Homeschool Schedule

By Author: Mary Joyce
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When you are ready to sit down and ponder and map out your home school schedule for the upcoming academic
year. A good calendar is an ingredient not to be forgotten as part of your overall homeschool schedule
and homeschool lesson plan.

Since you will be homeschooling your child, careful thought needs to be given not only to your home
school schedule, but your family schedule will need to be integrated into the mix as well. Also make sure
that your lesson plan coincides well with your educational calendar. After taking a high level look at
your home school calendar integrated with your family calendar, you may decide that the traditional
school year calendar of end of summer through early spring may not be the most advantageous. Also the
homeschool day does not necessarily need to start say at 8am. There is no stringent time schedule that
you must adhere to as is the case in public schools.

As with your home school lesson planning, your scheduling should take into careful consideration your
child's learning style and determine what will work best. As a homeschooling ...
... family, you have the option of planning trips at
other times of the year when for example, air fare is cheaper and the lines are shorter! If vacations
aren't a part of your plans, there are probably other reasons (such as birthdays) for tailor making your
own home school calendar.

While mapping a home school yearly schedule is an excellent idea, remember to allow for flexibility in
the schedule. Any school year, especially since the school year is taking place also centered around your
home and your family, will have the need for unforeseen breaks and absences. Not to worry, just as there
are unforeseen missed hours and even days in public school so will there be with your at home education.

Just remember it may take a while to sand off the rough edges of your home school schedule to where you
feel you have best optimized it. As the year goes by, if you have kept good records and used your lesson
plan as your guide you will see that your child is indeed learning all along the way.
About the Author
Mary Joyce is a former educator, successful homeschool parent, and has written many articles on
teaching your child at home for the Homeschool-Curriculum-4u website. Please visit (http://www.homeschool-curriculum-4u.com) for a complete list of Mary's articles.