Beatyfam
• May. 26, 2009 - May schedule
I sent the following email out to someone today, just thought I'd post it since I typed it all out already.
I wanted to send you my schedule, but be assured we don't stick to all of it everyday! Also, I change it fairly often, especially when the weather changes. It is crucial for us to have time built in to take a walk or exercise, play outside, and rest. These times move around depending on the season. Right now it is getting warmer so we are walking earlier- around 9 am. In the cooler weather, we may walk right before lunch or after resting.
May Schedule
6:45 Sam quiet time (this is crucial also!)
7:15 Make breakfast
7:30 Kids eat breakfast- Steve reads aloud out of Bible usually
7:45 Chores/ help Steve get out the door
8:45 Steve leave
9:00 Walk
9:30 Daily "extra" (sign language/art/music/memory work/cooking)
10:00 Snack
10:20-11:30 Outside play
11:30 Lunch
12:00 Read aloud
12:30 Nate nap/Grace and Patrick history
1:00 Grace and Patrick rest time/ Sam nap, dinner prep, read, etc.
3:00 Snack/ outside
4:30 Afternoon clean-up
5:00 or 5:30 Steve home
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Family time/ Family worship
7:30 Begin bedtime prep
8:00 Kid's bedtime (since the weather has been so nice this will get delayed if we have spent time playing outside or gone for another walk w/ Daddy if he didn't get to exercise yet. We shoot for 8, but sometimes is 8:30)
Of course the schedule is different when we are doing more schoolwork, but we are done with everything except history. We always get behind on that and do it through the summer! Also, often the kids won't get done with all their chores first thing, but I try to make sure they are done before they get snack. They are usually pretty motivated to get done at that point!
2 hours may seem like a long time for your kids to rest, since they aren't used to it, so you may want to work up to that. Grace is allowed to read the whole time, and I think she looks forward to it. Patrick is usually given a set number of books to look at and then he has to be still on the couch. ( They are in separate rooms) If they come upstairs, or if I hear them playing or talking, they get punished. I am serious about rest time. It is necessary for them and for me! They are rewarded after naptime with a snack and a smiling mama! They are used to it by now. This time of the year it is easier because they are worn out from playing so much. In the winter, of course, it is more challenging to get their energy out.
Hope this gives you some ideas!
Samantha |
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