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Sample Monday and Tuesday Schedules

This is a copy of two days of the very disciplined daily schedule that the kids and I  worked toward for most of this school year('09-'10). It is pretty jam-packed! Some days we got through it all; some days, we had to cut out some things, or rearrange. It was very ambitious, and fun in it's intensity, and fast pace. We did most of it Charlotte Mason style, reading a good book together, then the kids discussed/narrated what we read. 


I'd love to hear what you all think of it, and if you have any suggestions. I've been so close to this, that I wonder if I'm missing something obvious, in my over-planning!


Love,


Jen

Monday 2010
      8:30am - 9:15am  Breakfast with Reading, worship, journal
      9:15am - 9:30am  Chores: dishes, trash, animals
      9:30am - 9:45am  Bathroom/laundry
      10am - 10:30am   Write Away, Writing Strands or edit narration
      10:30am - 11am   Exercise
      11am - 11:45am   Singapore math
      12pm - 12:15pm   Grammar
      12:00pm - 1pm     Lunch with poetry, or artist study
      1:05pm-1:30pm    Spelling
      1:30pm - 2pm       Science Nature Study
      3:30pm - 6pm       Leave for Tennis(elective time slot)
      5pm - 5:15pm       Keyboarding
      6:30pm - 8:30pm  Mom Irish dance
  
Tuesday  2010
       8:30am - 9:15am   Breakfast with Reading, worship, journal
       9:15am - 9:30am   Chores: dishes, trash, animals
       9:30am - 9:45am   Exercise
       9:45am - 10:15am Writing Strands or Wordsmith apprentice
       10:20am-11:05am Singapore Math
       11:10am-11:30am Break
       11:30am-12:00pm Live mocha(foreign lang.) and latin
       12pm-1pm             Lunch with poetry, or artist study
       1pm - 1:25pm        Geography
       1:30pm - 2pm        Spelling work and game
       2pm-2:15pm          Break
       2:20pm - 2:50pm   History reading with timeline
       2:55pm - 3:30pm   Art
       3:30pm - 4:30pm   Michelle and Kids visit!!!
       4:30pm - 5:pm       Free Reading 
       5pm - 5:15pm        Keyboarding
     

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