A Day in the Life of a Flitting Homeschool Mom

I’ve tweaked our schedule, yet again. But, being the eternal optimist that I am, I don’t believe our previous schedules have failed, necessarily, just that it must change to keep up with this ever-sporadic Mommy. (At least I haven’t thrown off all forms of structure altogether! ;-P )

As I’m in the last stages of finishing up the next ebook “Relaxed Homeschooling: There is Another Way), I have been challenged myself in our homeschooling journey.

Just for fun, or encouragement, or ideas, or all of the above, I’ll show you what I did to our schedule and how our day went yesterday:

(FYI, we “do school” all year.)

Monday: reading, “buddy school”, kitchen preparation, bills

• Reading involves read-alouds, private reading, reading to siblings, etc. Just lots of reading!
• “Buddy school” is where an older child helps a younger child. This is as much for the older as the younger. I made each set a packet with things that I want them to do. (Days of the week, months of the year, books of the Bible, letter sounds, numbers, etc.)
• Kitchen preparation is *supposed* to make meals for the week easier. We try to decide on each night’s menu, and do anything ahead that we can (chop onions, prepare salads, etc.) I’m not very good at this, by the way.

Tuesday: Math, English, History of the World CDs

• We do A.C.E. math and English paces.
• History of the World is a comprehensive, from Creation til now history overview. It is hands-down, the most incredible, comprehensive history curriculum from a biblical worldview I’ve ever seen. It was a gift to us, and I cannot describe how wonderful it is that I am actually learning history for the first time.

Wednesday: Math, Art/Music/Poetry

Thursday: Crafts, Cards, Ministry

• This mainly includes making gifts for other people. This is something I’m always talking about how important it is, but I rarely “squeeze” it in. So, why not make it a part of school? Already this morning, we’ve had a thorough math lesson figuring the dimensions of a rag-quilt diaper bag we’re making.

Friday: Cleaning, History of the World

Yesterday, our Art day, I browsed Netflix for an instant play movie about something related to art. (Netflix was invented for Moms like me…no planning involved 😉

I found one about Claude Monet. So before we watched it, I browsed our little library and found some paintings and info. on Monet. I read that, we discussed the paintings a bit, and then watched the short film.

When the character in the film decided to go visit Paris (this film was animated), I paused it, and showed the children her destination on the world map.

We discussed “impressionist” painting, and my art-bent child was really interested.

After that, we read an eye-witness book on MUSIC. While reading about how wind instruments were made, the book suggested the most primitive of flutes were made of basic reeds. SO…I called my neighbor because I knew they had bamboo in their yard, and sent my oldest children to go cut a stalk, and it still awaits transformation into a wind instrument. (Hey, my intentions are good.)

We also read how a flute was used in the Pied Piper of Hamelin, at which point, I went and dug up that poem to read.

The rest of the day was spent either drawing, legos or sewing…whichever they preferred.

So, that’s a day in the life of a flitting homeschool Mom. Bless my children for just going along 😉