The 2017-2018 School Calendar
The Minimalist Homeschool online plan is a full 180 school day, 36 5-day weeks.
Our family used to do a year round schedule, which I love in theory! I know it is how many school, but for us- it's cold in winter so plenty of time inside to work on stuff and read and come summer time we really enjoyed just having a free for all! Late nights, even slower than usual mornings and hours in the pool until the kids turned into prunes.
This year the plans are set up with a September through May schedule with seasonally themed electives (on some topics). You can most certainly tweak this to fit YOUR schedule and note down on your own calendar what week aligns with the weeks listed on the site. Feel free to adjust the seasonal electives as needed or enjoy Christmas science projects at some other time of the year! ;)
I started this site with my own plans for my family and wanted to share them publicly in case it could be a blessing to someone else. To be a little honest... I wasn't expecting the reception it's gotten... in a GOOD way! Looking ahead I will plan everything still week by week but with more seasonally neutral theme so it can be easier to adjust.
2017 - 2018 School Year | The Minimalist Homeschool
SEPTEMBER : Starting on Labor Day (start Tuesday if you have plans, I just have always felt like September was the kick off to a school year)
9/4 - Week 1
9/11 - Week 2
9/18 - Week 3
9/25 - Week 4
OCTOBER :
10/2 - Week 5
10/9 - Week 6
10/16 - Week 7
10/23 - Week 8
10/30 - Week 9
NOVEMBER :
11/6 - Week 10
11/13 - Week 11
11/20 - OFF for Thanksgiving Break
11/27 - Week 12
DECEMBER :
12/4 - Week 13
12/11 - Week 14
12/18 - Week 15
12/25 - OFF for Christmas Break
JANUARY :
1/1 - Week 16
1/8 - Week 17
1/15 - Week 18
1/22 - Week 19
1/29 - Week 20
FEBRUARY :
2/5 - Week 21
2/12 - Week 22
2/19 - Week 23
2/26 - Week 24
MARCH :
3/5 - Week 25
3/12 - Week 26
3/19 - Week 27
3/26 - Week 28
APRIL :
4/2 - OFF for Easter
4/9 - Week 29
4/16 - Week 30
4/23 - Week 31
4/30 - Week 32
MAY :
5/7 - Week 33
5/14 - Week 34
5/21 - Week 35
5/28 - Week 36
DONE! :)
I school my 3 kids in a few hours (total) each day and we're done. That leaves the majority of each day open to anything! Be it places to go, other activities we want to do, etc... Having such a simple schedule I feel like we need breaks less. We're not over stressed and maxed out all the time with a million workbooks and lists so taking a week of for the holidays fits for us. Some weeks we have other things to do, or a busy workload with our home business, so those weeks we may cram everything into 3 or 4 days instead.
Sick days? Fine, we do nothing but maybe some reading and I'll put on a documentary or something. Weather super nice out? We get done what must get done inside and then get outside for everything else! :) Let it work with your family, not against!
Here's what the plan will be based off of - look at your calendar and see where you may want to tweak and adjust. 6 weeks to go and I know our household will be ready to go! Until then, we're soaking up mid week mini golf trips and mass amounts of swimming!!!
xoxo
