Homeschooling Schedule
Now that school is over and most of our friends are gone, it’s time for us to resume to our grand plans of homeschooling. If we remain here for the next year, it kinda means that I can only homeschool Sophie 6 months in a year because school/creche is on for 3 months at a time, twice a year. Realistically speaking, counting going home on holidays and mission trips, I am probably only schooling Sophie a good 3 months a year! Eeeks! Well, we’ll see how it goes.
We started in April when school was slowing down and Sophie was so thrilled. We’re into Fairy Tales right now so we do 2-3 stories a week. So far we’ve read Emperor’s New Clothes, The Gingerbread Man, Sleeping Beauty, The Ugly Duckling, Jack and the Beanstalk.
Our Daily Schedule
8 – 9 am – Breakfast, Clean up, Chores (We read our Weekly Bible Passage over breakfast and sometimes we listen to stories/music.)
9 – 10 am – Homeschool – that essentially means reading a story, doing activities related to the story, writing, and phonics.
10 – 11 am – Free play and snack (I need a break ah! Normally I cook or bake something here. She doesn’t really like just playing on her own so she’ll just have her snack and then hang around and help out.)
11 – 12 pm – Craft
12 – 1245 pm – Outdoor/Friend Time/TV (Depending on the weather)
1245 – 2 pm – Lunch
2 – 3 pm – Quiet TIme (This means I take a rest and Sophie either reads on her own or takes a nap)
3- 5.30 pm – Daddy Time (It’s the hols now so Daddy is a bit freer but once he’s working again and Baby No 2 is here, we’ll need to figure out what to do here.)
5.30 – 6.30 pm – Dinner
6.30 pm – 7 pm – Bath and Stories
7pm – 7am – Sleep
Schedules are great but I’m not really good at keeping to it. I try to flow with Sophie as well. The schedule just keeps me sane and aware of what I’m doing. It helps to give Sophie a structure and what to expect. For example, she’s starting to understand what I mean when I say "Free Play time!" The thing about being an only child and being 3 going on 4 is that she loves to do stuff and play pretend. But she needs company and that means me most of the time if her friends are not around! She’s not so keen on doing her own thing if I’m around. In structuring a free play time, I’m hoping that it’ll give her some space to discover things on her own and learn to play on her own for a bit.
Our Weekly Plan
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays are English story days. I incorporate Social Sciences and Science into these days, depending on the topic at hand.
Wednesdays are Chinese story days.
Fridays are Creative Math lessons and outing days.
We don’t school on Saturdays and Sundays.