Homeschool Scheduling - How You Can Finish Lessons By Lunch
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Here's how you can organize your homeschool schedule so that lessons are done by lunchtime-it's all due to the Charlotte Mason Method!
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That's if everyone cooperates & we don't get interrupted 5 bazillion times 😅
That part😂
Oh yeah don’t I wish. The interruptions and keeping 3 adhd/dyslexic kids on task 😂.
We need all day.
Thank you for joining us, interruptions will happen that is for sure! Here is another helpful post that specifically addresses those interruptions and how to navigate them. simplycharlottemason.com/blog/your-questions-answered-a-smooth-morning-of-lessons/
You are doing a great job respecting your children as people and meeting them right where they are! Some children will need more breaks and that is ok! Alternating subjects can also be a very helpful way to give the brain a break while continuing forward with a subject that has different demands of them. Here are two posts that go into more detail if you are interested in reading more.
Keeping Your Balance: Switch Things Around
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/keeping-your-balance-switch-things-around/
The Secret to Planning Your Homeschool Day:
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/the-secret-to-planning-your-homeschool-day/
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This is great! Thank you for the practical steps and examples. I will have 1st, 4th, 6th and 8th graders this fall. Along with a preschooler and a 1 yr old! Woooo!!! Yes, all prayers welcome. 😅
Thank you for joining us, so glad that you found this episode to be helpful! Praying for your family as you enter this season of homeschooling. Please reach out with any questions that you may have as you move forward!
Here is a helpful post on engaging those preschool/toddler aged children while homeschooling older children. simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-to-nurture-your-preschooler-while-homeschooling-older-children/
Praying for you! Mine will be in grades 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8. ❤
This is wonderful! I'm a homeschooling mom to 8, and simplifying our kids' rythyms is always my goal. This will help so much.❤
Wonderful, so glad you found this episode helpful!
Flexibility! Excellent! One size never fits all.
Thank you for joining us and sharing your feedback!
We struggle with sleep big time, my own struggles and my special needs child. When we get up early, we like to get out first thing. 😊 It helps a ton with behavior to get fresh air. I've tried to implement outdoor learning but has to be VERY short to keep their attention! I gave up what I imagined, instead we discuss/bring up things while outside, in regard to nature etc. Then come back to keep record and tie into comprehensive lessons.
Getting out to be at the playground when it's absolutely covered in kids is not helpful for us, and it gets hot here too by noon. We live in a suburb of a major city so most times, even at dawn, there can be other families there. So we do that earlier.
The schedule for us (until we can adjust sleep more).
☀️ Up by 7
Outside 8-10
10-11 centering time at home, chores (laundry started)
11-4 we have chunks of learning, lunch, movement breaks/time for me to handle the laundry etc. and teaching the kids some chores too.
4-6 we try to get low key outside time, and home time for me to plan things or handle more chores.
Body hygiene and Dinner by 7.
8-9 we settle down and bed by 11.
That's IF there are no sleep issues, and there are often. It's JUST dawning on me to be more flexible and have back up schedules.
We make do okay with having most important lessons to prioritize when tired, and what I can teach that won't overwhelm them, like review and new but very similar concepts. ❤
I love having a schedule, so now I'm definitely adding a "plan B/sleepy schedule" 😅
Thank you so much for stopping by to share this wonderful schedule that you have come up with! This is a great point as many people in our community can become discouraged when the lessons are not done by lunch given their individual family circumstances. You have given us a great example here of how you can use those short lessons and the idea that you "could" be done by lunch and be flexible with it to make it work for your child and your personal family's needs. You are still having those nice short lessons, fitting in all of those other great natural learning opportunities, and above all meeting the individual needs of your children creating an environment where everyone is fully ready to learn in those moments versus shoving that learning through in the morning when you know that it will just not work for your family as well. Thank you for sharing!
For individual subjects while I'm working on math with my 1st grader what would my 2nd grader be doing and then would you let the 1st take a break while you work with math with 2nd grader and bring 1st grader back for reading after (even with changing subjects my kids don't do well back to back subjects) also I have a 4th grader who's less independent than I'd like so I'm not sure what he should do while I'm working with the first 2 kids. (Maybe I need to look into less teacher led curriculum)
Certain curriculum like My Father's World is family friendly in that lessons are designed to incorporate all family members of any age. Look for those.
I will also have a first grader and second grader this coming school year along with my fourth grader, 7th and 10th and two little ones. My second grader is not a strong reader, but I did look for some independent things that she could do without me so I could work with a different child. Sometimes it even works to have a child put a puzzle together or a similar type of activity. He or she can be sent outside if that's a possibility where you live and told to find something in nature that they can bring back in. If they would like to try to draw it, they could or could even just described it to you. It is definitely a challenge to juggle multiple children especially when they are not all very independent. But try to think outside the box for guided activities that don't require your direction.
Great question! While you are working directly with one child, you can have your other children working on anything they can do independently. If they are not yet ready for independent school work, it can be helpful to have a few pre-thought out school time only activities that they can engage in or they can play outside, add a sketch to their nature journals, or use that time for some of their chores. SCM is a curriculum where so much can be done as a family, which is wonderful. For those individual skill based subjects including: math, language arts, and science (even science you can have some groupings for elementary school) it will be helpful to have a plan for what the other children will do while you have focused time individually with one student. Lessons are short using a Charlotte Mason approach, so it may help to sketch out your time blocks and determine what will work best for your family. Here are some helpful blogposts with some additional ideas.
Your Questions Answered: Charlotte Mason with a Large Family
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/your-questions-answered-charlotte-mason-with-a-large-family/
40 Ideas for Independent Work (Not Busywork)
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/40-ideas-for-independent-work-not-busywork/
Wonderful video.❤
Thank you for sharing your feedback!
I needed to hear this, thank you so much for these schedules and tips. I am hoping to start homeschooling with my soon to be 5 year old and I am very, very nervous. I work from home and have two other children ages 2 and under. I have such a hard time starting and even sticking to a routine 😢, so im scared I won’t be able to teach my son much. He has shown interest in learning to read and write but does not like to do 15 minute lessons 😢. This video has given me good tips to keep things short
Thank you for reaching out with your questions and concerns. Charlotte Mason did not require "formal lessons" for children younger than six years old. That being said, you can certainly teach your children so much informally and develop some good habits and routines in the early years. Also, if your child is interested in learning about something, feel free to move forward in that area, you just do not need to require it if they are not quite ready. Here is a link to SCM's recommendations and resource for children younger than six years old.
simplycharlottemason.com/planning/preschool-guide/
If your son is not ready for 15 minute lessons yet, again he would not be required to do any "formal lessons." If he is interested but his attention span is shorter, meet him where he is and slowly work up toward your target. Many lessons in the early years especially can be very short yet very effective. Here is some more information on short lessons and teaching your individual child.
6 Benefits of Short Lessons
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/6-benefits-of-short-lessons/
How to Teach the Child, Not Just the Curriculum
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/teach-child-not-just-curriculum/
Here are a few posts on engaging your younger children while trying to homeschool older children.
How to Nurture Your Preschooler While Homeschooling Older Children:
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-to-nurture-your-preschooler-while-homeschooling-older-children/
Your Questions Answered: Homeschooling with Preschoolers in the Mix
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/your-questions-answered-homeschooling-with-preschoolers-in-the-mix/
Last, here is a post to encourage you in homeschooling while working from home. It is a challenge and you have a lot of needs to balance, we are here to support you and answer any questions that you may have about using SCM resources or Charlotte Mason's methods in your homeschooling.
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/homeschooling-and-working-from-home/
@@SimplyCharlotteMasonThank you very much for all this info you provided (in the video and in this comment) it has helped tremendously. God bless.
thankyou so much. I never homeschooled any child from age 5yrs before. he seems to get bored easily.
Thank you for joining us, so glad that you found this episode helpful!
my son is 14 and due to ADD we often get to the end of the day and the actual learning we got only an hour worth of actual learning/ bookwork done in an entire day!! I have not managed to get a schedule to work to get through any lessons in one day: 5 years later...grrrr. feeling a bit helpless.
Hi, Thank you for reaching out with your questions. Working with a child with attention issues can be a challenge to get your tasks done in the time you had planned. Charlotte Mason recommended short lessons for everyone. This time spent on a subject will increase as the student gets older, however SCM recommends parents start with what their child is able to attend to in one sitting and move up from there.
This post is specific to ADHD and what one homeschooling mother has found helpful for her daughter.
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/charlotte-mason-homeschooling-with-adhd/
This post explains the idea of short lessons more thoroughly.
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/6-benefits-of-short-lessons/
Another strategy that can be helpful especially with students who struggle with attention may be to break up the lesson. Now, this will mean that you will return to that lesson multiple times during the day, however overall you should still be spending the same amount of time on that subject. What you do in between can certainly extend "the school day" unless it is also a school subject. This post will talk about how to give your student those "brain breaks" while continuing to work through your school subjects, alternating the type of work you are asking your student to do.
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/the-secret-to-planning-your-homeschool-day/
Here is a helpful post that goes over what to expect in high school and gives some guidelines for how long a lesson will take. Again, adapt this to fit your child, if he is not ready for a 45 minute math lesson for example, shorten it and work your way up or break it into smaller chunks so that he is productively working for the time that he is spending on that lesson for the day.
simplycharlottemason.com/blog/charlotte-mason-high-school/
As your student is getting older it also may be great to sit down with him and have some conversations about what your expectations are, strategies that may be helpful for time management/remembering the schedule, and how you can help him succeed.
@@SimplyCharlotteMason I am so grateful. I will stick this on my wall and watch the videos to remind me we Can do it....we just need to adapt. I really appreciate your care and time! Thank you so much.