Homeschooling special needs
Our Goal is to start by 8:30 we have a set morning routine,that helps us at least hit the desks by 9 am.We all start out our day with math or "theme". I've found some great apps for teaching HS level…
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Homeschooling 2 boys
Start by 8:45. If we start later, we end later. 8:45a Seatwork (a review of some sort which acts as a warm up). 9a Bible 9:15 Language arts (30 reading, 10 spelling, 20 writing)10:15 Sports Fundament…
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2nd year of homeschooling
We do school Monday-Thursday 8:30 Wake up boys (bathroom, make beds, feed dog)8:45 Breakfast9:00 1st grader starts school (pledges,Calendar and weather (English and Spanish), letters and letter sound…
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Unschooling 6 kids
Me, my husband, my baby and my oldest get up around 6:30 or 7. I nurse the baby, while my 10 year old checks her blood sugar, takes her medicine and decides what she wants for breakfast and my husban…
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Nothing like a family of 9's love of schooling at home
My schedual has change as years go by. I have a 10 yr old, 13 yr old that is dyslexic in the mind, gets word definitions confused but is very smart. A 16 yr old that can hold his own but puts things …
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Our Homeschool Schedule - we don't stress over times
Our typical homeschool day is pretty much a 'to do' list rather than set times and you'll read why below, but here is a rough schedule:BreakfastChoresMorning devotionsMath and readingFree time (about…
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Homeschooling 2
We started last year with reading, but because math is the most hated subject that needs most concentration, we try math first this year. My children have their material for the week in subject folde…
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1st and 3rd grader, how I homeschool two at a time
Well, I homeschool by day and work at a minimum-wage job at night (6 to midnight). I don't like getting up before 9am. My kids will get up, have breakfast (oatmeal, yogurt with fruit, cereal....somet…
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Homeschooling 4 year old
Most mornings we are ready to start lessons around 10am, break for morning tea and play around 11am, start lessons again round 11.30am and work through around 12.30pm then we have lunch and go to dan…
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Homeschooling 3 special needs
We do a day based schedule for different days because we're active in the community. We also school year round so that we can have 3 book work days and 2 light days. Year round helps too when we have…
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Schedule for 4
I am up by 5:30am to get my stuff organized, breakfast made. I get them up by 8am and we start by 9am. All of our boys play football and our daughter cheers. We usually don't get home until 9pm, then…
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Learning is a facet of life, not a phase of life
First thing in the morning: set the alarm clock and resist the temptation to sleep a little later. Always start the day with breakfast, and either a devotion or quiet meditation.Next, I write up dail…
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Grandma's Perspective
The boy likes independence and self pacing, so this year will go online to a learning management system website (MyHaiku.com) where I put the year's assignments. At the beginning of the month, he cli…
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Infant dictates early start
At 5 we get up and eat breakfast.We watch a few educational programs on TV (the only TV programs he is allowed to watch at this time).7-8 is life skills- this includes hygiene, getting dressed and ch…
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