This week's plan

This is the plan I made for my oldest son who is starting fourth grade. The rest of the children's plans are similar to this. This is the first week and I can already see flaws in the plan. One of the reason I wanted to pursue home school was because I wanted to allow my children to discover their own interest and study them in detail. This schedule does not leave any room for this. Also each day is treated equal, this will not work for us because the days Dad has off need to be a bit lighter to leave room for him to hang out with his boys. So next weeks the plan will be altered to fit us a bit better. Maybe a check list of things we want to accomplish through out the week regardless of the day?

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Math	2 Review Sheets	2 Review Sheets	2 Review Sheets/ Math Videos	2 Review Sheets	2 Review Sheets/ Test	Math Videos
Reading	Pg. 2-8 -  A-Beka	Pg. 9-15 A-Beka	Pg. 16-27 A-Beka	Pg. 28   A-Beka	Pg. 29-40 A-Beka/ Timed Reading	Free Reading
Social Studies	Jobs in the Community	None	Money	None	Holidays in May	None
Science	Chapter 1 Lesson 1	Lesson 2 Dissect Flower	Lesson 3	Lesson 4 Bean Seeds	Chapter 1 Review/Test	Nature Observation
P.E.	Hike	Swim	Swim	Run Time:	Hike	Swim
Spanish	30 Min online	30 Min online	30 Min online	30 Min online	30 Min online	None
History	Beringia Native Americans	Artic People	Tribes of Northwest	Plains Indians	Review	None
Handwriting	Cursive Worksheet	Journaling	Cursive Worksheet	Journaling	Journaling	None
Bible	Group Reading	Group Reading	Group Reading	Group Reading	Group Reading	Group Reading

Daily Reading to Katie is encouraged, and also a personal choice book for reading daily is required. Any topics missed or that are hard will be reviewed on Saturday. If a spontaneous field trip occurs the work can be made up on Saturday.

Does anyone else have the problem of meeting state standards, yet allowing time and room for the pursuit of what really interests your child? Any ideas?