7am – Wake/Bible meditation
7:30 – Daddy leaves/Mom dresses and gets ready for the day
8:00am – Kids wake/dress/chores
8:30am – Breakfast
Kids listen to Spanish lesson, review memory verse, eat
Mom starts chores and preps for school and preps dinner
9:00am – School Starts
Math, Bible Reading, Silent Reading, Writing Assignment, Josiah reads to mom, Katherine works on phonics
11:30 – Quick pick up, start lunch, switch laundry if any going, etc
12:00pm Eat lunch/mom reads to kids from Science, History, or our read aloud
1:00pm – Naptime/Quiet time
Youngest sleep, littles play quietly in their room
Older kids work on unfinished school work (copy work, Bible memory, Silent reading, flashcards, etc)
Mom checks email, blogs, eats lunch
2:00pm – Free Time for kids/mom chores
3:00pm – Afternoon chores/pick up for Daddy coming home
4:00pm Free time/Mom finishes her chores/kids play/dinner is started/bags packed and supplies gathered for evening plans
5:00pm – Everyone gathers to help finish dinner and get it on the table
5:30 Daddy gets home, dinner is eaten, children clear table
and the evening chaos starts!!
Now, we are not perfect here (hard to believe I know) and not everyday follows this daily schedule, especially in the last month it hasn’t. Our mornings are usually longer with lunch eaten closer to 1 or so because Elizabeth tends to be much less “needy” in the mornings. But this is the framework for our day. It keeps me on task and my children have come to expect this routine. There are fewer fusses over school if they just expect it each morning. There is no longer the battle of if we “have” to do school today. So, yes, my home is a routine and schedule home. Is your family a schedule house or do you just “wing” it every day?
Your daily schedule is very similar to mine. :-) It takes a lot to run a large family doesn’t it? Keep up the good work, Mama!