Our Day (homeschool and all)

I've had a few people ask me about what our daily schedule looks like and how we do chores.

The key to our homeschool day or regular day is organization and having a schedule.... without these, our house doesn't run very smoothly.

I have to have a schedule for us as it just works out better.  While the little ones are doing their schoolwork, oldest dd is working on her chores for the week or I am nearby working on something as they do a subject that doesn't required a lot of assistance.

This is  our schedule from August to May.  For June and July, we still do school but its more hands on learning as we work in the garden... which usually gets planted in late April or early May and harvesting usually is over by September, if we have a late growing season.  I can during this time and the children enjoy picking wild berries for me to wash & freeze, although I think they eat more than they pick at times.

Homeschooling More Than One doesn't have to be overwhelming.

Our Schedule

7:00  wake up (get dressed, clean room, brush teeth)

7:30

8:00 Breakfast

8:30 Clean Up From Breakfast

9:00 School Starts -- Devotions

9:30 Math

10:00 English

10:30 Penmanship & Spelling

11:00 Social Studies

11:30 Health & Science

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Reading & Phonics

1:00 Art

1:30 Music

2:00 School over --- Chores & playtime after chores are done

2:30

3:00

3:30

4:00

4:30

5:00

5:30  Start Supper

6:00 set Table

6:30 Supper

7:00

7:30 Baths

8:00 Devotions

8:30 Bedtime for little ones  

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We have three bedrooms which means, Dh and I have our room, the boys have one room and the girls have one room.  There are also three bathrooms... two of which are in service. The boys lost the privilege of having their own bathroom so it's locked and they must use the hall bathroom which is also mainly the girls' bathroom. This is to ensure that the bathroom stays clean as they were not keeping their bathroom picked up nor would they flush... disgusting.

So since the bedrooms are set up this way, it makes it easier to do laundry in a schedule that a good friend of mine suggested instead of on one day as I was desperately trying to do and keep up with.

Laundry Schedule

Monday - Mom's & Dad's hamper

Tuesday - Boys' hamper

Wednesday - Girls' hamper

Thursday - Mom's & Dad's hamper

Friday - Boys' and Girls' hampers

Saturday - household (cleaning rags, kitchen towels & dish cloths, etc. that may have not gotten put into the wash on another day, everyone's sheets)

Sunday - No laundry

 

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CHORES

WEEK 1
Mom            Kitchen (sweep, mop, wipe down counters, cabinets & appliances)
Ashley         Vacuum & Dust & Bathrooms
Trey             Kitchen Trash & Compost AND  Dishes (unload dishwasher)
Jakob           Sweep off porches & sidewalk & keep trash up outside, dining room
Emma          Bathroom Trash Cans
Grace           Put silverware away and set the table
Nathan         pick up toys

WEEK 2
Mom            Vacuum & Dust & Bathrooms
Ashley          Kitchen (sweep, mop, wipe down counters, cabinets & appliances)
Trey              Sweep off porches & sidewalk & keep trash up outside, dining room
Jakob            Kitchen Trash & Compost AND  Dishes (unload dishwasher)Emma           Put silverware away and set the table
Grace            Bathroom Trash Cans
Nathan          pick up toys

WEEK 3
Mom           Kitchen (sweep, mop, wipe down counters, cabinets & appliances)
Ashley        Vacuum & Dust & Bathrooms
Trey            Kitchen Trash & Compost AND  Dishes (unload dishwasher)
Jakob          Sweep off porches & sidewalk & keep trash up outside, dining room
Emma         Bathroom Trash Cans
Grace          Put silverware away and set the table
Nathan        pick up toys

WEEK 4
Mom            Vacuum & Dust & Bathrooms
Ashley          Kitchen (sweep, mop, wipe down counters, cabinets & appliances)
Trey              Sweep off porches & sidewalk & keep trash up outside, dining room
Jakob            Kitchen Trash & Compost AND  Dishes (unload dishwasher)Emma           Put silverware away and set the table
Grace            Bathroom Trash Cans
Nathan          pick up toys

Ashley -     Breakfast, Lunch, Laundry, AND watch Nathan, Thomas, & Grace from 9-2 keep them entertained so schoolwork can get done

Naps -- Thomas and Nathan down at 10 ---  and at  2 pm for Nathan, Grace and Thomas   

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Since today is Monday, my Basic Breakfast Menu is posted in the Menu Plan Monday post as well as my basic lunch menu and this week's Supper menu.

 

If you are stopping by from the Heart of Wisdom's blog post on A Typical Homeschool Day, you may be interest in these previous posts of mine:

Homeschooling More Than One

Holiday Homeschool Open House

This week in homeschooling

Lapbooking

ABC's 123's

Back to School Time

Homeschool Open House - Come on in!