Time Management

When your children are learning at home, it takes up most of your day. It is not a matter of working through a couple of books in the morning and then you are done for the day. There are experiments to be done, projects to complete, papers to mark, outings, drama lessons and any other extra murals. Most moms clean there homes when the children are at school. When do homeschool moms get all this done? What about the cooking and paperwork?

This is what works for us as a family on a typical school day - school, starting with Maths first, until 10am, when we stop for a short tea break. School continues until 1pm, lunch time. Then it is back to the books until 2pm. On a Monday the girls and I tackle the bedrooms and bathrooms, on a Wednesday we do the kitchen and living areas. When we all get stuck in it takes only an hour. I do a load of washing every night and catch up with the ironing on the weekend. This keeps everything up to date and reasonably presentable if anyone decides to "pop in". On the inbetween days, we go to gym and I catch up on paperwork. My girls are also learning how to be self sufficient and love learning new skills, like ironing, sigh - every mom's dream. What they help me with is by no means perfect, but that comes with time and patience.

Homeschooling should not be looked at by what you are giving up, but as a ministry that you are providing to your children.