There is a significant uptick in questions about our 3 Day School Week now that I have a high schooler.
The primary question is: “How can you do this with a high schooler?”
I had to spend some time considering the origin of the question, because, quite frankly, I didn’t quite understand it.
Because, essentially, however you structure your homeschool in 3rd or 8th grade can remain the way you structure your homeschool in 9th or 11th grade.
Although the work changes and there are certainly differences, nothing about high school alters the fundamental nature of my homeschool or my homeschooling philosophy.
Here are a few things that I think are helpful to note about our schedule:
1️⃣ Scheduling is Allocating Time
I allocate our hours into 2 days of longer stretches and 1 day of a shorter stretch. (Plus, a day of School With Friends)
You may allocate your hours into shorter stretches over 5 days.
I may be spending more or less hours homeschooling than you, but essentially our hours are just allocated differently.
A 3 day week is less of an anomaly when you realize that I’m simply stewarding and allocating hours in the way that works for my life, just like you are.
2️⃣ High School Credits Can Be Earned in Any Number of Days
Understanding how “credit hours” work and how credits are built is fundamental to freedom in scheduling.
There’s nothing about high school credit that dictates how many days our school hours must be allocated into or in what proportions.
I can’t fully elaborate on how to build credits here, but I have workshops, courses, and posts detailing that process.
3️⃣ Intentionality and Tools Are Pivotal
I didn’t randomly stumble upon our 3 day schedule, and I’m not simply grasping for 3 days because that’s all I’m “getting to”.
I intentionally crafted our homeschool schedule built upon the foundation of my personal homeschooling philosophy and our actual life.
I also utilize many scheduling tools, such as loops and rotating subjects.
You can truly do whatever you wish if you do it with intentionality and hone the tools that make it possible.
The primary question is: “How can you do this with a high schooler?”
I had to spend some time considering the origin of the question, because, quite frankly, I didn’t quite understand it.
Because, essentially, however you structure your homeschool in 3rd or 8th grade can remain the way you structure your homeschool in 9th or 11th grade.
Although the work changes and there are certainly differences, nothing about high school alters the fundamental nature of my homeschool or my homeschooling philosophy.
Here are a few things that I think are helpful to note about our schedule:
1️⃣ Scheduling is Allocating Time
I allocate our hours into 2 days of longer stretches and 1 day of a shorter stretch. (Plus, a day of School With Friends)
You may allocate your hours into shorter stretches over 5 days.
I may be spending more or less hours homeschooling than you, but essentially our hours are just allocated differently.
A 3 day week is less of an anomaly when you realize that I’m simply stewarding and allocating hours in the way that works for my life, just like you are.
2️⃣ High School Credits Can Be Earned in Any Number of Days
Understanding how “credit hours” work and how credits are built is fundamental to freedom in scheduling.
There’s nothing about high school credit that dictates how many days our school hours must be allocated into or in what proportions.
I can’t fully elaborate on how to build credits here, but I have workshops, courses, and posts detailing that process.
3️⃣ Intentionality and Tools Are Pivotal
I didn’t randomly stumble upon our 3 day schedule, and I’m not simply grasping for 3 days because that’s all I’m “getting to”.
I intentionally crafted our homeschool schedule built upon the foundation of my personal homeschooling philosophy and our actual life.
I also utilize many scheduling tools, such as loops and rotating subjects.
You can truly do whatever you wish if you do it with intentionality and hone the tools that make it possible.
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