![]() ![]() ![]() When things go according to plan, I’ll get everyone dressed and teeth brushed. These basics were a must anyway, since we use our kitchen table to do school, and I use the kitchen counter as my teacher’s basecamp to hold and organize all our books and supplies.Īfter everything is wiped clean, I quickly line up all our school materials we’ll use that day.īeing prepared and organized is so helpful to keep things moving, so I don’t risk losing my 4-year-old-boy’s attention. ![]() These are the minimum household chores that I decided years ago to prioritize for my home.Īnd thank goodness I had this routine, this habit, to fall back on when I felt like everything was shifting and changing and there was not enough time no matter where I’d run around the house looking. I would have been lost without my morning routine this year. If I’m really on my game, I’ll start a load of laundry on my way into the kitchen.Īfter breakfast, I’ll get the counters wiped up and the dishes under control while the kids finish eating or start playing. My husband gets breakfast going while I shuffle around, making the bed, opening curtains, putting in my contacts, and anything else I can do to tell my body it’s time to wake up. Once the kids are up, we hit the ground running. Next Step Resource: How to Work at Home with Kids (without losing your mind) The One Thing that Saved my Sanity As I already knew but tried to deny, I must prioritize sleep in this season. While I fought hard and established a habit of waking up at 5 am for several months, it turned out to be too hard on my health, and I couldn’t get much done at that bleary-eyed hour. I set my alarm for 5 am to get some work done before they woke up. In the first couple of months of homeschooling, I soon realized how much sticking with a daily school routine limited my ability to sneak in work time, so I attempted the old standby of busy work at home moms. So early in fact that we’re doing great to have finally taught them to stay upstairs until 6 am. I have two kids, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, and both of them have always been early risers. A Day in the Life: Our Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule I have always loved the day in the life posts on Simple Homeschool and I want to capture what a typical day-in-the-life of our homeschool Kindergarten looked like this year.Īs we end our first year and move into first-grade work, I can’t believe how fast things are already changing. However, if you’ve asked me how things are going anytime since, I would have told you that homeschooling my kids has been the absolute highlight of my life this year. ![]() I love visiting my dentist. She is so sweet and adorable, and no matter what conversation topic we seem to land on from how I make money blogging to homeschooling, she’s baffled by my lifestyle choices in the best, authentically curious way.Īt my last check-up, we were chatting about school options since she has little ones too, so of course, our family’s choice to start homeschool at age 4 came up.Īs I look back to a year ago, searching for our first curriculum and wondering whether I could possibly hack it as a homeschooling mom, yes, it did feel overwhelming. Isn’t homeschooling…” she paused to search for words, almost speechless at the thought, “O verwhelming?” Wondering what a day in the life looks like for a work-at-home, homeschool family? Check out what our kindergarten homeschool schedule looked like this year. ![]()
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