Due to the desire to maintain a consistent work environment for the moms and children, those who would like to use the space for homeschooling are asked to commit to being at the schoolhouse Tuesday-Friday, 9am-1pm.   Lunch, recess, and afternoon time are optional.

(Those who are dropping older children off elsewhere, such as at Lyceum, are welcome to arrive early and eat breakfast at the schoolhouse.)

9:20 Morning Prayer of the Divine Office

9:40 Read Saint-of-the-Day and plan out work/assignments for the day

10-12:45 Individual/Small group Work Time

12:45 Chores

1  Angelus/Regina Ceoli and Lunch

1:45 Recess

2:30 Craft time while listening to a read-aloud

3 Decade of Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:15 Dismissal

First Mom Retreat Day - August 26th

First Day of "School" - September 5th

(The remainder of the calendar is TBD)

Since the moms are with their children day in and day out, it is vitally important that they have one day a month to refresh and renew themselves.  It is also important for the cohesiveness of the community that the moms have time together for building friendships and for assessing how things are going at school so that we can make adjustments as needed.

Dads are welcome to take their children to the Budnik's Bratenahl house for any portion of the day.

Schedule:

8:30 Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Wickliffe

9:15 Breakfast

10:15 Go to Mentor Poustinia

10:30 Book Discussion/Presentation/Quiet Prayer time

12 Lunch

1 Discussion regarding the past month at school - what's working, what needs to be tweeked, any areas that people are feeling their needs are not being met

3 Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary

3:45 End

• Encourage independence

• Only interrupt children in the case of the 4 D's, if what they are doing is:

  • Distracting themselves or others

  • Dangerous

  • Disrespectful

  • Distructive

• Follow the child's lead - if a child is very interested in a topic, help him or her to find ways to expand across curriculum areas through finding related activities

• We will go outside for recess everyday unless it is raining hard.  Please bring appropriate clothing for your children.  You are welcome to leave things like snowsuits at school so that you don't have to bring them back and forth each day.

• If you bring books or materials to share, and you would eventually like them back, please label them.

• We will have a teacher come in one morning a week, for the last hour of work period to teach Latin.  All homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  Beginner group is for ages 7+.  

• If there are a lot of younger siblings in attendance, and someone wants to plan something, we can have a class for 4-6yos during the same time.

• Open to any homeschooling family.

• We will meet on Friday afternoons (with the exception of first Fridays) from 1-3:15 

• The children will do some group memorization, recitation and illustration, fun skits and drama games. In the Spring we will perform a play together! Last year among other poems the children memorized and illustrated "Pied Beauty," by Gerard Manley Hopkins and delighted us with a performance of three short plays: "Rumplestiltskin,""The Little Clown" and "Princess Nimblewit." We will wrap up with "Poetry Teatime" at 2:30 (mothers invited!) and families are invited to stay for the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3 o'clock.  We hope you will join us!

• Pax Christi, 

• Caitlyn 

When the world is all at odds, and the mind is all at sea.

Then cease the useless tedium, and brew a cup of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance, there is solace in its taste.

And the laden moments vanish, somehow into space.

The world becomes a lovely thing, there’s beauty as you’ll see.

All because you briefly stopped to brew a cup of tea. ~ Anonymous