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Post by Vanna on May 5, 2016 16:25:39 GMT -5
I'm feeling the need to get more organized. I need a schedule to keep me on track. I work outside the home 3 days a week. During the 4 days a week I have off, I homeschool my youngest son. It seems that the week is gone before I get things around the house accomplished. I do basic cleaning, maybe get a little more done and then my days off are gone.
I only have one child to care for (my oldest lives at home but is in college...gone most of the day) and I'm STILL scrambling.
How do you do it? Do you strictly schedule your days? Loosely schedule? No schedule?
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Post by jen51 on May 5, 2016 17:04:45 GMT -5
I loosely schedule based around my baby's naps. Usually at the beginning of the week I make a list of things that need to get done. As I'm laying in bed I think about what I'm going to do and when the next day. It rarely goes as planned, but I always get the necessities done, which are: meals made, laundry done, dishes done, babies diapers washed and prepped. I've never been one for a schedule. I think this tendency has worked both for and against me.
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Post by Clotilde on May 5, 2016 17:09:42 GMT -5
I'm feeling the need to get more organized. I need a schedule to keep me on track. I work outside the home 3 days a week. During the 4 days a week I have off, I homeschool my youngest son. It seems that the week is gone before I get things around the house accomplished. I do basic cleaning, maybe get a little more done and then my days off are gone. I only have one child to care for (my oldest lives at home but is in college...gone most of the day) and I'm STILL scrambling. How do you do it? Do you strictly schedule your days? Loosely schedule? No schedule? My children all have their school work and chores each day. Each person is responsible for certain areas, plus certain tasks each day. Usually I write out a list with what they need to do each day and they check it off. If there is something important that needs to be done, it goes on the list in addition to basic chores. As as far as what I do, most of my day is teaching, driving to classes, and handling house business. The kids do enough chores to free me up to do what I need to do so that we can actually have a life. I do the bulk of the cooking and most of the laundry. I also help my oldest child who has the most difficult areas to clean when he puts forth an effort to get his list done. If he doesn't, he's on his own. Since we have a family job where we sort of work from home, we all share the tasks for that now. I handle all of the paperwork, phone calls, appointments, and emails. All of the other tasks we split up based on who is available. |
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Post by mundacormeum on May 6, 2016 16:37:55 GMT -5
The more kids I've had, the more scheduled I have had to get. Oddly enough, I find it so much more freeing and less-stressful to be on a schedule than not. I used to have a regular, but loose, routine. But as kids, responsibilities, chores, and homeschooling tasks increased, I found that I was just drowning under the weight of it all. Two books really helped me develop a schedule that works for us. The first is titled, 'A Catholic Mother's Rule of Life', and the other is titled, 'Managers of their Homes'. The caveat for the second book is that it is written by a non-denominational Christian, so I can't vouch for her her personal religious beliefs. But, I have never found another book that specifically cateres to managing a scheudle for large, homeschool families; so, I just took from it her practical tips and methods for developing a schedule, which were very good. She has sample schedules from many different sized families of varying ages, which I found particularly helpful. She also walks you through the process step-by-step, which I really need. Also, it's important to remember that a schedule is supposed to serve you.....otherwise, you end up being a slave to the schedule and that isn't really helpful to anyone. So, try different things until you find what really works for your family, and be flexible. Sometimes, I just need a schedule free day (or many days!), and that is perfectly fine. Or, what is working beautifully may stop working well after awhile, and I have to adjust. Just be careful not to lock yourself into a certain schedule mindset, and then feel like a failure when it doesn't work.
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Post by Vanna on May 6, 2016 17:38:12 GMT -5
The more kids I've had, the more scheduled I have had to get. Oddly enough, I find it so much more freeing and less-stressful to be on a schedule than not. I used to have a regular, but loose, routine. But as kids, responsibilities, chores, and homeschooling tasks increased, I found that I was just drowning under the weight of it all. Two books really helped me develop a schedule that works for us. The first is titled, 'A Catholic Mother's Rule of Life', and the other is titled, 'Managers of their Homes'. The caveat for the second book is that it is written by a non-denominational Christian, so I can't vouch for her her personal religious beliefs. But, I have never found another book that specifically cateres to managing a scheudle for large, homeschool families; so, I just took from it her practical tips and methods for developing a schedule, which were very good. She has sample schedules from many different sized families of varying ages, which I found particularly helpful. She also walks you through the process step-by-step, which I really need. Also, it's important to remember that a schedule is supposed to serve you.....otherwise, you end up being a slave to the schedule and that isn't really helpful to anyone. So, try different things until you find what really works for your family, and be flexible. Sometimes, I just need a schedule free day (or many days!), and that is perfectly fine. Or, what is working beautifully may stop working well after awhile, and I have to adjust. Just be careful not to lock yourself into a certain schedule mindset, and then feel like a failure when it doesn't work. I've owned both of these books at one point. I liked both. I wonder if they are still around here...somewhere. |
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Post by Voxxkowalski on May 6, 2016 18:06:25 GMT -5
Im a mess and completely by the seat of my pants...but I still get to work on time (98.8%)  |
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Post by Laramie Hirsch on May 7, 2016 2:24:29 GMT -5
I'm feeling the need to get more organized. I need a schedule to keep me on track. I work outside the home 3 days a week. During the 4 days a week I have off, I homeschool my youngest son. It seems that the week is gone before I get things around the house accomplished. I do basic cleaning, maybe get a little more done and then my days off are gone. I only have one child to care for (my oldest lives at home but is in college...gone most of the day) and I'm STILL scrambling. How do you do it? Do you strictly schedule your days? Loosely schedule? No schedule? Our homeschooling family is having a laundry crisis. Too much. It got on top of us. |
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Post by RitaMarita on May 7, 2016 7:00:12 GMT -5
I'm feeling the need to get more organized. I need a schedule to keep me on track. I work outside the home 3 days a week. During the 4 days a week I have off, I homeschool my youngest son. It seems that the week is gone before I get things around the house accomplished. I do basic cleaning, maybe get a little more done and then my days off are gone. I only have one child to care for (my oldest lives at home but is in college...gone most of the day) and I'm STILL scrambling. How do you do it? Do you strictly schedule your days? Loosely schedule? No schedule? I try to go day by day... Some days I don't have time, at other times I do... It is always a struggle, but one thing that helps is not having a lot of extra stuff around the house that one does not need. Then there is a lot less to clean up. Some people call it minimizing, others holy poverty. It is still tough though, and having a loose schedule does help. Just try not to be so strict with the schedule that anyone else is super inconvenienced. I have done that before, and it did not go so well. At any rate, keep fighting and may God bless you and your family!  |
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Post by mundacormeum on May 7, 2016 7:22:06 GMT -5
Another tool that has been incredibly helpful for me is a bullet journal. I don't have time to go into too much detail, but if you google it, there's a website that explains it, and even has a useful video. It's a great way to organize all my calendars, lists, to-dos, etc....all in one place. The key is the index, so you can always go back and find what you need. It's very adaptable and customizable, too, which is great.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 18:21:35 GMT -5
Read _Sidetracked Home Executives_ by Pam and Peggy Young, their methodology can be applied to all facets of life. The book is a bit dated now but their method is not! I home schooled my kids and when they were young I had a "flexible" schedule, but a schedule none the less. The SHE method really helped me to keep organized and motivated and also to make sure nothing fell through the cracks when I had to "flex" |
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Post by Clotilde on May 11, 2016 21:42:29 GMT -5
If you homeschool, care to share a schedule?
Here is our seventh grade schedule:
Spelling- every day
Math-every day
Writing- MWF
English- TTH
Latin- every day
Literature-M-TH
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Block classes:
Monday-World Geography
Tuesday: Logic
Wednesday: History
Thursday: Science
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Electives/Outside classes/Misc.
fiber arts
crafting
archery
bowling
painting
Nature study
Field trips
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 22:42:26 GMT -5
awwww... you're making miss homeschooling |
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Post by chestertonian on May 11, 2016 23:21:56 GMT -5
my son's homeschool schedule is very loose. A lot of it is dictated by my dialysis schedule which dictates who is at our house on what day and what we are doing i try to homeschool monday weds Friday but it often doesn't work out
not sure if/how things change when the Mrs has the new baby in August we might have to send our son to public school for 1st grade next year since a baby and homeschooling is a lot
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