For people who homeschool ... what is a typical day like?

Answer 1

I'm a mom of two students that school at home, and two younger children. We do an virtual (on-line school) called Connections Academy. Today our day will go like this:

9:00 #1 had live lesson, youngest three watched cartoons,(Dora, Diego or PBS)

10:00 #1 math
#2 math
# 3&4 color pictures

11:00 #1 Spanish (w/CA)/ American Sign Language (on our own)
# 2 Hooked on Phonics
# 3 Preschool workbook
# 4 Building blocks

11:30 # 1 Geography
# 2 & 3 & 4 Free play

12:00 Lunch

1:00 # 1 Writing
# 2 Social Studies
# 3 Speech (with me)
# 4 Nap

1:30 #2 Technology Lit. (keyboard and computer programs)
# 3 Kindergarten Math workbook

2:00 # 1 Science
# 2 & 3 Spanish

3:00 Meet with Homeschool Group at Bowling Alley

The Classes and social events different from day to day. But everyday we do lessons and everyday my kids see their friends, that are all different ages.

Answer 2

I was homeschooled up to this year in 8th grade and heres how a typical day goes...
Wake up
Eat breakfast
do your school which take between 2-4 hours.
then I would just do chores and hobbys, like guitar or whatever. Homeschooling is defintately fun but when I homeschooled I definately had some social dissadvantages. But when you are homeschooled it is always good to get into a homeschooled co-op, which is basically a place where you go and get help with your school once a week from a real trained teacher and not a parent. Well thats how it went for me when I homeschooled, hope it hellped.

-seth(sorry for any misspellings, I tend to type fast)

Answer 3

There are really two extremes to home schooling: the School At Home, where everything is ordered and scheduled and follows a curriculum and Unschooling, where everyday life activities can become (or be considered) learning activities.
We homeschool our kids, and are more School At Home (70%) than Unschooling (30%). The best part is that while we have required subjects and required work - most of the time we can take a subject the kids are interested in and run with it (read books about it, watch videos, do art/science/math projects around it, etc.) It's a lifestyle choice more than anything else.

Mornings, it's breakfast & chores, then Math, Writing/Language, and Reading (usually a read aloud book my wife will read to all 4). Lunchtime is often followed by a class outside the home - art, ballet, karate, gymnastics. - depending on the day of the week. Late afternoons its History and Science. There is the regular trip to the library, play dates with other homeschooling families, trips to museums/farms/science centers, etc., and sometimes just free time. Sprinkled in between times, there's computer games and videos...of course we can and do evilly subvert those to educational purposes when needed. Dinner time means I get to see and hear all about what they were up to, answer questions, lead the occasional Science experiment, and generally regret not working from home. After dinner there is usually free time (quiet time), but I love to have one on one time with a kid to either play, read a book (one that's way above their reading level), make something artsy, cook a treat, or just sit and talk.

Answer 4

A typical day for us is:
7:30-8 wake up and have breakfast
8:30 make beds and get dressed
9:30 start school work. During this time I am usually doing house chores and playing with my 2 year old while my 8 year old does his independent work. At this point he is able to do quite a bit on his own for math and grammar. I work with him as he learns a new skill, but he works alone to build it. If he needs help, I am right there, but the hardest thing is just focusing and getting done.
12:30 break for lunch
1:30 Put 2 year old down for nap, 8 year old has free time for 30 minutes
2:00 back to school to work together on science projects and papers that he is writing or any assignments he had trouble with. If there is nothing like this he can be done, unless he goofed off, then he has independent work to finish
3:00 done for the day (if not earlier) and 2 year old is getting up from nap. 8 year old may go play with a friend, we may all go out and ride bikes, play basketball, or take a walk. We also have a pool, and both boys love the water so we may swim until it is time to start dinner. No homework, so afternoons are fun time.
5:30 Kids play or watch a video while I start dinner.
7:00 bath time and time with Dad
8:30 Bedtime (reading in bed until 9:30 is ok for older son)

But while this is typical it is not everyday. Today we went to the zoo. We learned about animals, saw animal training and care with the zoo keepers, learned money, and my 8 year old had his experience video taping. He did great with narration, and ok with camera stability and was really proud to show his Dad tonight. And I think he read the little signs way more than he would have so he would have something interesting to narrate, so it is definatly something we will continue with.

Other days we have AWANAs or basketball or swim team that we have to work in to afternoons or evenings. We work year round, so we can take a day or to or even a week off whenever we need to for illness or vacation, or just for a pj fun day. We usually try to go to the park on Friday because it is a great time to meet up with other homeschoolers. Somedays we sleep later (9 or so) if the kids are tired and sometimes we work until 5 because there has been a lot of dilly dallying during the day.

Hope this helps give you an idea, but the whole point of homeschooling is to make it work for you. If you like to go outside a lot, there is a lot you can learn there (we are going to start birding and identifying plants) or if your husband works nights, you can have everyone sleep later and spend time with him and then do school in the evening. You can do school 3 days a week, 5 days a week, year round, or with the school schedule. It is all about making the most of your time together. Good luck.

Answer 5

Our schedule varies, But here is an example:

7:30-8:00- Kids up, breakfast, morning chores
9:00-9:30- Devotions and handwriting
9:30-10:30- Math
10:30-11:30- Language Arts
11:30-12:30 Lunch and exercise
12:30-1:30 Science or History
1:30-2:00 Spanish


After that, they catch up if things aren't finished with or get ahead on the next days work. They do a lot of reading as well on there own and do their individual interests

Answer 6

This is our general schedule it varies a little from day to day.That's the joy of homeschooling it is not a rigid have to stick to it every day thing. You can relax and enjoy life.

6:30 am Get up, eat breakfast, get dressed and do outside chores.

8am Pick up house, Prayer and personal devotions.

9 am-11am Start school work at least 3 pages
in each subject work book (6 books)

12-12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 2pm Art or other subjects. Thursdays-Library and music lessons

3-5pm free time along with evening chores.

Extra Reading sometimes in the evening
Also cooking and housekeeping skills added.

Answer 7

Do you mean typical day for homeschool teacher or student?
I have older kids, and they are very self-motivated.
I do organization and planning, and then tell them what needs to happen. They mostly take it from there.
There are a couple of subjects that I spend time teaching in depth. One of those topics is chemistry. I might spend a couple of hours really interacting with my kid about chemistry related issues on one day, but only a brief time on another day. It depends on how challenging the material for that day seems to be.
We have some standing obligations, such as online work that needs to be finished by a certain time, lessons, and clubs...but other than that it is breakfast followed by working "until everything on the list gets done". I do housework or other things while the kids take care of their assignments. For many courses, I am just available for questions and I just supervise.

Answer 8

I'm home schooled. and a typical day is just like a normal public school day. Wake-up, eat break-fast, start school, take a break, do more work, eat lunch, do more school, then school's over.
But sometimes I don't always follow that schedule and end up doing late night work. Just like homework.
I also belong to a Christian Home school Co-op.

http://www.chefco-op.org/

go to it and you'll see how amazing it is!! I have millions of friends! and I get homework every week too so I don't have a social problem or any crap. and I'm just a regular teen, I LOVE IT! :D

Answer 9

Get up, kids often start some sort of work, get dressed and eat, dd (9) will continue with some sort of work and ds (6) will usually play. We finish before lunch and the afternoons are free for playing outside, going places, meeting up with other homeschoolers, messy projects, baking, etc.

Answer 10

It is just like every day. You just have to get up any time you want to and do your school work. You don't have to worry about going to bed at a serenity time. You can work on it at anytime of the day.