Four-day week scheduling

[mo2]

I am trying to move to a more LCC type structure, but the subjects my daughter absolutely loves are science and history. So I'm thinking of doing core subjects 4 days a week and science and history on the 5th. We would probably do core subjects on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri, and then science/history on Wed. Do you think this would work?

[Plaid Dad]

This sounds like it would work well. Is it just that you want to leave more time to focus on science and history? I ask because a typical LCC schedule would have you doing each of these subjects one day a week.

[dragons in the flower bed]

I am trying to move to a more LCC type structure, but the subjects my daughter absolutely loves are science and history. So I'm thinking of doing core subjects 4 days a week and science and history on the 5th. We would probably do core subjects on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri, and then science/history on Wed. Do you think this would work?

I find that to get through a year's worth of the basics on a four day schedule -- and I'm just talking Latin and math -- my days have to be longer or I have to go year-round. Are you going to make your Latin & math days longer on M, Tu, Th & F by doing no science and history on those days, and then give an hour each to science and history on Wednesday?

[mo2]

I work from home 5 hours a day, so by the time we finish with our core subjects, there is little time for the "extras." So I figured if I did history and science (which require a little more preparation than the core subjects) on Wednesday, which is my day off, that would leave plenty of time for them and I wouldn't feel like I had to rush through the core subjects.

Thanks for responding!

[Heather in NC]

I think it sounds great. I have done 4-days a week all along but we also do "light" schooling in the summer (as in only math and latin).

[Cadam]

I do one content subject a day on a 4 day schedule along with my basic daily stuff. In your situation I might still want to do content reading on the 4 days and then save Wednesday for a project day for longer stuff.