We don’t technically homeschool. H goes to kindergarten for 3 hours daily, Monday to Friday, where she learns English, Malay, Arabic, Math and Islamic Studies, amongst other subjects. To me, “homeschool” refers to the time we spend outside of school on activities that are somewhat academic. We homeschool 5-6 days a week, as you can see from this schedule we’ve settled on for now:

It’s a packed schedule, if you take into consideration my 40-hours-per-week day job. Yet somehow, with plenty of barakah, it’s been manageable, and even fun and rewarding!

The schedule is kept flexible for both our sakes, though. When either one of us is feeling unwell or unusually tired, I reschedule the planned activity for another day. This doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I pull out my Plan B – something less taxing and just as educational, like Lego or board games.

Outside of this schedule, H also does plenty of desk work on her own when she’s back from kindergarten. Occasionally, when I have the time, I prepare a Montessori activity for her to work on instead of the usual worksheets. I reckon she spends 20 minutes daily on this “homework”, which leaves her a LOT of time for free play.

We’ll be adjusting the schedule according to our needs, but this has worked for us this year! In December in sya Allah, I hope to re-plan our homeschooling direction and that will probably bring about a new schedule as well.