The kids, especially the twins, didn’t like the schedule.  They would prefer to do their school work in an order of their choosing. They would also prefer to start school at 9:00 or 10:00 am.  That hasn’t been working well enough.  Just letting them work on what they wanted when they wanted left me with no planned out teaching time with the twins to review Grammar, history, and science lessons and assignments with them.  And then there were times when no one needed me for quite awhile and then suddenly everyone needed me at once.  The days have often felt disjointed and I was never sure what my teens were getting done or not getting done.  Then there were the times when, because of the order they each chose to do their work, they both needed a textbook at the same time.

I want to regain order.  We need continuity in our days.  I think everyone will benefit from some consistency from day to day, at least with our mornings and early afternoons.

So tomorrow morning, with a few adjustments, we renew the January 20^th daily schedule.  However, instead of starting math at 8:00 we will begin with prayer and then our read aloud.  The schedule will proceed from there at 9:00 as originally written, except that science will begin at 1:00 after lunch rather than the read aloud. 

Once again, the challenge will be getting everyone up in the morning, including myself!  And in light of that, and it being almost 11:00 pm… I better head to bed!