Week One:

Week Two:

I made charts for the older three kids, I needed a visual I could give them with daily reminders. I customized it per kid (and made Ben’s simpler with larger font and such) but they generally include:

spelling (includes handwriting)
language (grammar & handwriting & writing)
reading (includes narration & book reports)
math
PE (includes PE, motorlab, swimming, therapy)
piano
special (includes art, music, history, science, ThadenPierce plan)
chores
other (scouts, therapy, etc)

I put an x if they don’t need to do something that day and left it blank if I wanted to write what their “other” was for that week. I left reading blank for them to write in what they are reading, too. There’s a spot for me to write the dates covered and I can hole punch these charts and stick them in their folders for later reference/portfolio stuff. I can also include the lesson number for the language, spelling, math, history chapter and such so we can see what we’ve covered. I’ll have them color in (or put a sticker on) each grid when we get it done so if we don’t get our math lessons done then we know on our built in make up day we need to cover that.

I also left some blank spots at the bottom specifically for habit training – if there’s something I know we need to focus on that week then I can write in Habit: listening! Habit: not interrupting! 🙂 And if they do a good job focusing on it that day we’ll do a sticker or star or something.

We’ll see how this new system goes, it took maybe 20 minutes to lay everything out and Kit’s printing them up so not a big time investment – but I’m optimistic that this will help the kids be more independent in tasks and help us all stay on track better. If we get into the habit of this now then ideally when Olivia arrives we’ll have an easier time transitioning.

The only difference between week one and two is the chores, I decided to write those in so I knew what to have the kids focus on based on which team they are on – living room or kitchen chores. We still have the chore charts on the fridge detailing team duties but this gives a main focus: bathroom, linens, sunroom, bedrooms, etc. The kids put these in the front of their binders under the plastic cover – perfect! Plus they were excited when I went over the calender and wrote in the various playdates and trips planned.