A simple 1st grade homeschool plan
9 subjects, about 2.25 hours a day on a 5-day week. Lessons wait for you: miss a day and nothing goes overdue.
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| Subject | When | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Read-aloud Together A chapter a day from a book the whole family enjoys. | Every weekday 160 lessons | 20 |
| Phonics & reading Finish phonics, read easy books aloud to you every day. | Every weekday 160 lessons | 20 |
| Math Adding and subtracting to 20, place value, time and coins. | Every weekday 160 lessons | 20 |
| Handwriting & copywork Copy a short sentence neatly; start capital letters and periods. | Every weekday 160 lessons | 15 |
| Spelling A few words a day that follow the phonics patterns. | Every weekday 160 lessons | 10 |
| Science Animals, plants, weather and the five senses, with simple experiments. | Tue, Thu 72 lessons | 20 |
| History & geography Together Stories of people and places; find them on a map or globe. | Wed 36 lessons | 30 |
| Art Together Drawing, painting and one artist a month. | Fri 36 lessons | 30 |
| PE Outside play, a sport, a walk. | Every weekday | 30 |
| A week | 11.25 h |
Using your own curriculum? Swap any subject in one tap. Set its number of lessons and the days you do it; Homepen keeps the pace.
“Together” subjects are shared by brothers and sisters: one lesson, ticked once for everyone. This is Homepen's own starter plan, not a state requirement; see what your state asks and count your days and hours.