Friday's Group Schedule

Our school schedule is six weeks on and one week off. This gives us about a six to seven week break in the summer and takes the stress off of me during the year. I know that I have a one-week break every six weeks to work on the projects that I have been wanting to do. The kids love this set-up as well. We take a two-week break during Christmas and take off a few days for the other holidays as well. On birthdays or just plain hard days, we only read our books, and all of the other subjects, narrations included, go out the window. We have lessons from Monday to Thursday. On Fridays, everyone looks forward to 'group time' . Basically, this is what we do:

8:30 The children make corrections in their work (from the entire week) and have conferences with mom. I make sure they have completed everything on their personal schedules.

9:30 We all review recitations from previous terms together.

10am Music study (we alternate each week with our folksong, hymn and composer study.)

10:30 Plutarch or Shakespeare study with the older children. Younger ones play

11am Nature Study

11:30 Nature walk OR Handicraft depending on the weather and time of year

12am Artist Study


4pm Tea time- we all take turns reading aloud to each other and practicing elocution. This is a favorite with the children. Each child takes turn hosting it.