A typical homeschool day

This year things are running a bit differently than in years past. We are definitely doing a more "schooly" schedule than ever before. We do enjoy coops on Friday in Credo and my favorite part of the school day, other than Bible time, is reading through history with Ben and Claire. I am learning so much!
We are doing some read aloud books as a family and those are always lots of fun.
We just finished Augustine, Farmer Boy of Tagaste, and we are about to start a book on Robin Hood. I am reading a book about a Russian martyr outloud to all, as well, since we just finished learning about the great persecution of the Christians in the early church under the Romans, especially Diocletian. Scott has started reading Rolf and the Viking Bow at night to all. But now, back to our schedule.
We still try to start the day off in family worship as often as possible with Scott leading our Bible time around 7 am. After Scott leaves for work, the children do independent Bible reading and start on chores. We then eat breakfast and then start our school schedule.

Mondays Rachelle, Laura, Margaret, Micheal and Hannah come over about 8:45 and Rachelle teaches writing using The Lost Tools of Writing for about an hour. Then I teach Algebra to the older ones. While Rachelle is teaching, I do history and usually science with Ben and Claire and get them started on their independent work.
After Algebra, we have lunch and then Anna finishes her independent work and I go over it with her and Ben and Claire get their work checked and gone over.
We have to leave at 3:30 to go to XC practice.

Tuesdays We usually start our school day on Tuesdays and Thursdays with a Bible lesson from the Bible Study Guide and then do read alouds with everyone and then I teach Ben and Claire History, Math and Science together and leave them to do their independent work while I read to John or work with Anna.
After lunch, Christa comes over for Algebra tutoring. Then, we finish up school and then at 3:30 head off to XC practice again.

I have learned to put things in the crock pot on XC days, or we eat sandwiches for supper!

Wednesdays The school schedule is pretty much the same as Mondays except no XC and we try to go to church on Wednesday nights.

Thursdays This is a crammed in morning of school. We do Bible Study Guide, read aloud and then set off on independent work. I do Math and History with Ben and Claire together and try to get lunch ready to eat at precisely 12 noon. From 1-3, I have 2 College Algebra students come over for tutoring and then we make another mad dash to XC practice.

Fridays We have CREDO coop in the mornings and usually on Friday afternoons, I come home and collapse for an hour or two!

A new idea that I tried out this week (thanks Yonea) was to give my children assigned zones of the house that they are responsible for keeping tidy all day. Scott actually commented on how well the house looked when he got home. I am not sure how this will work long term, but for now it is going pretty well.
Our school days are full, but I do enjoy the time together and I hope my children will have some fond memories of busy days of laughter and learning!