School Year Routine

We started our school year routine on August 4th...of course, we have made a few adjustments...but it seems to be flowing well.  This plan changes a bit on Mondays because I take the 4 youngest to gymnastics in the morning.  We started our homeschool group and co-op for the younger 4 at the beginning of the month.  We started piano lessons on the 18th.  Kessiah and Jenessa started their Williamsburg classes on the 20th.  Soccer practices are starting up...so ready or not here we come for another school year!

5:30...I get up if I want to blog...which hasn't happened very often
6:00...Get Kessiah up to reads her scriptures/straightens bedroom and bathroom, I read my scriptures
6:30...Get Jenessa up to read her scriptures/straighten bedroom and bathroom, I exercise
7:00...Get Sienna up to read her scriptures/straighten bedroom and bathroom (if the boys are not up, get them up as well), I shower and get ready for the day, Kessiah has her Leadership class
7:30...Jenessa has her Leadership class, the rest of us eat breakfast
8:00...My time to clean up the kitchen and do any dinner prep, boys clean their room and bathroom, Sienna practices the piano, Jenessa eats breakfast,  Kessiah has STEM or Humanties
8:30...I do math with Sienna and Logan, Kessiah is still in class, Jenessa practices the paino, little boys are playing (or often at the table with Logan and I)
9:00...Family devotional time
9:30...I do language lessons arts with Logan and pull out some worksheets for Mason and Corbin, Sienna finishes her math and then does some science or social studies, Jenessa has STEM or Humanities, Kessiah has her turn at the piano
10:00...Snack time for the youngest 4...the older girls have to get their snack on their own in between classes.  Kessiah has a writing class 2 days a week, Jenessa is still in class
After snack...I do language arts with Sienna, the boys go play, Kessiah and Jenessa work on assignments.  When I am done with Sienna, I go into the office and provide moral support while Kessiah and Jenessa work on math.

The younger 4 are pretty much done with everything by 11:00...Kessiah and Jenessa have some assignments to complete for Williamsburg.

We have some afternoon activities at 12:30
Monday...piano lessons
Tuesday...co-op (younger set)
Thursday...homeschool group

Then we do an hour of quiet time and then I read aloud from a book.

Our Routine/Schedule

I was in the mother's lounge at church with another mom who was asking me some questions about homeschooling...she wanted to know our routine...how I made it work...the logistics.  I have it all written out but I've never talked it out with someone.

So, this is basically how we are making it work...some things are still a work in progress, some areas need to be improved or changed.

I do my morning stuff until 8:30 when we do a short devotional.  After that we do some morning chores. 

9:15:  Kessiah and Jenessa do some subjects they can do independantly while I do "table time" with Sienna and Logan.  This is when I do some kindergarten with Sienna (math, handwriting, some phonics).  Logan does some worksheets as well, mostly because he wants to do whatever Sienna is doing.  And Mason has been insisting on sitting in his chair and coloring on a worksheet as well. 

10:00:  Sienna and Logan get a snack and go outside for a bit and then play inside while I work with Kessiah and Jenessa on anything they need help with. 

We eat lunch around 12:30...Ryan is almost always able to join us.  Logan and Mason take naps.  Kessiah and Jenessa do 45 minutes of quiet reading time.  Sienna has struggled with what to do during this time even though she has a box of quiet activities she can do...but she is gradually starting to read more of her Hooked on Phonics readers and BOB books.  When they are done...we have Mommy reading time...when I read a from a chapter book.

Afternoon:  Kessiah and Jenessa do Science or History/Art...whatever they have scheduled for that day.  Sienna will sometimes do some additional school, sometimes she just plays.  Everyone has free time when school is done.  We also do various extra curricular activities depending on the season...Soccer is coming up for us now!

Evening:  On an ideal evening after scriptures and prayer...Ryan reads to Kessiah and Jenessa.  I read a couple of books to Sienna, Logan and Mason...then put the boys to bed.  If Ryan is still reading Sienna and I do some Hooked on Phonics.

So, that is about it...it looks so simple in black and white!