Schedule for Children PreSchool-8th grade
	Eldest Child	Child 2	Child 3	Child 4	Toddler	Mom
6:30	Get up and dressed					Get dressed
7:00	Devotional with family					Devotional
7 30	make breakfast					make food
8:00	Breakfast					Breakfast
8 30	Chores					Preparation
9:00	Math Lesson	Play with Toddler	Spelling/handwriting	Spelling/handwriting	Educ Activities	Teach math
9 30	Math Practice	Math Lesson	Play with Toddler	Reading	Educ Activities	Teach math
10:00	Reading	Math Practice	Math Lesson	Play with Toddler	Educ Activities	Teach math
10 30	Play with Toddler	Reading	Math Practice	Mom Teaching Time	Educ Activities	Teach math
11:00	Spelling/handwriting	Spelling/handwriting	Reading	Math/Reading Assig		Make Lunch
11 30	Lunch Break					Preparation
12:00	Chores
12 30	Mom reads to all					Storytime
1:00	Unit studies Projects				naptime	Unit assign
1:30	Unit Study Assignments		One on one with younger Kids as needed		naptime	One-on-One
2:00	Finish assignments/music practice/chores				naptime	One-on-One
2:30						Check work
3:00	Free Time
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30	Help with Dinner					prepare dinner
6:00	Dinner					dinner
6:30
7:00
7:30	Playtime with Dad
8:00
8:30	Put away toys, tidy house - Family Prayer - youngest children go to bed - Quiet free time for older kids					Baby to Bed
9:00	Bedtime  for older kids - may read in bed until 9:30 or 10:00 depending on their ages					Prep for tommorow
9:30	Parent Quiet Time
10:00
		Children work Independently
		Chore Time
		Mom Teaches One on One
		Children Work in teams to drill and test spelling words
		Child in Educational Play with Toddler
		Family Learns together
When you have several children in your homeschool, you may have some of these challenges:      Not enough time to spend with each child     frustration as they wait for you to help them     exhasting amount of work for mom     toddler or baby a distraction     phone calls or door bells another distraction     house always a mess     kids fighting     School takes all day Solutions Limit Distractions     take phone off hook or let answering machine get it     Put up NO SOLICITORS sign     Let friends and relatives know you are not available during morning     Be Organized     Do quick clean up of house in evenings     Have a shelf or box for each child's school things and make sure things are put away after school.Correct math and other assignments each day - don’t get behind     Have a schedule Schedules     Plan your schedule - make daily or weekly lesson plans.     Have older children help teach younger ones.   If the kids are older and more independent, make a list of assignments for them.  Instuct them to work on their      own and come to you when they have a question.  They can also be taught that when they have a question and       you are working with someone else that they can move on to another assignment while they wait. Curriculum     Choose curriculum that is simple - focus on the basic skills         Math - Saxon         Spelling - Natural Speller - Order at Design-a-Study         English - Writing Rules     Consider the “4 Year Plan”     LatterDay Family Resources has a  wonderful curriculum guide - lds online or order Love to Learn version Involve toddlers     Montesauri play     their own school     older children take turns with entertaining baby     teach difficult subjects during naps Unit Studies    Unit Studies involve the whole family and can be very effective. Research Projects    These are like unit studies but the work is all done by the students.  These work well for talented, motivated, or older students.