Last night I was researching a new way of getting every one's school into the day, preferably before 2:00-3:00pm. I mean, hey, how can institutional school fit it all in from 8:00-3:00, take time to switch classes, eat lunch and have recess and get all classes in? Hmmmm......I guess my thing is getting all of the curriculum finished. We don't go just by 180 school days per year. We work till we are done whether it's 180 or 280. I know that institutionalized schools, for the most part, just slam the books shut once that 180 day mark hits, done or not. That's so unfair to the students.

Okay, so where was I? Oh yeah, fitting it in. What? What did you say? Yes, I can! Don't discourage me alright? So, last night I was brainstorming this once again while I was also talking with James about that classroom we'll have next school year and how to set it up. It's gonna be ssswweeeettttt.

Here's my tentative plan, which isn't off to a good start today considering the children are not wanting to get out of bed. We've had very late nights this week, but still they need to be out of bed.

• 6:00 Mom is up(that actually was the easy part), quiet time, focus on day, drink coffee, read paper
• 7:00 make breakfast (today is muffin day!), get dressed(hopefully with makeup?)
• 7:30 get children up, have quiet time and dress
• 8:00 eat breakfast, make beds, brush teeth
• 8:30 School begins! All: SOW(Bible), Hero Tales story(missionary stories), Little Visits everyday devotional(for the wee ones)
• 9:00 D and S do copywork. This consists of mainly Bible verses from devotionals, studies or sermons.This practices handwriting and Bible memory. Br does New Testament Survey(next year another elective goes here). The small ones are coloring, playing blocks or various toys.
• 9:30 S reads to me then does Easy Grammar, D  and Br do Language Arts
• 10:00 Br, D, and S do Spelling Power with me
•  10:30 BREAK! Snack
• 10:45 Preschool/ Kindergarten with J and Be, Br watches JA, D and S read science together
• 11:30 B, D and S: Math
• 12:30  lunch
• 1:00 Br does Home Ec(next year another elective will go here), D and S does computer math "games"/ go over science with me, Have history/ geography lesson. JA, Be, and J nap/ quiet time.
• 2:00 next year PE might be added here

The rest of the day would be pretty much the same:

Play, chores, cook supper, kitchen cleanup, prepare for following day.