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Question from a reader: How long is your school day?
Defining our school day is difficult but if you are talking about the time that I am basically in charge of what happens and the content of our schedule here is my best estimate.
He starts at 7:45 AM every weekday. He works through the morning with a short 15-20 minute break and then has lunch at noon. He works until 1:30 PM and then leaves for his welding course which is from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM every weekday. Free reading is done in the evenings.
That is 5 hours with me at home and 1 1/2 hours at his outside class.
He holds the same basic schedule as Mr. A in the morning and then he works until around 1:30 PM after lunch. After that, he works on his projects like robotics, videography, his cooking course, and free reading.
So he is working close to 6-7 hours a day as well.
You can read more about our typical day by following these links:
Charlotte Mason High School Daily Schedule
Daily Routine High School (from two years ago so a little different than what I outlined above)
12th Grade History and Literature Plan example
Hope that helps with your planning....we are definitely looking forward to a break after this week is over. Two weeks off from our normal routine will be a welcome change although I am going to be finishing work on the next art and music appreciation ebook (to be released 1/1/11) AND revamping and writing a new Harmony Fine Arts Grade 2 plan. I will be releasing it as part of a HUGE big announcement about Harmony Fine Arts. Let's just say I am overwhelmed with an honor Harmony Fine Arts has received that I will be able to talk about soon.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
3 comments:
My 11 years old does "school" (that means the time I work with him at the kitchen table) only about 2-3 hours in the morning. It depends also from the season: in winter he sleeps longer in the morning and when days are cloudy and foggy it's not as nice to do math or other things where you have to be really "awake" - then he does more art, reading, storytelling, crafts, listening audiobooks...
The rest of the day he is an unschooler - he reads a lot and does things he like to do. Probably there are much hours he is doing "school"-things but he doesn't realize he is learning. Sshh, don't tell him! ;)
Sybille,
This year is probably the first year we have done "school" for so many hours. We were like you until last year where the mornings were academic and the afternoons were "project" time.
The boys have made the choice to fit in a few more subjects this year since they are on the home stretch of homeschooling and feel like they have a couple of areas they want to specialize in before finishing.
It doesn't seem like a long day for us and I know many other high schoolers are putting in more hours. We just work hard in the mornings and get it done.
Thanks for sharing your day. :)
Sounds like a lovely day, Barb. Can't wait to hear your exciting announcement!
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