A Starting Schedule

After some reflection and prayer, we have decided change the education schedule of the little gray schoolhouse and move to trimesters or terms which is to say, go year round with homeschooling.

This is a major step for me - I have completely left the institutional education box. I had already planned and laid out half the year when I really felt the tuggings at my heart. Two weeks before we were to resume fall lessons, the decision was made and the old schedule scrapped. 

I am still balancing a Charlotte Mason method with a more structured classical education. Our mornings will be structured and our afternoons and evenings will be free.

One option is:

Sept, Oct, Nov - first term

December off

Jan, Feb, March - second term

April off

May, June, July - third term 

Another option is: 

School   September through mid -October

Break     one week off

School    Late October until Thanksgiving 

Break      week off

School    Early December

Break      three weeks off for Christmas and New Year's

School    Mid-January until late February or early March

Break      Two weeks off

School    Late April, May, on through summer

Breaks   Anytime during the summer, whenever vacationing, visiting or entertaining, etc.