So that is the assignment for the week. Last week, I shared a bit about using Managers of their Homes (MOTH) to create a schedule for my family. Although we don’t adhere to it 100% every day (hardly any day, actually) it has helped us greatly to accomplish the important things in life. You can find out more about MOTH at http://www.titus2.com/.
I tried to print our schedule in columns, but it didn’t work and I got tired of trying. I hope you can make sense of this. My kids are JC (11), AJ (almost 5) and AC (2).
- 6am-Bible study, kids sleeping
- 6:30am-Exercise (ha! but it’s a goal), kids sleeping
- 7am-Begin morning chores, kids sleeping usually but AC is sometimes up
- 7:30am-Shower/get dressed, kids make beds & get dressed, JC11 tends to animals
- 8am-Eat breakfast/Brush teeth & hair (everybody)
- 8:30am-Preschool w/ girls (almost 5 & 2), JC works independently on Bible & Math
- 9am-One-on-One variable study w/ JC, girls listen to music in bedroom
- 9:30am-Beyond Five in a Row w/ JC, girls listen to story or color at table
- 10-Morning Snack & Bible (everybody)
- 10:30-Easy Grammar & Spelling w/ JC, girls play w/ preschool box (see previous post)
- 11am-Chore Training/Lunch Prep, kids practice their training by completing chores
- 11:30-Lunch Prep/Lunch, kids finish chores & eat lunch
- 12 noon-Read Aloud-Science or History
- 12:30pm-Personal Reading or Computer time, JC does copywork/journal/sketch, girls rest
- 1pm-rest (everybody)
- 1:30-rest/lesson plans, kids still resting
- 2pm-prep snack, kids get up & tidy bedrooms & living room (sometimes later b/c I let them sleep)
- 2:30-laundry (everyone helps, little ones match socks & fold washcloths)
- 3pm-computer, JC takes the girls outside to play
- 3:30-PE (this doesn’t happen like I planned either)
- 4pm-work on to-do list, JC does math drills on the computer, girls watch TV
- 4:30-Dinner Prep, JC has free time, girls have preschool box but DH is usually home by now so 4pm forward could change according to his whims.
- 5pm-Dinner Prep, kids do chores
- 5:30pm-Dinner (everybody)
- 6pm-Bookkeeping/Prep 4 tomorrow, DH supervises dinner clean-up, all kids help
- 6:30pm-Tidy Bathroom & Bedroom while girls are in tub, JC has free time
- 7pm-Family Read Aloud (everybody)
- 7:30pm-Time w/ girls while JC is bathing
- 8pm-Personal Reading, JC has time w/ Dad, girls are in bed
- 8:30pm-Prep 4 Tomorrow, JC reads in bed for a while
- 9pm–ideally, bedtime for mom but doesn’t always happen
We are still tweaking it a little here & there. I am trying to figure out how to work PE into an earlier part of the day. But I have learned to make this the goal, and I don’t stress about the things we don’t get done. Of course, it also changes on day when we have activities away from home. Here are our variables–
- Every 1st Tuesday of the month, JC has art class from 9am-11:30am. The girls & I shop, run errands, visit the library.
- Every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, the girls have “Preschool Days” with my cousins children that are the same age from 10am-12:30pm.
- Every last Friday of the month, we have park day with our homeschool group from 2-4pm.
- We also have field trips tossed in for good measure, and weekends are always looser.
- MWF–JC studies Spanish & Botany
- Tuesdays-JC works on Presidents Notebook
- Thursdays-JC is supposed to study an artist or composer (I haven’t got this together yet)
I also have a chore schedule that we haven’t mastered yet, but it is a great goal. And my kids are learning not to say “I’m bored” b/c I always have a list handy of things they can do.
My prayer for the year is to be INTENTIONAL! Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” I have avoided this scheduling method for years, and I have wasted many days. It is my prayer that our days will be intentional & that we would make the most of them for His kingdom that we may “gain a heart of wisdom”.
Amen on the prayer of being “Intentional” this year! That is what I have been pondering in my head the past few weeks. I don’t have the schedule like you, but still I want to be purposeful and to make the most of our time. I think I will have to turn that over to God and commit it to prayer.
Who knows….I may wind up schedule, yet. (or He will show me how to be intentional on the fly, like I am used to!!)
I need to work exercise into my routine soon.
I got out of it last year after 2 car accidents that put me on my back.
Thanks for sharing your routine! I have been trying to use FlyLady’s cleaning schedule more now and it helps quite a bit for the house.
Have a great weekend!