{"id":1050,"date":"2014-12-24T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=1050"},"modified":"2016-01-12T22:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T05:37:29","slug":"setting-up-a-family-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/setting-up-a-family-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up a Family Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some of my kids at Arches National Park<\/p><\/div>\n

As much as I hate to be confined to a schedule, I have to admit that it is very liberating to the whole family to know what to expect<\/strong>. If I don\u2019t follow a schedule, life goes somewhat like this: get up late, work on something that is high priority (in my nightgown), get waylaid on a long phone call while the kids wreck havoc, fix breakfast when the complaining gets too loud, get dressed because it\u2019s too late to exercise now, try to pull homeschool together late and unorganized, fix a quick (rather than nutritious) lunch when the complaining gets too loud (about 2:00 p.m.), feel discouraged because I\u2019m so far behind, etc. Get the picture?<\/em> It is a downward spiral because you get to bed late because you are so far behind on fixing dinner, and so you are off to a worse start the next day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reality is that I never exactly meet my own time schedule. It does serve to keep order in our home, however. If school is scheduled to start at 8:45 a.m. and I see that my watch says 8:30 a.m. while I am still in my nightgown, I really pick up my feet and move. A schedule is not to make your life miserable as much as it is to motivate you to carry out your own good intentions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is our current (ever-changing) schedule for the school year. In the summertime, we have a family work time in the garden during the first hour of homeschool. Then I only require personal scripture study and journal writing, a math lesson, and some reading (the 3 Rs). I always have several boxes of library books. We try to flow with the seasons since we live in an extreme climate, so we begin our summer schedule as soon as the weather warms up enough to be outside. We sometimes don\u2019t begin full-time school in the fall until the first serious storms force us back inside and back to the books. This\u00a0was\u00a0our schedule for that particular\u00a0school year:<\/p>\n

HOPKINS FAMILY SCHEDULE<\/h4>\n

6:15 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wake up, personal prayers
\n6:20 \u00a0 \u00a0 Family scripture\u00a0study
\n7:00 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chores
\n7:45 \u00a0 \u00a0 Breakfast
\n8:15 \u00a0 \u00a0 Personal grooming, bedrooms in order
\n9:00 \u00a0 \u00a0Homeschool until noon
\n11:45 \u00a0 \u00a0Mom checks that all schoolwork is done
\n12:00 \u00a0 Lunch preparation (assigned child helps)
\n12:30 \u00a0 Lunch
\n1:15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lunch cleanup
\n1:30 \u00a0 \u00a0 Quiet reading (or listening to audios) for children
\nNaps for Mom and little ones
\n2:00 \u00a0 \u00a0Free time \u00a0(Can do jobs for $, play with friends, etc.)
\n5:15 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dinner preparation (assigned child helps)
\n6:00 \u00a0 \u00a0Dinner
\n6:45 \u00a0 \u00a0Dinner cleanup, dishwashing
\n7:30 \u00a0 \u00a0Family Prayer, prepare little ones for bed
\n8:00 \u00a0 Children up to 10 years old go to bed
\n9:00 \u00a0 Children 11\u201315 years go to bed
\n9:45 \u00a0 \u00a0Teens 16+ go to bed, Mom and Dad talk
\n10:30 \u00a0Mom and Dad go to bed<\/p>\n

Schedules, by their very nature, have to change constantly to fit the needs of a growing, changing family. \u00a0Be flexible, but make it work for your gang. Everyone will be happier!<\/em>
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