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I mentioned on the RO Facebook page last week that I was putting together a new schedule, revamping curriculum and compiling new reading lists for the children. Many of you asked if I would post detail on the blog and since it’s been a while, I figured I’d share some of our new plans.

Although I have specific times listed, our schedule generally works more like a routine. We simply move to the next activity when we finish the previous one. There are a couple times during the day that we try to keep to. We try to always start breakfast at 7 and I try to move to working with the older kids at 11. We also try to stick with a regular dinner time, however, it tends to fluctuate depending upon Mark’s day.

You may notice that there are a lot of empty slots in my schedule, that’s primarily because we’ll have a newborn (and I’ll be recovering from a c-section) in 3 weeks and I’m hoping that this schedule will last through that transition.

Here is a link for easier viewing of the schedule.

Here is a brief explanation of most items on our schedule.

Explanation of our day:

You may also be interested in (that I didn’t include above):

Are you a schedule or routine family or do you play it by ear?

Do you think I’m being optimistic about keeping this up once little one joins our family??