Someone asked me recently if we use a schedule in our homeschool, and I thought this would be a good time to write about how to put together your own homeschool schedule. The answer is yes, we do use a schedule, but it's very flexible. In our first year of homeschool I had decided we were going to be just like the public and private schools. Lunch would be at a certain time. Math at a certain time. Play time at a certain time. That lasted for about a week before I realized that for our family it just wasn't going to work and wasn't necessary.
I try my hardest to plan school on days my husband works, and less school on days that we have to do things like go into the homeschool center for PE, or attend homeschool art classes. Even with that planning sometimes we get overwhelmed and the schedule gets thrown out the window for the day. Flexibility on my part is the key to my sanity though, and my daughter's happiness. For this reason I plan a flexible schedule.
