Homeschool and Working Parent's Schedule

THESE ARE THE SCHEDULES WE'VE HAD

for each phase of our homeschool

Working and homeschooling means being flexible, fluid and patient with your schedule. Here are some examples of the schedule we had.

Our Elementary School Schedule

This is one of our many schedules. As working and homeschooling parents, the schedule is every changing, but this is the typical one.

This is the schedule that is focused just on the kids and who they are interacting with at the time of day.

Tools: Workbox Method, Online Curriculum with Teachers or Interactive, use of a NANNY or TUTOR

9am-10am - Kids Do one Subject with Dad

10am-11am - Kids work with Tutor/Nanny

11am-12pm - Kids take break for lunch games, Talk to mom on phone

12pm - 1pm - Kids Do one/two Subject independent

1pm-1:30pm - Break for snack

1:30-2:30pm - Kids work with Tutor/Nanny

2:30pm-3pm - Kids clean up

3pm-4pm - Mom reviews work from the day

5-pm-6pm - Kids get ready for sport/recreation activity and eat

6pm-7:30pm - sport/recreation activity [OR] continue working through subjects

7:30pm-8pm - Dinner with Dad and Mom

DAYS of INSTRUCTION was Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday

Our Middle School Schedule

Middle school the kids had a more vigorous schedule and used DVD based learning, online learning and in some cases a private tutor for topics like Writing, Technology, and Math.

Tools: Workbox Method, Online Curriculum with Teachers or Interactive, BLOCK SCHEDULE

8am-9am - Kids Do WorkBook Drills Independent with Dad Available

9am-10am - Kids Do one Subject Independent with Dad Available

10am-11am - Kids work with Tutor/Nanny

11am-12pm - Kids take break for lunch games, Talk to mom on phone

12pm - 1pm - Kids Do one/two Subject Independently

1pm-1:30pm - Break for snack

1:30-2:30pm - Kids work with Tutor/Nanny 

2:30pm-3pm - Kids clean up

3pm-4pm - Mom reviews work from the day

5-pm-6pm - Kids get ready for sport/recreation activity and eat

6pm-7:30pm - sport/recreation activity [OR] continue working through subjects

7:30pm-8pm - Dinner with Dad and Mom

9pm-10pm - Kids Finish Up work planned with Mom's help

DAYS of INSTRUCTION was Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

High School Schedule

High school the kids had have a very vigorous schedule and do most all work independently and only get tutoring on topics and areas they can't teach and reinforce with internet searches, reading, research or parents can't help with.

Tools: Online Curriculum with Teachers or Interactive, BLOCK SCHEDULE

10am-11am - Kids finish playing video games, or just wake up

11am-12pm - Kids get video call from mom check-in

12pm - 2:30pm - Kids Do one/two Subject Independently

2:30pm-3pm - Mom calls-Kids clean up

3pm-4pm - Mom reviews work from the day

5-pm-6pm - Kids get ready for sport/recreation activity and eat

6pm-7:30pm - sport/recreation activity [OR] continue working through subjects

7:30pm-8pm - Dinner with Dad and Mom

9pm-11pm - Kids Finish Up work planned Mom Reviews Task and Work Finished

DAYS of INSTRUCTION was Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Other days kids did their work completely independently with the deadline Friday

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Accountability For Kids In School

EVERYONE NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY

For Something - Even Adults - So Why Wouldn't Kids?

There are times, many times, since homeschooling that my kids worked independently. However, the quality of their work while done independent is debatable.

WHY KIDS NEED ACCOUNTABILITY

• To show off their work
• To make sure they are on task and not confused
• To teach them to share their progress, understanding of a topic, or challenges
• To teach them that no matter what work you do, recalling it is necessary, fun and useful for deepening the learning

HAVE THEM TRY TO FIGURE THE PROBLEMS OUT BY EXPLAINING WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND

Accountability isn't always about having your kid show you what they've learned, or making sure they did the work that they were supposed to. It's about teaching them a method about discussing what they don't understand, don't like to do, or love to do and how to explain that to another person without it being stressful.

CLEARLY EXPLAIN YOUR EXPECTATIONS

Before they start a lesson or assignments, explain what they will be accountable for, what the time frame is, and the consequences of not finishing. This doesn't have to be about punishment but about choices.

For example, "If you don't finish your math this week, that work will go to the weekend and you won't be able to do any extra-curricular activities until it's done. I'm excited to know what you think about this topic."

MAKE IT ABOUT THEM TEACHING YOU

My kids loved giving a weekly presentation on what they learned that week. We'd select a different topic each week and they would summarize it, break down the lesson and teach us. 

ACCOUNTABILITY isn't JUST FOR THE KIDS, but FOR OURSELVES to KEEP THE COMMUNICATION OPEN and teach our kids that learning at home is a partnership.