Home Education: a day in our life

Dear reader,

There’s no glamour in our life as we home educate our children.

As parents of 5, life is complex but rewarding. We have a lot of love and big messes to clean up, lots of hungry believes to feed, and a busy schedule.

This week is a special one. We have our kids in classes with new tutors. We have been going to Jiu-Jitsu classes for over a month and now it’s routine, the children know their chores by now; finally I am used to our new schedule.

As we move forward, my plan is to solidify our daily home education situation so that everyone is aware of what they need to do (bare minimum) and any extra is ideal.

We have 3 big girls learning at home. They all go to Jiu-Jitsu, have tutors on Outschool, and have their own passions and pursuits. 

Everyday Learning by Lizzie, Lilly, Vivi

Outschool Tutoring: Everyday the girls have different classes with tutors on Outschool. I used to have them in several classes a day, but it was too much. Now they each have several classes a week and we re-watch their classes and study their subjects. Lizzie, our oldest checks the Outschool schedule for all three.

Jiu-Jitsu Classes: Monday through Thursday all three girls go to Jiu-Jitsu class. Classes are not mandatory, we usually take Tuesday off and go Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. Going to start taking them on Saturdays as well. While Lizzie waits, she reads and while Lillinand Vivi wait, they work on art and animation on the phone.

Chores: The three big girls have minimum daily chores:

• Lizzie checks the outschool and Jiu-Jitsu schedules.
• Lizzie helps her younger sisters log Into Outschool classes.
• Lizzie cleans the kids eating and art tables on top and underneath.
• Lizzie keeps the computer area tidy.
• Lizzie helps with cooking lunch for the children as needed.
• Lizzie also does a great job of helping take care of her toddler siblings: Alex and Vicky. She is a very helpful big sister and an example to follow.
• Lilli’s chore is to keep the living room organized, includes the stairs and furniture
• Lilli also helps her little siblings.
• Lilli helps Vivi finish her chores also.
• Lilli in in charge or the art material organization and sharpening pencils.
• Vivi’s chore is to clean the dining room and kitchen floor and the dining room table.
• She also helps with her siblings.

Arts and Crafts: Lilly and Vivi draw every day. Lizzie does digital art and animation on her computer.

Personal Passions and Pursuits: Lizzie has her Youtube channel. She creates videos, edits them, and with very little help schedules her videos. Lilly and Vivi help at times.

Lizzie also has her Roblox games. She works on making her games better, shares them, makes friends with players. Her goal is to be a game designer.

Future Plan.

• Daily cooking/ baking with the kids
• Daily language learning. Fun language opportunities
• Handwriting practice
• Storytelling initiative
• History. Choose interval and continue making it interesting