When we tell people we homeschool, one of the first questions I am asked is, “What is your day like?” The following is a typical day:
I get up early, about 7:00 or 7:30 to have some quiet time, read the newspaper, and have coffee. When Aaron gets up, about 7:45 or 8:00, we all have breakfast together, Mom, Dad, and Son.
The “school day” begins after we clean up the dishes and walk the dog. I don’t really like to call it the “school day” because it is actually a “life day”, how we spend our life.
We spend about one hour first thing doing Bible verse and Bible. Aaron reads the verse chosen for the day and reviews the verses from the previous days. He doesn’t have to say them word for word, paraphrasing is ok. Then we read from where ever we left off in the Bible. I am using the suggested weekly Bible reading schedule from What Your Child Needs to Know When by Robin Sampson. Then, he writes the Bible verse to practice his copywork. He then can draw a picture from the story, write something in his own words, or any other additional appropriate activity.
If we do nothing else all day, the Bible...