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Jun. 5, 2006
A little backround to our routines for the summer
I am going to spend this week blogging about our routines for the weekdays this summer. I wanted to start with some of the preliminary thinking behind how I organized it. I will share each day this week what that day's routine looks like.
On Monday and Tuesday we will be working at home. The dc will do all of the chores on these 2 days that we normally spread over the week during the winter plus they will take care of the yard. I have a list of projects I want to get done in the house this summer and I will be tackling those. (I may post that list later.) The dc will also each be working on a school subject for one hour in the afternoons.
We clean our church each week and that will be our focus on Wednesday mornings. The afternoons will be spent finishing any house work from Monday and Tuesday and one hour on their school subject. I will be using the afternoon as my office day. In the evening we will get cleaned up and participate in either church services or community concerts we like going to.
Thursday's have been set aside as a fun day. I may take the dc to a state park or to the pool or some other activity we might hear about. It will be a nice day out of the house and away from the work we have been doing all week. I also hope to incorporate nature walks in on these days. The dc won't be doing their school subject on this day.
Friday is set aside for errands. I will do my grocery shopping and any errands that need to be done. We will also go to the library every couple of weeks. In the afternoon we will do a quick clean-up so the house is ready for the weekend and the dc will spend another hour on their school subject if they have slacked off earlier in the week.
I realize we will never be able to stick with this completely but at least we have something to shoot for.
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Jun. 12, 2006 - What an excellent idea!
I have filled out my schedule for the summer, on the calendar. Funny, with no homeschool science class, no choir rehearsal, and no AWANA every week, how full that calendar is!!! What ever happened to the lazy/hazy/crazy days of summer? (Crazy, that one fits. This week, for example, I have two time-consuming commitments today, two commitments tomorrow, and two on Friday!)
Got to learn better how to say "No." I'm not sure what I'd say "No" to, this week, though. Some of it comes with being in leadership in our homeschool group. One thing is a once-a-year thing that is eagerly anticipated, kind of hard on the kids to give it a miss.
Anyhow, nice to "meet" you!
In Him,
Jean