This is irritating- sorry...this picture is sideways help???
We wake the kiddos around 6:35-6:40....while they start to get up, we do T25. Hey, doing this together has helped encourage us both. Although I am definitely following the moderator- hey, it works.
By 7:20ish we are sitting down for breakfast & Jason shares with the kiddos about his morning devotions. Sometimes they listen....and well you know sometimes not. BUT the important thing is to keep trying!!!!
I do "large group" school time- science, language arts, basic math concepts, history, geography, Bible lessons, praise and worship, etc. Yes, I know you are thinking, but Dawn you have children from 4 to 14 how does it work. Each thing I do I know not all the kiddos are going to pick it up. That is fine. I try to draw some questions easy for the youngers to answer and harder questions for the olders to answer. I review, review, review- A LOT! This gives everyone opportunity to ask questions and really learn those basics. I do go more in depth as well, and when the littles are wandering- I let them.... it's fine.
I also have many activities that are for the youngers to do while it is over their heads too! Big puzzles, coloring, shape activities, fine motor skill things, lacing, etc.
Oh and don't forget snack time between 9-9:30!!! Or little miss will remind you!!! :)
HA! Well pretty much each day is a crazy adventure because some days we spend a lot of time one on one with a child struggling. One needing our time. It is hard....often frustrating feeling, but then we are here for our children. So we put one foot in front of the other......and keep plugging along. Today was definitely one of those days. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.......
After lunch from 1-3:30 we do a quiet time rotation. Home work (work books, Explode the Code, Wordly Wise, and others), writing assignment (something from a book, something we worked on earlier, or something off of pinterest- things like if you were to go on a dream vacation where would you go and what would you do), copy work (typically of scripture passage- in cursive for the olders, and printing for the youngers), Math (we do xtra math which is drill, and Teaching Textbooks for the olders, other math curriculum for the youngers), computer time- Switched On Schoolhouse or Jump Start, quiet play. **Michael naps- sometimes ;).
This is my time to focus on devotions & work until dinner time. Jason works during our homeschool and in the afternoons as well. Our work times are varied. There are times I am answering emails at Disney, or calling people on Saturdays. I do home studies in the evenings or on weekends. It all balances out and we are careful to make sure we keep time for our family.....just may not be traditional work times. There are many advantages to it as well. We get to work from home!! We get to work together!! And when it all hits the ceiling- we are both available to help.
We do small group on Sunday evenings.
Tuesday nights we do Bible Study with our children.
We have first Wednesday services, second Wednesday is Emerge Rallies, other Wednesday's are Emerge small groups. We also have prayer times at noon on Wednesdays which we try to go to as often as possible.
I typically do couponing time on Wednesdays (1-2 hours depending), and shop on Thursdays.
Thursdays right now we are teaching Empowered To Connect.
First Saturdays are typically serving days where our church does specific projects. Our kiddos do Wii nights, board and card game nights, and movies. It all depends on timing and we just don't stress about it.
Fridays and Saturdays are date nights for us, as well as for us taking our kiddos out on occasion. Important for sanity!!! I also believe that whenever possible take at least some of the kids with you to run errands.
Sounds like you have it timed out well.
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