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Share your homeschool day in the life

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share your homeschool day in the life

We’ve reached the end of our third annual homeschool day in the life series!

I’ve enjoyed seeing how each individual family creates the unique learning rhythm that works best for them. I hope you’ve enjoyed it, too–and have perhaps filed away a few ideas to apply to your own days.

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In case you missed any of the posts, here are the links again:

Today it’s your turn to join in! Have you written a post on your blog sharing your homeschool day in the life?

Tell us the ages of your little people and leave a link to your post in the comments below. Then we can hop around and “visit” everyone. And if you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave a comment describing your day right here.

Thanks so much for taking part!

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  12. Stephanie @ Harrington Harmonies

    It’s amazing because every homeschool is unique and has it’s own way of doing things. With my two oldest graduated I have a 10 year old I am still homeschooling. Here’s what a typical day is supposed to be like: http://www.harringtonharmonies.com/2012/08/back-to-school-ready-weekend-edition-1.html *But see below for those bad get nothing done kind of days!
    Stephanie @ Harrington Harmonies’s latest post: What to do on bad homeschool days.

  15. Ann

    We begin the school day early with our first- and third-grader. We all are early risers. My husband and I co-teach. He handles math, writing, grammar and spelling in the early a.m. while I work from home and then he heads to work and I handle science, history and literature. The kids are involved in some outside music/PE/science classes. I teach art weekly. We spend as much of our day outdoors as we can in any decent weather, walking, gardening or doing projects like building a compost heap, which I write about at http://www.backyardandbeyond.org. Math, writing and reading are daily, some other subjects (history, cursive practice, science) are every couple of days.

  22. Vt Mama

    Good morning!
    We have two sons, ages 6 and 3 3/4.
    We just began this journey in January and are figuring out our own groove!
    Our younger son goes to preschool 3 mornings a week but the other days joins us (on those days, we do museums, and outdoors (cross-country skiing and skating and snowshoeing).
    I learned QUICKLY that our children do not find joy in traditional copy out letters, write a sentence types of learning, and nothing puts a cramp in the day like disconnect so sometimes i am sneaky so that my elder is writing but doesn’t see it as tedious! Instead he is pursuing something he loves and learning naturally happens.
    One day, my elder said he wanted to make a puppet so we planned it all out (colors, material, what kind, etc), decided materials, made it, then interviewed it (it’s a space alien), which allowed us to learn the who what when where why in story-making. We wrote down the interview, drew a picture of the alien, and took photos!
    Other days, we play hangman (for letter writing practice- in a way that he loves) or use our counting pebbles and construction vehicles to learn numbers odds/evens, counting by 2s and 5s. Every day, we try to have a short circle time with a verse and candle, and we do our nature watch using binoculars- then often go outside to follow the tracks we spot. each night before bed, I try to put out things for the next day I think he would be interested in (right now, anything outer space or “magic school bus” oriented are instant hits!) -from books for him to look at or read to art ideas to a theme- it starts him off excited (like he’s going on a treasure hunt). I am keeping a daily journal of everything we do and bring it with me EVERYWHERE! The boys also have their own journals for drawing, writing, whatever they want and we keep a large “journal” with all of our art projects (or photos) and stories we create.

    We are part of a weekly hs group at our library and an art class, cross-country ski lessons twice a week, and once a month go to a museum hs day. Mostly, I’ve learned flexibility is key and following my children’s interests ensures a great day for us all!

  23. Bekki

    I am Bekki, a wife, mother of four (ages 10, 9, 8, & 5), small business owner, lover of the Lord, among many other things. Here’s my blog and Day in the Life of …

    Thanks for reading 😉