Our Daily Schedule

If you know anything about me at all, you should know that I am a schedule girl!  I like schedules, I like order!  I like to know what is going to happen and when!  So of course our school day has a schedule!  Keep in mind that even though there are times written, I am also pretty flexible with those times.  The times written just give us a good idea as to how we are doing in our day and they help me to stay on task!

Our Homeschool Daily Schedule:

Everyday
6:45-7:30   Mom wakes up, gets ready, Quiet Time/Prayer
6:30-7:30   Boys are up and eating breakfast
7:30-8:30   Mom eats breakfast, cleans up breakfast, begins dinner prep, starts laundry

Monday/ Wednesday
8:30-9:05      Group Time: Missionary Story, Devotion, Memory Verses, Prayer
9:05-9:20      Science
9:20-9:35      Art/Music
9:35-9:50      Latin
9:50-10:05    English (Elijah) Handwriting (Noah)
10:05-10:20  Snack/ Break
10:20-10:40  Math (everyone)
10:40-10:55  Handwriting (Elijah) Bible/History (Noah)
10:55-11:15  Reading (Noah) Free Time (Elijah)
11:15-11:30   Spelling (Elijah) Free Time (Noah)
11:30-12:30   Lunch, prepare Zach for rest time
12:30-12:45   Geography
12:45-1:30     Read Aloud Time
1:30-3:00       Free Time/Quiet Time
3:00               Snack/TV/ Free Time

Tuesday/Thursday
8:30-9:15      Take Zach to Pre-School
9:15-9:30      Science
9:30-9:45      Art/Music
9:45-10:00    English (Elijah)  Handwriting (Noah)
10:00-10:15  Snack/Break
10:15-10:30  Math
10:30-10:11  Bible/History, Reading (Noah)
11:00-11:15  Spelling (Elijah)
11:15-11:45  Pick Zach Up from Pre-School
11:45-12:30  Lunch, prepare Zach for rest time
**The afternoon is the same as Monday/Wednesday**

Fridays are our Home Economics days (aka house cleaning day!).  I also like to keep this day for making up any work that we missed during the week, or doing special projects that we didn't have time for during the week.

This is a general run down of how I organize our school day, as you can see it looks pretty structured but really it's not too rigid.  I let them pick and choose, like sometimes Elijah feels like doing Math before English and that's ok.  Sometimes he prefers to do his whole handwriting sheet in one day sometimes he likes to do a little bit everyday.  Noah's school day is really short and sometimes I just sit with him for about 30-45 minutes and get it all done at once because he is hard to get to come back once he has left!  If you notice I don't have anytime scheduled with Zach, and that's not because I don't spend anytime with him.  He joins in our group time, science, music/art, and Latin.  When we are doing our other work I have things set out to keep him occupied.  He gets to color, paint, cut, use stickers, play with rice, play dough, and puzzles.  Also I spend about 20 minutes reading to him before he goes in to his room for rest time.  So never fear, he does get attention!