Malcolm still sick, now snotty and coughing. Perry was fevered again but never had any symptoms, and Dorothy is also coughing. Summer colds, as my mother used to say.

Now some actual homeschool content on the homeschool blog.

I’ve written a tentative schedule for the fall. It will change, or it won’t work, or something. Best laid schemes, yk.

(Some horrifying DALL-E Mini interpretations of “the best laid schemes of mice and men”)

Gosh.

Anyway, The schedule!

Morning

• 7:00 Wake up, coffee with Sean <3
• 8:00 Make breakfast, wake littles
• 8:30 Breakfast [Mass*]
• 9:00 Outside! [Mass]
• 9:30 Wake teens, morning basket littles
• 10:00 Littles phonics
• 10:30 Teens start seminar reading**, composition, math
• 11:00 Littles math
• 11:30 Littles read-alouds, check in with teens

Afternoon

• 12:00 Lunch
• 12:30 Check in with teens
• 1:00 Latin
• 2:00 Seminar until we feel done with it

That’s our standard 4 day academics, 1 day extracurriculars week.

*Aiming for Mass once a week. **Seminar is all our history and literature studies. We’ll start science later in the year.

So, “Littles” is Dorothy, Clementine, and Peregrine (and tag-along Malcolm) and “Teens” is Gilbert, Trix, and Gloria. This fall will be my 18th year homeschooling. I anticipate homeschooling through 2037 which means THIRTY THREE YEARS. Whoa.