Comments on: Everyday Scholé: Planning for a Restful Homeschool

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Mon, 11 May 2015 18:52:05 +0000

In reply to Amy. Haha! :-) I want to see the 6yo who can sit for 12 hours straight and the mom who can keep 'em there without going insane! ;-)

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 11 May 2015 18:41:29 +0000

So you’re saying that I shouldn’t be doing book work with my 1st grader for 12 hours straight? Eek! I’d better go switch some things around! haha 😉

By: Chelli

Chelli — Wed, 06 May 2015 16:03:42 +0000

I love the idea of tracking your outside the home commitments for the year and the week. That’s such an important part of creating a restful year, but it’s not talked about very often. Thanks for sharing!

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Sat, 02 May 2015 18:56:14 +0000

In reply to Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage. Thanks for dropping by, Laura. :-)

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Sat, 02 May 2015 18:55:58 +0000

In reply to Tonia. Thanks, Tonia! I love your plan to focus on history and then focus on science. It's a great way to be able to add depth and breadth at the same time. :-)

By: Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:38:44 +0000

Thanks for the advice.

By: Tonia

Tonia — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:29:26 +0000

You know, it’s really funny to me – all the years I’ve been homeschooling and this is the first year I realized I don’t need to cover every subject every week.

We have done a rotation of a week of history followed by a week of science but I’m planning to change that this coming year. We’re going to focus just on history for 24 weeks and then switch to science for the rest of the school year after that.

Really great post, Sara. I love your advice about taking a light year if you expect life to be extra busy. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the ‘must finish it all/fit it all in’ mentality that we don’t step back and look at the year as a whole.