I can’t recall if this is the same as what I posted earlier this year, but here’s the current routine!
Morning Routines 6-7:30
Get Ready, Set Upstairs
Rotate Piano Practice with Breakfast
Clean Kitchen while Mom Reads Aloud
Morning School 7:30 – 11:00
Music with Abby, Older girls do Bible nearby
Together Time – memory work, dictation
Tapestry of Grace individual meetings or daily tasks
Independent work alternated with school meetings for older three
Independent work for older three while I do school with Abby
11:00 Break
Lunch, Kitchen Clean Up, Read Aloud Time
11:30 or so
Rotate music practice with school finishing (I start with Holly and Hannah. Then, I move on to daily tasks while Beret naps and Sarah practices violin).
If my back is cooperating I exercise during Beret’s nap and the middle girls read or listen to stories on their i-pods while playing quietly for a bit. On days when I teach, the girls divide up and take over an area of the house for a project or fun. On other days we have lessons or do a bit of extra baking in the late afternoon.
4:30 or so
Dinner Prep and House Straightening happen at the same time
We eat around 5:00 and do another round of reading aloud during kitchen clean up.
Evenings are Daddy time, if he’s home, or are taken up with orchestra or ballet or…
Bedtime for kiddos is early, 7 pm during the school year, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. In truth, this means more time to unwind and read with plenty of time to think their own thoughts or have visits from Mom and Dad in turn for prayers and goodnights. The younger three have lights out at 8 and the older two have lights out at 9 or 10 depending on their schedule. Special nacho nights are sometimes had by the older girls after late rehearsals too and that is always fun, but shhh!, the younger ones are still not yet aware this fun awaits them.