Loop schedules for homeschoolers
A list you work through in order, picking up where you left off, so the things that always get dropped finally get done.
A loop schedule is a list of subjects you cycle through in order instead of assigning each to a weekday. You do two or three items a day, and tomorrow starts at the next one. The planner on this site has a loop list tab for it. How much you must teach each week still depends on your state's law page.
Checked October 27, 2026.
This is a plain-words summary, not legal advice. Laws change: check your state's current law and its education department before you act.
How to build one
- Do the must-do-daily subjects (math, reading) every day outside the loop.
- List the rest: science, history, art, music, a foreign language, logic, nature study, handwork, poetry, composer study.
- Each day, do the next two or three items on the list. When you reach the end, start again.
- If a day falls apart, nothing is missed: tomorrow picks up where you left off.
A sample loop
- Science
- History
- Art
- Poetry and a read-aloud
- Nature study
- Music
- Geography
- A foreign language
Why families like it
There is no "we missed Tuesday" guilt. Each subject comes around regularly, and light weeks and busy weeks produce the same fairness.
Watch out
A loop can stretch a subject so long between turns that your child forgets. Keep the list short, eight items or fewer.
Make yours
Open the planner and use the Loop list tab, then print it.
Sources
- Peabody's state homeschool law pages (each lists its statutes and state education department pages) (checked October 27, 2026)