- Quiet time, planning
- Kids: reading, building sets, coloring
- Me: coffee, calendars, catching up on news
- Breakfast
- Morning work
- Kids: hygiene, make beds, pets
- Me: work from home to do list
- Morning lessons
- Together: workbooks, calendar, focus of day
- Monday: music, ballet
- Tuesday: language arts and social studies, kitchen activity
- Wednesday: math and science, forest school
- Thursday: health and language arts
- Friday: math, game days and book clubs
- Together: workbooks, calendar, focus of day
- Free play
- Lunch
- Quiet time
- Afternoon lessons
- Together: arts and crafts, theme of the week
- Monday: movement, crafts
- Tuesday: Poetry Tea Time, reading
- Wednesday: math games, science activity
- Thursday: errands, language arts
- Friday: family time
- Together: arts and crafts, theme of the week
- Free play, outside time
- Dinner
- Family time
- Prep for next day
- Rest
Once every few months, I’ll actually jot down everything we do during a week just to get an idea of where our time goes. It’s a very helpful snapshot.
This is our typical daily homeschool rhythm. It ebbs and flows throughout the week, with work schedules, classes, field trips and errands mixed in. But on a typical day, this is how it shakes out.