Sunday, January 30, 2011

My Perfect (but not realistic) Schedule












Hands up, if you know that educating your children is time consuming in the most wonderful way!

Yes!

I see those hands.

Okay, hands up if you have been trying to invent the perfect schedule!

Well I'm not too sure if I can see any hands, but mine are up high right now.

It was about five years ago that I started studying the Charlotte Mason approach to education. The moment I started reading about Miss Masons way of teaching I was hooked and very much desired to be able to apply her principles in our homeschool.

Little by little I reduced the text books I was using and began to introduce wonderful literature to our learning and we began narration.

I slowly added books that ambleside online recommended and my main source of help to add Australian Literature to the ambleside curriculum came from Jeanne at A Peaceful Day and from there I have grown immensely.

Last year we were following the Ambleside curriculum about 80%, but this year we are following Ambleside 100% to the best of my ability and I must tell you I am very thrilled about this.

I have finally reached that place in my mind where I am confident with this approach and I 100% believe that this is the direction that the Lord has led me to.

So yesterday I completed what I like to call the perfect schedule to officially start this week. We actually started last week but I always like to have a week where we ease back into homeschooling.

Now to me, this schedule I have put together is perfect but not realistic and is there as a guide for me as I continue to grow more and more.
If you would like to view my schedule just go HERE.

10 comments:

  1. I loved looking through your schedule, I am still working on mine for our year 2 here which we will start in April. I am excited you are doing AO as I'm going to do AO as well this year!

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  2. That looks great Sarah! I love a freshness a new year and new timetable brings. xo

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  3. Wishing you all the very best for your new year, dear friends.

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  4. You schedule looks so fun and inspiring.
    Love the kitten shot!
    ((hugs))
    Katia

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  5. Your schedule sounds great! :) I love seeing how others do their homechooling - so thanks for posting this! :)

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  6. I am always impressed by home schooling mums, with your dedication and engery. May the year go smoothly:)

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  7. There is a great amount of satisfaction at finishing those schedules, eh? It's like, "Aaah." And I just loved seeing your schedule! Another, "Aaah."

    We just redid our schedule and I left out the times this term as I want to be sure that, no matter what, we have our time with the Lord in the morning and as many check-ups in the day as needed. I found myself too often looking at the clock. Titus 2 says schedules are to be our tools and the Lord is our Master.

    Enjoy your term with the kidlets.

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  8. This looks like a nice schedule. I am also homeschooling and have found a more laid-back (with a somewhat rigid schedule) approach to be working well for us.

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  9. Oh YAY for you sweet Sarah!! We have also just started this week, easing into it as you said! I must check out your schedule (about to have a date night with my hubbie now..)
    Hope all is well for you and your precious family!!
    Thanks too for always popping by and leaving some comment love!!
    SMiles SHarnee :)

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  10. I know, Sarah, I look at my first schedules and I laugh! They are devolving instead of evolving, but finally they are getting to the CORE and point of being realistic!
    I now grin when I see others writing these schedules for their first year. Though someone with more experience may still laugh at my current ones, ha!
    love,
    s

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