Daily Schedule

>>> Both parents working full-time from home + homeschooling for 4 and 6 y/o kids...

>>> Is it possible??

It's super challenging to keep both our 4 & 6 y/o kids at home while Angus and I need to work from home. Ariel and Teagan will come to us every 30 minutes (sometimes shorter!) for TV, for tablets, for snacks, for toys, or even for play ideas.

And it looks like this COVID-19 situation will continue for months. Playing at home all the time is just not going to work for such a long period. We need a sustainable plan for sure, especially when they can not even go out to parks or playgrounds.

Therefore we decided to try homeschooling with daily schedule. The following is our Monday schedule:

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8:00 Breakfast
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9:00 Free Play
9:30 Academic: Math
10:30 Creative Time
11:30 Educational TV Time
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12:30 Lunch
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1:30 Craft Time
2:30 Snack Break
3:00 Academic: Language
4:00 Free Play
5:00 TV Time
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6:00 Dinner
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The complete week schedule:



Each weekday starts around 8:00~8:30 when we wake up. After the morning routine (wash face/brush teeth/change cloth) and breakfast, kids are ready for class around 9:30.

There are two academic times per day; once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Each takes 1 hour. We don't need to teach them or watch them over during academic times with the right study materials.

However, we do need to pay complete attention to them during craft (on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) and PE times (on Tuesday and Thursday).

Angus and I marked busy on our calendars, arranged our meeting schedules and saved time for PE and craft respectively.

I'll cover the individual classes in the following posts.

With only one week of implementing the schedule, every weekday after Ariel and Teagan finish their morning routine, they'll sit in their "class room" and wait for the class to start. 😁

And they even ask for classes on weekend 😂 (but I need a break over weekend, so no class provided sorry girls)

So, both parents working full-time from home + homeschooling for 4 and 6 y/o kids....

It is challenging for sure, but it's possible!