Managing our Homeschool Days

I thought I'd post our tentative fall 2011 full school day schedule for those who may be interested in seeing how I "juggle" teaching 4 kiddos at home.  They are color coded, just as you see in our curriculum post.  I got the idea to do something like this from the book Managers of Their Schools.  We are not quite as detailed as they, but it gives us a general overview of what to expect on a typical full day of school.  I do a separate schedule for a half-day of school, when we have our home school music days or simply decide to take an afternoon off for whatever reason (company, field trips, beautiful sunshiny days instead of snow days, etc...)  I'm sure this may get tweaked a bit once we get the ball rolling and I have a better idea of the reality of things, but this gives us something tangible to work with.  By having it stored in a word document, I can go to it any time and tweak it pretty effortlessly.  We've done this for the last two years now, and the kids and I both appreciate the smooth flow and independence that it allows.  Some may think that a schedule like this is stifling, but we find that we are much more productive with it, and things actually get done...and then some. :)
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