashcards for extra speed practice, but only when we need to spruce up on the basics. Little by little, we keep moving forward. Math lessons are just one section per day, and take about half an hour. It doesn’t take long to do this, and that’s the point! I want my children to know that they can produce something of quality in a short time, on a regular basis. This is excellent practice for penmanship, grammar, spelling and general writing practice. The synopsis must be brief, well-composed, with good handwriting, perfect spelling and punctuation. Our Kindergarden student completes her lesson from Teach Your Child to Ready in 100 Easy Lessons (highly recommended!) and corresponding Kumon Write and Wipe letters.
If we are using Pathway Readers, they complete the corresponding workbook pages.
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It’s usually one to two chapters of literature that I have chosen, plus a written synopsis. The golden rule of the daily schoolwork is “short and sweet”. (Reading, writing, and math.) We also do music practice daily. That is Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmathic. Looping for us consists of a group of daily school subjects, and a group of subjects that are completed one per day, in a loop format. We’re also taking a more seasonal approach to life, and our homeschool is included in that! Our Gentle Back to School after a short break has us settling in nicely, without the flurry of stress that is usual for the back-to-school season. It’s possible that I’m cray cray, so yes, I accept that.īUT, it may make a bit more sense if you read a bit more about Year-round Homeschool at the Cottage and why it’s actually more restful for us to take more frequent short break in the bookwork rather than lumping it all together in the summertime. Wait, what? No summer break! Am I a crazy woman? Here’s a brief synopsis of our loop schedule, plus a printable schedule for you to customize and try out for yourself!Īs you probably know, we homeschool year-round, with six weeks on school and one week of restorative rest from bookwork. Have you heard of loop scheduling? It works brilliantly for our family, keeping us moving along every day, but never feeling overwhelmed or frustrated.
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