Homeschool Routine | 4 Kids, Toddler through 5th Grade | How I Fit it All In

I am a busy homeschool mom, with 4 kids between the ages of 2 and 10, and many subjects based on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy. I use a routine to fit it all in.
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Hi! I'm Julia. I am a homeschooling Mom to my four fun little people. Our homeschool has elements of Montessori and Charlotte Mason, with a little Waldorf thrown in. We live in Vermont where we have a large kitchen garden and home orchard and are trying to live more seasonally and sustainably. My main goal is to raise good humans. Come join us on our journey!
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JULIA IN THE GARDEN (My garden & orchard channel): kzbin.info/door/3ox
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[@hannahblackwellbooks]

Omg that makes me feel so much better about the cleaning, I’m trying to make a schedule too but with kids, Homeschool, homestead projects, the garden, diys n cooking from scratch my house is just not together lol

[@juliaathome]

Yes! It is impossible to do it all! One day my house will be cleaner, but not in this season of life!

[@victoriaryland6754]

Another thing I do is get to bed at a decent time (9-10pm) and I get up around 3-5am and I have plenty of time before the kids get up. I get time alone, I will start working out soon and working from home. My kids go to bed at 6:30-7pm for my 5yo and 1yo, my 10yo & almost 9yo go to bed at 8-8:30pm. Then my husband and I have designated time together. In order to have more time for picking up/cleaning/school etc I do a lot of crock pot dinners or simple meals. If I do one that's more intricate I will assign a dinner helper, my girls help clean the kitchen at night before bed. They wash dishes, put dinner away, wipe counter and sweep the floors. I also have everyone a chore list and they're not allowed to play or eat until chores are done and our house, for the first time ever, stays relatively clean (or at least as clean as I and my husband can handle with 4 kids in the house & 4 pets!!)

[@juliaathome]

That is so smart! It sounds like you have a really good routine!

[@tahirasbs]

My 4yr old goes to a play-based preschool Tue/Thur for 2 1/2hrs. We start each day watching CNN 10. We then do some interfaith prayers and study. If it's Tuesday or Thursday I only work with my ten-year-old if it's Monday or Wednesday I work with both of my boys. After our interfaith studies Mon-Thurs my ten-year-old does does his independent binder work. I work with my four-year-old on his short ABC's and numbers lessons when my oldest doesn't independent (Mon/Wed). On Mondays we do unit study and online at math. Tuesday and Wednesday my ten-year-old does Mad lib reading workbook and math worksheets. Thursday we do "building writers" from Handwriting without Tears and a math game. After all of this Mon- Thurs my ten-year-old does violin practice. Fridays we only do prayers, CNN 10, math fact review, violin practice, and then go to co-op.

[@juliaathome]

It sounds like you found a great routine for your family. Thank you for sharing!

[@simplyjoyfulhomeschool8627]

I'm with you on the cleaning! Would love to see what you have planned for your lunch routine, I'm in need of some lunch inspiration.

[@juliaathome]

Thank you! I am still tweaking, and will try to share when I feel like its a little more solid!

[@BaileyAcademy]

New subscriber, I do videos too. Great schedule, good that you included me time

[@juliaathome]

Welcome! Making videos definitely adds a unique challenge, and me time is necessary for my mental health. Thank you for watching!

[@fortablet2933]

We have occupational and speech therapy appointments we have to work around. It makes it tough to keep a schedule

[@juliaathome]

I can see how that would be. We had speech therapy for a child for about a year. Maybe some sort of weekly routine would work better for you?

[@leighagordonparrish2297]

I would love to know your lunch routine!

[@juliaathome]

Will do!!

[@TheChan7]

This was great. Thanks for sharing. I like how real and honest you are. Just subscribed. I also have a channel mainly about homeschooling and would love to be friends and connect here!!

[@juliaathome]

Welcome and thank you for reaching out to connect! I looked at your channel and especially loved your read-alouds. Such great book choices and you do a great job reading and making it active for your kids!

[@TheChan7]

@@juliaathome thank you so so much!!!

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