Homeschool World Forum

at our house we follow the FlyLady way. It works for us. Each Monday we do our home blessings and bless our house by doing a nice cleaning. The rest of the week is just maintaince. I have three kids; Catherine (who is 6 and almost done with 1st grade), Anna (who is 2 and doing preschool), and Christopher (who is 1 and just having fun). Here is our typical day:

8 am - Breakfast and I start laundry and unload the dishwasher. We read our morning devotion before we leave the table, my 6 year old now likes to read it.
8:30 am - Clean up from Breakfast, get everyone dressed, brush teeth and hair and make beds.
9 am - Fun play time for all, and I clean up "hot spots", swish and swipe, and over all clean up.
9:30 am - Morning excerises, we do aerobics and toning together as a group
10 am - Language Arts and Math
Noon - Lunch
1 pm - Science, History, Art/Music
3 pm - Free play, little ones are awake from naps at this point
4:30 pm - Family pick up and start dinner.
5 pm - Hubby comes home
5:30 pm - We eat dinner as a family, we do Bible at the table as a family.
6 pm - Activities (M- Rainbow, T- Ice Skating and Gym, Th- Church)
7 pm - Baths
7:30 pm - Christopher to bed
8 pm - Anna to bed
9 pm - Catherine to bed
10 pm - Hubby and I go to bed.

I'm a single, work at home mom, so it's really challenging to get EVERYTHING done.

I try to get at least TWO hours worth of schooling in for my little girl. I do no more than 2 maybe 3 subjects.

When she's doing seat work, I work online a bit, or do the dishes, laundry ex.... Actually, I've been giving her more independent work and she's doing great with it. It's giving me that time to get things done.

I also go to the gym everyday.

I stay up really late at night (till 12 or 1am), answering emails and promoting my business.

Overall, it's not so bad. It can get very stressful at times.

Occasionally, I may take a day off from homeschooling to refresh my attitude, so that I can be patient and loving as I teach.

So in a nutshell, most days, I homeshcool from 9 - 12. Sometimes, I homeshcool in the afternoon.

We have lunch, do whatever errands need to be made, do a few house chores, go to the gym, cook, rest a little in between and get the kids ready for bed (baths, dinner, prayer time etc....).

Lilly,