Checking In- First 'School' Post of the Year

Midway through week 2 of the second half of our 2013/2014 school year. I'd attempted this post the first week but eh, it is here now. After 5 weeks off of school, 2 1/2 of those on vacation {a literal vacation!}, it has admittedly been a little difficult to get back into our groove.

But here we are, finished with the third day of the second week. And we survived. Math didn't make it in the 'schedule' for the day. I'm not too upset and the kids certainly aren't crying over that.

Round Table is/was the most difficult thing to get back into. The first week we skipped it with the understanding that we would start again this week. Being concerned that the day would get away from me before we got it done {and honestly if it gets put off until later in the day, it just doesn't get done}, I set out to make an agenda for us. Agenda, schedule, whichever. 

Here's our plan:

Mom up- school- 6:30 to 8:30

Kids up, breakfast, Bible reading- 7:30 to 8:30

Round Table- 9:00 to 11:00 

Break {bike ride}, lunch- done by 12:30

Jeff's time with mom- 12:30 to ?

Lee's time with mom- after Jeff to ?

School done by 4:00 

Mom school- after kids' school until 6ish? and again from 7:00 to 9:15

I also now have a box that now has our Round Table books and papers. I put the items in the box when Round Table is done so that I make sure I know where they are when I need them next morning. So far, so good. Our Round Table for the week thus far has included:

• Hymn
• Verses
• German phrases
• Sign Language
• Memorization/Recitation
• States/capitals
• Presidents
• James study {Tuesday}
• Chemistry {Tuesday-Thursday}
• Logic {Wednesday -Art of Argument from Classic Academic Press}
• Music
• Prayer

We missed The Attributes of God on Monday so we'll pick that back up next week. We have Science Matters on Friday. And that is how homeschool is going.

*My* school is going as well. It started Monday and I have assignments due every week. There is a lot of reading involved and many papers. Lots of information to synthesize. Speaking of which, I have to get off of here and get some of it done.