I thought it might be a good idea to post the basic outline I use for school, chores, meals, etc. before I get into details about what we're studying.

Our daily schedule looks like this:

9:00 - Get dressed & breakfast

10:00 - Devotions (Pray, recite & memorize Bible verses - M,F; read, narrate & discuss an Old Testament chapter - T,W,Th

11:00 - PE - M,W,F; Handwriting - T,Th

11:30 - Math

12:15 - Chores (Includes making lunch)

12:45 - Lunch

1:30 - Chores (Includes cleaning up from lunch)

2:00 - Group reading - M,W; U.S History - T,Th; Science lab - F

3:00 - Music - M,W; Grammar - T,Th

3:30 - Spelling - T,Th; Composition - F

4:00 - Thinking Skills - T,Th

4:30 - Snack

5:00 - Chores (Includes making dinner)

6:00 or 6:30 - Dinner

7:00 or 7:30 - Chores (includes cleaning up from dinner); baby baths

8:30 - Evening devotions (Read & discuss a New Testament chapter)

9:30 - Big kids' showers; babies to bed

10:30 - Big kids in bed

For chores, the 3 big kids rotate their jobs, which are grouped like this:

-Kitchen (Clear table, put away clean dishes, wash dirty dishes, wipe surfaces)

-Meals (prepare & put away food) & laundry (2 loads)

-Clean house (bedroom, babies' room, living room, bathroom)

There are chores that need to be done every day, every week and every month, so we use 3 different charts to show what needs to be done. For example, the dish drainer doesn't need to be washed every day, nor does the top of the fridge, so those items appear on their respective charts.  When I figure out how to upload them, I'll do that.

As for meals, I worked out a monthly schedule that I can sort of revise and substitute to keep it from getting stale.  This is by far the best organizational tool I have ever implemented.  For some reason, meal planning has always been the hardest thing for me to do.  Now I don't have to think anymore; I just buy what I need for each meal, once a week.  Well, ideally...we sometimes run out of something or other midweek, but it has saved me from having to reinvent the wheel every time I go to the store.

Now it's confession time.  I do not stick to my schedules religiously.  Some days I do well to accomplish anything at all, much less at the appointed time.  These are merely guidelines to keep us on track in ideal circumstances.  It has taken me years to get this organized but my house still always looks like a tornado just came through - especially my room.  Laundry is an ever-present obstacle - literally.  I'm relying on Fly Lady to get me to the next phase of home management - my goal this year is to be able to have someone over without having to work for hours first to make my home presentable.