LHTH with only 4 free days a week?

[venusmom]

I'm wondering if anyone else has 'tweaked' LHTH to fit in a 4 day week. I am ready to go with it for the 4 pre-schoolers I keep and I also homeschool my older two children (7 & 11), so I have to be efficient with my time. We go to co-op on Thursdays so I likely won't have time for pre-school on that day. My older children use it as a light day for a small amt of independent work. This is my first year to use HOD LHTH so I am not completely sure how to fit it all in. We leave Thursday mornings around 9:00 am, with lunches packed & all my older kids supplies. I thought about prepping what I can and doing pre-school while my children are in classes. This may be do-able, but there will be distractions as we have a large room where any moms and kids that are not in classes congregate. Additionally, I am the treasurer for our home school group - and there is quite a bit of work involved with that - especially during co-op hours. Any suggestions on doing the week in 4 days? I know I could just do it one day at a time, but I think it would be awkward for a because our 1st week would be A & #1 for 1 week and a Monday. Then our B & #2 would be Tues, Wed, Fri, Mon, Tue, and so-on...I am not sure I want the letter of the week to e dragged out like that. It may simplify things to tweak out a few items and just leave out a few things or to double-up and do two days at once. Any suggestions?

I have one pre-schooler who comes 5 days, another comes M-W-F, another comes Tue-Fri, and the other comes M-W (unless his mom gets called in on Tue, Thur, or Fri). Because of that - only one of the pre-schoolers will actually get to do all of the activities - so I guess this is a bit of a different situation. But - maybe not - I'm hoping someone who has done LHTH can offer some advice - maybe not my exact situation - but homeschooling older kids and trying to do pre-school for a few too - and still do co-op. Thanks so much in advance for your tips!

[netpea]

I've done LHTH several times and I can tell you that it really doesn't mess things up to just do one day at a time even if your units don't line up with the calendar week. LHTH is not a 34 week program like the others. I would just do one day at a time and then your LHTH child will finish up the year at the same time as older sibs.

[venusmom]

Thanks netpea...I did notice it has only 33 weeks...I was actually just more concerned about carrying the topic the letter & number out over more than a week. I appreciate the advice - it's good to hear from someone who has done it before. Thank you

[Robbi]

We are in unit 17 of LHTH now with my preK'er and we started out last fall going half speed plus only 4 days a week and it didn't bother us that the letters didn't line up with the week. Even after we started going full speed we only went 4 days a week. We would just excited say "this is day 1, its a new letter!!!" No matter what day of the week it was!!

That said, you could def add in an extra box everyday & sqeeze the 5 days into 4. It shouldn't add more than 5 mins. I just never did it.

HTH

[venusmom]

That is a thought..one box a day would be simple to do if I decide I want to keep our letters in the same week. Thanks - I like that too Robbi!

Although - I may just do it one day at a time and not worry about where the letters fall, like you and netpea said - that may actually be good for my pre-schoolers that only come 2 days a week. I'll have to sketch out how the pattern that would create and see how that works with my 3 part-time kiddos.