The other day I sat down with hubs and begged asked him to help me with a schedule for school. Three of the kids are taking outside classes and one is doing ps sports, so we need a firm but yet flexible schedule. Hubs was up to the monumental   challenge and he sat down with me and asked me to tell him all our classes. Then he asked me how long I would need for each class and who would need me actually be with them during the alloted time. Then he set to work making a great schedule for me. :0)

We have only done the shedule for 5 days, but so far so good. On the days that we miss things, we just go to the next spot on the schedule and we do not try to back track all morning. Hubs also did block scheduling for me for history and science. So, instead of doing those subjects daily, we do them twice a week on seperate days. We also spend 2 hours on each class, as opposed to an hour at a time.

I have found that having more time for the subjects is really working out. We are delving into things that we might otherwise miss and since we have an ending time, we are not overwhelmed with materials. If the kids are too ansy, I do stop in between for a short break to let them streach, get a drink, ect....

Now I need to get a schedule going for household chores. I noticed that in the summer the house was much cleaner and now that I am busy with school the house is.....well, not as clean. ;0)  I know that I can do both school and housework, I just need to find a schedule that works.