At least three times a year I write up a schedule for us, and it lasts usually about 36 hours before it gets tossed. I am giving up the schedule in favor of a routine. I realized we do have a routine, it just doesn’t follow a set time schedule! So here goes, our 2011-2012 school year “routine” (for at least the next 36 hours!)

– wake up, get dressed, make bed, clean room
– breakfast and morning chores
– dad to work, circle time, start lessons*
– snack, little kids play, big kids keep doing lessons
– lunch & clean up
– storytime as family, then quiet time in beds/rooms
– special lessons: art, music, history, literature, science
– snack & playtime**
– dad home from work, dinner prep
– dinner & chores
– family time***
– bedtime routine: stories, snacks, pajamas, teeth, scripture & prayer
– BED!

*MWF there are therapies from 8 to 10am depending on day/kid.
**MW is therapy at 2:30pm, Th it’s co-op.
***TWTH there’s PE, activity day & scouts all between 5 and 8:30pm.