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Hello! This is our schedule for five children. We are currently using Preparing with 3 different ages and LHTH for the 2 little ones.
08:00-09:00 Wake Up & a simple breakfast
09:00-09:30 Older 2 begin math knowing it will be put on hold as soon as mom comes in the schoolroom.
09:30-10:00 Little ones watch a DVD while older 3 begin school with Bible Study immediately followed by Storytime.
10:00-10:15 Reading about History. Little ones playing with Little People quietly on the floor.
10:15-11:00 Research & History Project. (Older 2 on their own while I answer questions & 8 y.o. works right with me.)
11:00-11:30 LHTH with little ones while the older 3 proceed with independent work in Science, Math, L.A. & History Study
11:30-12:00 Lunch prep & lunch
12:00–12:30 Baby down for nap; Outside play for the older ones.
01:00-01:30 4 y.o has a craft project or play dough while I take turns doing dictation & grammar with 3 older children.
02:00-03:00 Finish independent work in Science, L. A. or History Study, Greek or Latin (My 8 y.o. works with mom!) Baby wakes in this hour.
3:00 Tidy up time & then free time.
4:30 Dinner prep
5:30 Dinner
6:15-9:00 older boys to swim team or basketball practice. Errands or special story & play time with little ones.
9:00 Baby in bed. Others get ready for bed.
9:30 Story time with Mom in her bed.
10:00 All kids asleep!

I day a week we have piano/violin lessons in the morning & Chess Club in the afternoon and another day we have Math Olympiads competition practice in the afternoon( We skip math that day.) 1 day per month we do a full day co-op and 1 afternoon per month we do a FIAR & Christian character club at our local library– only for the 4 & 8 y.o. old.

Hi everyone!
I just thought I would bump this topic, as so many seem to be looking for it lately (me included).

The link below is to another thread on our board, where a sweet mom shared her schedule for Preparing Hearts. I thought I'd link her schedule here on the scheduling thread too.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6367&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Blessings,
Carrie

Carrie I am bumping this up becasuen I am not seeing it as a sticky and this is one I think would help. If I missed it just ignore me.

Great idea, water2wine! I'll make it a sticky!

Blessings,
Carrie

Here is an updated link to Julie's (mythreesons) school schedules.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6514&p=47544&hilit= ... lie#p47544

I would love to see some 2010 schedules posted!

I would love to see someones schedule for RTR!

Hi April! I just made my schedule for RTR (as well as for Bigger Hearts and LHTH). I based it on last year's schedule I used for CTC, Beyond, and half-speed LHTH, which gave us a very manageable happy year. I did blocks of teaching time, rotating them between dc, and having each child take a turn playing with our sweet (yet very busy) toddler. I tried to keep assignments they needed to finish on their own towards the end of a block of time, so I could still move on to the next thing if they were taking an extra bit to finish. I also put their math/science at the same times, so I can bop between tables to help as needed. While my olders do math, it is a great time for my toddler to be at the table doing his Kumon books. When they are doing science, he's playing right by us because he loves to watch and be a part of it off and on now and then. For seatwork, it's best if my oldest two aren't by each other, as they distract one another. So, my oldest always does his seatwork at the dining room table, and my middle ds at the kitchen table. The rooms are next to each other, so I can go between them easily if they're doing seatwork at the same time. All read-aloud times are done on our living room couch, with blankets of course. Science is in the kitchen.

My oldest ds is an early riser, often reading in his room at 6:30 AM or 7:00 AM. Because I like for our dc to have Bible time first in their day, I asked him if he'd like to do it on his own at 7:00 AM in his room instead of waiting to do it at the start of the official "school day". He was thrilled with this idea! Since his BIble quiet time is independent, this will work well and enable us to finish our day earlier too. I get to do DITHOR with our 2 dc together this year. We'll do it 3 days a week, as this pacing fits well for them both. (Riley did 12 weeks of half-speed Bigger Hearts last year, with daily DITHOR, he's an excellent reader, so I think he'll be fine dropping to 3 times a week.) So, one of the days, that we don't have DITHOR, we'll finish a half an hour early. I pretty much used the maximum times for things when I planned this schedule, using these links for assistance:

BHFHG time it takes:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=702

RTR time it takes:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7138&p=51937

I am not adding anything to our day, as HOD makes it very complete and keeps it balanced already. I am using HOD's recommended LA and math as well. If a family chooses to add things to the day, or substitutes LA and math that takes longer than the recommended time allotments, time will naturally need to be added to the day. But, my experience with HOD is that if I do the guide as it is written and am diligent about our routine (and I'm not answering the phone or on this lovely board during my homeschooling time ), I can always finish by lunch. In fact, when I plan for the normal maximum times, time usually begins to "fall off" our day about 2-4 weeks in as the kids learn what each box requires and get down the routine of the day. The times of the schedule become less important once the routine is established. For example, as time fell off the day last year, I told my older ds if he ever finished anything early, he could start working on his independent science box (since this was one of his last things scheduled in the day). He did this at intervals when he got ahead on things, and usually by the time he got to the time it was actually scheduled at the end, he only had a little left to finish (or none). I'm going to tell him to work on his Rotating History Box if he finishes things early this year. Anyway, I'd love to see others' schedules for RTR too, as this will help everyone schedule the new guide! Here's the link to the schedule (if you click on it, it will enlarge):


In Christ,
Julie

Wow, I am so impressed with some of these schedules. How do you do it? How do you get your children to work on their own without staring out of the window, fiddling with their fingers, or getting up 3000 times? I have a schedule down on paper, but we can never follow it.

This is our schedule for CTC with my 10yob. We've been able to get everything done by 1:00 with just a couple of exceptions. He is very excited to accomplish so much and yet be done by 1:00! I actually thought of pushing lunch back to 12:30 so we could say we are done by lunch but 12:00 works better for my older kids...I'd rather us all eat together and not have a starving teens revolt on my hands! LOL!

Oh, we're doing CTC 5 days per week--we have commitments during the winter/spring that require us to take time off here & there, so we're "getting ahead" now! And it is not a burden at all.

7:00 Wake, breakfast, chores
8:00am Bible Quiet Time
8:30 Reading About History
9:00 Storytime (20), History Project (20), Independent History Study (20)
10:00 Bible Study/Geography (20)
10:20 Language Arts (40)
11:00 Poetry
11:30 Math
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Science
1:00 Done!

In the afternoon he practices piano and does some "free" reading.

I'm looking forward to continued good fruit both academically and spiritually as the year goes on!

tollhousemom
10yob: CTC
Plus 2 homeschool high schoolers and 2 homeschool graduates

I have an 8 and 6 year old. They know the basics of evolution and how it does not follow the teachings of the Bible. For example-we did not come from monkeys.

My goal is to start school by 9:30. My oldest is using Teaching Textbooks for math and she loves it so much (this loving math is new since we switched from A Beka to Teaching Textbooks), and she wants to start school before that. She starts about 9 while I shower or clean up my room or whatever I need to be doing. Then at 9:30 we start school with our HOD rhyme and memory verse.

Then we get out the workbook portions of our school day--the little kids math, everyone's handwriting, language, that sort of thing.

As the little ones finish up, they read to me from the Animal Antics series of readers (I don't know if these are used in HOD or not, they're phonetic readers that my kids love).

We're usually done with that portion of our schooltime by 11.

I take a break, have some tea, check my e-mail, and make lunch.

At lunch I read the history portions of my little HOD curriculum. My oldest and I discuss whichever American Girl book she's been reading.

In the afternoon my oldest does her independent reading during Quiet Time.
At this point we're not using the Old Mother West Wind read aloud. I checked it out from the library but I haven't looked at it yet. I keep hoping to find it on cd. The little kids are listening to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle this week, and The Courage of Sarah Noble next week.


I would really fail as a public school parent with all that homework to do in the evening!

Mine is not really a schedule but I will share. I am using LHFHG

First thing when we start we do our weekly verse. Then we move on to the history read aloud then if there is a bible read aloud we do that. Then the science. Then read the read aloud story next. Then we move to the table where he does his sit down work or craft of whatever then we are done. I do not do all the hands on activities.

My older two (highschool) they just start and do their work on their own and I help when and if needed. That is really how my day goes.

I doubt anyone has my schedule but I will post anyway. I am a working mom 40 hrs. week. My husband and I have alternate schedules and he works nights 3 days a week for 12 hrs. I have to close at work Mondays and Wednesdays so I get home around 8:50 pm those days. We use a 4-day week schedule year 'round to homeschool. I always have wanted the kids to have 4 days in a row with consistent times, so our "school lecture time" runs 2 1/2 - 3hrs from 8:30 pm/9:00(Wed) to 11:30 pm Tuesdays -Fridays. Bedtime for Taylor is midnight and my bedtime is between 1-2 am. It is difficult but it works! I homeschooled my oldest 2 -my son started after freshman year and my daughter finished 5th grade. Carrie's materials were not around then! Then when my youngest was 16 yrs old we had another baby. I vowed his homeschool experience would start from the beginning and I knew I wanted a classical education with Charlotte Mason thrown in. My little boy was 3 1/2 years old when my mom discovered Heart of Dakota and bought Little Hands. The next year, I took the little hands and it became our primary Kindergarten program. Heart of Dakota has been such a blessing ---I wish I could have had the older manuals Carrie has just released when my first two were homeschooling. I even recommend to high schoolers who've never been taught some of these essential skills. Don't miss out on the best material out there!
Laura from Indy