Make a Homeschool Daily Schedule

Making a homeschool daily schedule helps children feel secure. When a child knows what to expect they are less anxious. This is especially important for young children and those who have disabilities.

A schedule should be detailed enough that so that important things get done. But it should also be flexible enough so that teaching moments can happen. If your child sees an unusual bird you will want to research it.

A Simple Homeschool Daily Schedule

• A morning routine before school
• School work
• Lunch
• Chores
• Free time
• Supper
• Read a story
• Go to bed

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This is the routine that we do. After breakfast I say, "be ready we are having school in 10 minutes."

When you have younger children or children with disabilities you will need a more detailed homeschool daily schedule. You should have a time when you start school and a finishing time. I don't have starting and finishing times for each subject. I leave about 30 minutes for each subject. If a subject goes over the 30 minutes I do not worry. At lunch time we will stop school.

Morning Routine

• * Get up at 8:00 am
• Get dressed
• Make your bed
• Eat breakfast at 8:30am
• Brush teeth
• School starts at 9:00am
• Bible
• Social Studies or Science
• Reading
• writing
• Math
• Eat lunch at 12:00Pm

Have the children help with some chores. The chores may include loading and unloading the dishwasher, folding the laundry, and sweeping the floors.

Before nap times have your children go outside so that they can get some exercise. Have them dress for the weather. Put your young children down for a nap. Let the older children finish any school work that needs to be done or give them free time.

In the afternoon get ready for supper. After you eat and do the dishes read a couple of chapters out of a book. Then have the children get ready for bed.

If you have children who have autism you may want to be keeping a tight schedule. They may get upset if you do not do all of the subjects. Routines provide security for them. Be sure to use pictures if your child needs them.

An Example of a Schedule for an Child Who Has Autism

• Get up at 8:00 am
• Get dressed
• Make your bed
• Eat breakfast at 8:30am
• Brush teeth
• School starts at 9:00am
• Bible - practice memory verses
• Science help mom with items that float
• Reading read one page to mom
• Writing do one page of handwriting
• Math we will learn about addition do 5 problems see mom do 5 more problems

If your family does a lot of outside activities such as church or sports get a large calendar. Write the persons name and the activity on the calendar. Put the calendar in a public place so everyone can see. A homeschool daily schedule should include a "to do list" It can list school items that should be done. You can also list chores that need to be done. As each item is done cross it off the list.

If you have children who do not read or are visual learners you can use pictures for your schedules. Find pictures in magazines, use clip art, or a word processing program that prints pictures.

Go to Homeschooling Children with Special Needsfor more homeschooling hints for children with disabilities.

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