{"id":1188,"date":"2023-04-04T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedelightfulhomeschool.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2023-04-27T03:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T03:18:23","slug":"homeschool-day-in-the-life-4-3-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedelightfulhomeschool.com\/?p=1188","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling Day With Our Large Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today was a pretty typical homeschool day at our house. Isabella (16) went out to milk the cow, then went for a run with Silas (13) and Leo (14). After we all finished our morning chores we sat down to a breakfast of scrambled eggs and smoothies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the kids were still at the table I read from a Janice VanCleave book<\/a><\/strong> about Louis Pasteur. We had a good discussion following the reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our time together at the table some of the kids played a few songs on the fiddle or guitar while we transitioned to the independent subject time. This took a bit of prodding, as no one was particularly excited to begin. They settled in before too long though and worked on completing their Teaching Textbooks<\/a> math lesson and some Language Arts as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I worked with James (5) during this time. We did a lesson of Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons<\/a> and a math lesson from his Level K book (from The Good and the Beautiful<\/a>). He usually wants to do more than one lesson, but today he was eager to run out and play with the other younger kids.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Elsie (11) wrote several poems for her Language Arts, and Silas and Samuel (9) each typed half of the song Amazing Grace for their copywork. I let them type instead of write by hand every once in awhile, although I do think that handwritten copywork is the better choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo is working through one of the Language Arts books from The Good and the Beautiful <\/a>so he worked on a lesson from that, then moved on to Algebra. Today\u2019s math lesson was really challenging for him so we talked through it and decided that tomorrow he would work through this lesson again instead of moving on. After that he worked on some computer coding, following a tutorial he watched online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While I nursed Everett on the couch, Jeremiah (7) practiced reading out loud to me, then I read a few picture books to all the younger children. I was feeling pretty *done* at this point (and definitely all touched out!), but I pushed though and was glad I did. They enjoyed the reading time and went back to playing with much less squabbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella did some math, reading and copywork at some point throughout the morning (she is completely independent with her education at this point), and also met with someone who came over to purchase rabbits. She answered their questions about the logistics of raising and breeding rabbits. They gave her a $20 tip in gratitude for her help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also photographed one of our chickens who has a foot problem, as she plans to write about the issue and wanted her own photos to go with it. In addition she played the fiddle for a couple hours today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had some homemade oatmeal peanut butter bars and apples with fresh milk for lunch and the kids spent a bit of time doing some silent reading. This is something I\u2019m trying to put in place as a regular habit after lunch. My middle boys do not often pick up books to read for enjoyment and I\u2019m wanting to encourage that practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After lunch we did a bit of cleaning up and then I sent the kids outside to play so I could finish alone. Sometimes cleaning in peace is worth doing the extra work yourself. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the babies napped I headed to the garden. I want to be out in the dirt all day long so it takes some self discipline for me to do school all morning and wait to garden until the afternoon! I do think, however, that after sticking with completing our morning tasks we enjoyed our afternoon outside even more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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During the afternoon free time several kids helped Jason run logs through our new bandsaw mill. Elsie and Lydia (3) did some watercolor painting and then went in the woods to pick flowers. Jeremiah worked on a leather craft and had an airsoft battle with his brothers. Various children stopped by the garden at different times to help me plant seeds. Since Everett took a long nap I got a lot done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The evening came quickly and I headed inside to finish up the meal that had been cooking all day in slow cookers. We had ribs and chicken from our own farm, green beans, fresh bread, and salad. It was so delicious!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Learning doesn\u2019t end when the formal \u201ctable time\u201d is done, and before the end of the night Leo had worked through some guitar tutorials, Elsie did more silent reading, and several of the kids did the challenges in a marble circuit game<\/a> we had checked out from the library. They really liked it!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jason read to James and Lydia before they went to sleep and I read to the middle kids. We just finished The First Four Years and are almost done with The Sword in The Tree,<\/a> which was pretty quick to read and thrilling for my younger boys. Leo popped in to share with us some things he had read about King Arthur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That ended another homeschool day at the Kreke house!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WATCH A FEBRUARY HOMESCHOOL DAY IN THE KREKE HOUSE HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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