We’re in the middle of our 5th year of homeschooling. I still can’t believe we’ve been on this journey for that long! Every year our homeschool schedule as been a little different. Homeschooling with a Modular Schedule Last year, we used a modular schedule for the first time. Rather than trying to fit every subject…
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Homeschooling with a Modular Schedule
Homeschooling Philosophy I started off as a Charlotte Mason homeschooler. I still believe in much of the Charlotte Mason philosophy for learning, but I’ve added in some elements from the Classical model that mesh well. I also hold to some tenets of child-directed learning and following your child’s learning style. I began to experiment with a modular…
A Day in the Life of The Pelsers 2011-2012
What does a “typical” day look like at The Pelsers? Of course every day is a little different, but here is the general flow of a day for us. Wake up, breakfast, play, get read for the day. The timing of this really varies, but I am doing my best to be up by 6…
Scheduling and Lesson Planning
I think I’ve finally settled on a lesson planning system that I like. The Sonlight curriculum that we use is mostly planned out for us, but I like having an electronic copy to refer to as we work and for record keeping. Sometimes I don’t do everything that is planned and I often move things…