Thursday, August 14, 2008

I have had a few people ask how I manage to school 3 kids at one time. Here is a copy of our schedule.(See below) 

We start the day with calendar time and a Bible story or verse...usually something that we need to be working on!! Then they split up and start their work. We use the Alpha Omega curriculum and they have Bible interwoven throughout.  Our start time varies depending on our therapy schedule. We work for 20-30 minutes at a time. The boys each have a mystery folder and they do something from that if they finish before time is up. Their day really is scheduled out for them. They get a play time and they can do just about anything as long as it is not TV or video games. We do science all together. It actually works well. Wednesday is experiment day...they all like that. Wednesday is also friend day. Scrappy's friend from therapy will come and spend the afternoon with us. Tuesday is library day. We go while the little ones are in therapy. It just works better that way. Have you met Scrappy...quiet is NOT a strength of his! HA HA.

I usually work with one kid at a time-the others are working on things that do not require my help. Skipper works pretty independent. He knows his schedule and what comes next. Scrappy and Scar do a couple of things together just because it is so similar that it is easy to do them together. 

So there you have it...a day in the life of a Heasley. Well, I figure this will either answer the questions for some of you or it will convince you that I am a complete nut...that's okay, I like nuts- I think I would be a  cashew!

I hope that your first day of school wherever it may be is a great one! I hope for new friends, wonderful old friends, caring teachers and blessing in abundance for your little ones!! I would love to hear your first day stories!!

Happy first day of school....
Dallas

 Skipper                                  Scar                  Scrappy                       Skeeter

Math                                 Reading             Computer                     Puzzles

Cursive                                 Computer              Reading                     Blocks

Computer/Snack                Snack                        Snack                     Snack

Code Book                       Math                              Math                        Manipulatives

Science                             Science                      Science                   Science

Lunch                             Lunch                               Lunch                    Lunch

Playtime                            Playtime                      Playtime                           Playtime

Mom’s choice      Mom’s choice            Mom’s choice         Mom’s choice

L.Arts                        Code Book                Manipulatives           Manipulatives

History                           Handwriting        Handwriting                    Daily Bucket

Book tub                       Book tub                      Book tub                    Book tub


2 comments:

Mary Jo said...

I love it! thank you for showing us that! I have a great friend here that homeschooled 5! This year they gave their oldest (turning 14 soon)a choice and she is going to a private Christian school. A tough decision for everyone. My friend has it broken down and apparently it's all about organization!!! Good luck to you and we will report in next Thursday when we start.

The Rickard 5 said...

I think I am a nut too...I want to be a macadamia....covered in chocolate, of course!
What a schedule, I could not do it. I can't even keep my shoes in order...or the rest of the closet. I can only imagine trying to do something with one, and Parker laying on the floor wrapped in a blanket (because we never got dressed that day, so he is still in underwear)whining about how SOMETHING isn't fair! I would be in the nut house!! You are amazing!

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