Our Schedule for Peaceful Homeschool Days

Our schedule for peaceful homeschool days includes ample time for:
  • homekeeping,
  • homeschooling,
  • indoor/outdoor time,
  • mom time,
plus free afternoons for hassle-free days.
Time
Schedule
7:00 am
Mom Time (Personal Devotions, Get ready, Beauty Lesson & Beauty Exercises, Make Breakfast) What Is Mom Time?
8:00 am
Breakfast (with Program 1: Christian Study family together in Bible, History, Biography, and Geography)**
9:00 am
Outdoor Time (Program 2: Enrichment Study together in Art, Music, Literature, Foreign Languages, Habits, Handicrafts, Poetry, and more!)
10:00 am
Indoor Time (Program 3: Individual Study* for grade-level skills in Math, Science, and Language Arts) and the Homekeeping Hour for mom.
Noon
Lunch & Chore (Make lunch, eat, do dishes, family helps complete the daily Homekeeping Chore. 
1:00 - 3:00
Time-out for anything you like.
(Rest, Read, Personal Development, Music, Handicraft, Sew) 
5:00 pm
Dinner (Make dinner, eat, do dishes.)
6:00 - 8:00
Evening Time (this could include family game, rest, talk, walk, yardwork, devotions, or The Children's Hour.
*homekeep before breakfast with babies; grades 7-12 finish studies in afternoon.

How to Use

We've done a lot of research, tweaking, and in-the-trenches doing over the years, but here's the basics of how to use our schedule.  There are 3 keys to success with a homeschool schedule:
  1. Start with set meal times for proper nutrition to feed the body & have an orderly day. Think family time around the table.
  2. Build-in variety with our 3 programs of study and feed the mind as well, plus get refreshed by spending time outdoors each day.
  3. Allow for ample time to do each task which ensures success and peace (no hurry). Don't forget to enjoy free afternoons for time-out for anything you want!
Plus, as you can see, we weave homeschool into the natural flow of the day.  In this way, learning becomes a way of life.

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