4 day school weeek

[J&J Mom]

My kids (5 and 8) go to an all-day program on Fridays that cover Science, Art, Music, PE, etc. so we end up with a 4 day school week.

This is our first year with TOG and we are doingn LG and UG and I'm concerned about trying to do TOG in 4 days each week. Both of my boys have speech therapy on two different afternoons each week. My oldest reads very well, but struggles with writing. In the past, I've used a Sonlight's 4 day curriculum which worked well with our schedule.

Is TOG manageable in 4 days a week, or should I stretch it out? I'm thinking of doing each TOG week over 6 of our school days. We would end up doing 3 units instead of 4.

[Julie_and3]

I am all for 4 day school weeks! I also began with Sonlight's 4 day curriculum for pre-school and K-5. My oldest will be 2nd grade this year and I am still planning on primarily a 4-day week.

We did TOG Year 1 last year. We used our Fridays for projects, catch-up, and co-op craft days. This year we are trying to keep regular studies to the first 4 days, but we will be having a TOG co-op every other Friday morning.

My boys are K-5 & 2nd grade this year. You can do TOG in 4 days, but you have to be willing to choose your TOG activities carefully to fit into your schedule. If you like more in-depth study, your plan to stretch out the weeks may be wise especially if you are considering Year 2.

Julie

[Cindy in VA]

We too have successfully done TOG in 4 days each week. We managed to do all the reading assignments and most of the activities. Nothing on Fridays.

[momof6girls]

I had an UG and LG this year and we did school in 4 days. We didn't always do an activity/craft every week though.

That said, we also chose to only do three units a year. We homeschool 3 months on, one month off year round so it just fit in better. It was nice to have a few weeks at the end of each three month period to play catch up in any our other subjects as needed. I plan to do this until my oldest hits 9th grade and then we'll probably pick up the pace.