Originally Posted by 22B
We find it is inefficient (and very distracting) to switch between so many subjects in one day. Instead we'll usually do one or two weeks worth of lessons on just one subject on any given day. We don't follow any kind of schedule at all, but it all gets covered in the end.


This is rather what we did, too. DD also needed no specific instruction on some things-- spelling, for example, and grammar (up through middle school, she watched a few SchoolHouse Rock videos and we called it a day).

So our homeschooling curriculum at this age (5-6) was highly eclectic. Math was three or four times a week, usually.

My list for her was a daily thing, and on it, I included everything that I considered "school" work for the day.

A typical day included:

1. Math
2. a workbook selection-- some days it was handwriting, some days another workbook (Spanish, US History, Science topics, etc.)
3. reading-- assigned short non-fiction books, usually 35-50 pages, so maybe 2 books or three depending upon the topic(s).

4. other-- physical activities, games, 'box' studies with the current topic box (basically a "center" but for my homeschooler)-- one was "paper" another time it was "fairy tales" or "magnets."

We, too, didn't really switch between different subjects. DD always happily engaged in free reading, so we used to that to our advantage-- a LOT-- in our homeschooling. She read hundreds of pages a month. I think that the month before we enrolled her in a virtual school, my records indicate that she read about 4600 pages of material with a reading level of grade 6 or higher... and she was 6. So it was never a problem to get her to learn about anything we chose--I just went to the library and was careful not to strain my back. LOL.

Last edited by HowlerKarma; 04/24/13 09:23 PM. Reason: I actually looked up the number. I knew she was a reader even then, but.... wow.

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