 Hi you guys, my name is Brittany and welcome back to my YouTube channel. You guys in today's video I'm going to share with you all about my homeschooling schedule our rhythm our flow and what has worked in our homeschool for the past two years So, uh, let's go ahead and get on into this thing you guys So if any of you guys are new here to my channel, this is your first time clicking on this video. Hi, I'm Brittany I am a homeschooling mom to three girls ages 10 4 and 2 and I'm about to start my third year of homeschool you guys so, um, I'm really really excited about this homeschooling year just because um, when it comes to our schedule It pretty much has been consistent throughout our homeschooling journey I tried to change it up in our second year of homeschool It didn't work and I went back to my original schedule and things just seem to work out really really well So, um, I'm just going to share with you guys like our flow and just how we have been doing things in our homeschool A lot of you guys have really asked me like about my schedule, especially since I have two Very very young toddlers still in the mix of like my homeschool Um, you guys like when I started off my homeschooling journey I had a six month old and a two year old I was still exclusively breastfeeding my six month old and I was potty training a two year old on top of homeschooling through a pandemic so It definitely was crazy in my first year of homeschooling But the only thing that really kept me like a float within all of the chaos and all the stuff that was going on in In my home was having like a consistent routine and a consistent flow And um, if you guys are in a season where you do have like little ones, uh around I hope that today's video will kind of like give you some inspiration on how to possibly, you know Schedule out your days that you are still able to you know, accomplish what you want to accomplish And also maintain the chaos, especially when it comes to, you know, the younger kiddos So, um, here is my schedule right here, you guys I actually found this template From a pinterest and i'm going to try to link down below the blog that I got it from because this is actually like a free printable Link that all I had to do was like fill in like my particular schedule Um, I just thought it was really really cute So i'm going to go ahead and link this template down below if you guys like want to use it So for the most part you guys, um, I work around my two toddler schedules And that's really just been the best way for me when it has come to like me and my homeschooling journey Um, I know a lot of people, uh, don't really like to do that, but it just really keeps things simple Um, their routine is like the consistent and we work around their routine Um, that is even how I did things when it came to still homeschooling while breastfeeding I was working around the times that I was breastfeeding So I knew like if I had to nurse my daughter around this time I knew I was either going to do like a read-aloud or I was going to have like a hands-off subject where bria was going to be working independently So I worked around uh, alana's nursing schedule at that time and you guys it just worked out. So, um, I definitely will say Uh, the toddlers they their schedule is the constant and when it comes to homeschooling just homeschool around their schedule So for the most part you guys, uh, how our homeschooling days start off in the morning is my daughter She wakes up and sometimes she's up before me and she comes inside of this homeschool room and she starts off her math Now, uh, typically when it comes to times and things like that, my daughter She is in here starting math about 8 a.m And uh, that is pretty much the time she comes in here and does it she does Nicole the math lady, which is like a video lessons that she uses with her saxon math So I'm pretty much hands off. So in the morning my husband, he's getting my uh two toddlers ready I'm getting myself together and um, she's able to go ahead and get started with a subject So around 9 a.m. bria was actually finished with math and by that time we are coming downstairs Um, my husband, he actually doesn't have to start working till nine. He's still working from home So I really have appreciated like the extra hands that I do have in the morning So I do utilize my husband like a lot and I'm so grateful that he is still here Especially to get me like that head start in the morning like him getting My toddlers ready and making sure like they have like their morning milk because they still drink milk in the morning That really helps me out and it gets my day started So all I have to do is like start preparing breakfast and uh getting ready for that flow of the day So that is typically like our block that happens between 8 and 9 is what we typically do in that like rhythm So after bria completes math, she will come downstairs and I will go ahead and right away I would check her math. Uh, I was checking her math after bible But now I just check it right away during that time my two toddlers. They are always doing some type of activity I have like their interactive notebook. They absolutely love coloring right now So I always have like some type of coloring page. They can color. I have like these really fun big toddler Ham writing notebooks that I use for them as well So I really have like just fun activities just already laid out for them the night before so they can just come downstairs And have fun doing their coloring sheets and it really gives me that opportunity to finish off math with bria So normally around uh that time too after we finish going over her math I will go ahead and start breakfast And you guys I really had to get used to like stop making like huge Brefaces like you guys like during the summertime. We were eating pancakes and fruit and you know, uh, just the whole big Breakfast and now that our school year has started I have simplified our breakfasts and we we are like back to like oatmeal cereal bagels we're back to like quick easy simple breakfast and um I do do like one big breakfast typically like on fridays, which is like our more laid back day when it comes to our workload So, um, I definitely had to scale back when it has come to like breakfast But uh, other than that, uh, we typically are eating breakfast anywhere between like 9915 We're at the table eating breakfast and that is the time I typically go ahead and start our bible Time and our bible time you guys it's really simple. It's really really quick And my kids they're engaged because they're eating so their mouths are full and um, I just spend that time that they would normally spend eating Going over the work with them. So for brielle. We are doing like a mixture of things with her We are actually reading through the book of psalms right now She's really enjoying that we're doing her hymn study and we're doing like her morning devotion Now as far as my two toddlers, this is a time that I do their gentle and classical preschool Where they do like their memory work and their uh, memory statements and uh, they are learning All throughout like their nursery rhymes. So I do that all at the breakfast table They really really enjoy listening to all the songs and the music that goes along with that and that typically takes us Anywhere between 20 25 minutes is very very short So after breakfast you guys we typically take like a 15 10 to 15 minute break after breakfast I let the kiddos get their wiggles out and during that time We are cleaning off the breakfast table getting ready for our next subject And um at that point I will go ahead and set up another activity or something for my toddlers Typically I will pull out some toys that they only see like during their homeschool time You guys right now. They are loving like magnetals and legos So I would typically pull those out and get them set up with like a fun activity Ready to go and then I will go ahead and get brielle set up with her grammar So if we are starting off on monday when it comes to fixate grammar the grammar curriculum we are using I have to go over the concept with her that is like the new grammar skill That takes anywhere between five minutes and after that brielle is working independently So sometimes I am able to pull out my my old my middle daughter leia who is four To be able to do like her preschool morning binder that goes along with a gentle and classical preschool So she's able to work on some more like handwriting skills She's able to do uh her days of the week the weather like all of like her morning work I'm able to do that with her that takes me like maybe five minutes and then she is all done So after brielle is done with grammar and she is done with like her vocabulary Some more of like her independent work that she does and I am done doing like some fun independent play with uh leia and alana I fill up their little cups Then we take another break. So in between each subject you guys I do take breaks. I take a 10 to 15 minute break between each subject It really just helps my daughter out It helps her uh get those wiggles out and I just notice that's something that is really really good for her So around this time you guys it's typically anywhere between like 10 30 Um where we are starting our next subject and our next subject that we start is another subject That doesn't require much of me as far as like parent involvement Which is right now our gather round unit study So gather round unit study. I typically will go ahead and read that with brielle. We will watch our video And a lot of times you guys my younger ones They're kind of like engaged with whatever is going on again They are doing some independent play as far as like my toddlers go and we are getting our gather round unit done Um after we get done with our my portion of it where I read it We watched the videos again. We take another break and then my uh older daughter brielle She is off to doing her independent work with gather round and I am starting off with lunch And that's anywhere between like 11 30 and 12 It takes me about like an hour to really get through gather round because that is pretty much her core right now that we're doing As far as the artist unit, but when we complete this unit that specific block that's between like You know 10 30 11 we will use that block for history or science wants to be our complete with this unit So um after that you guys it's lunch time. It's free time. Sometimes I take the kids outside After lunch, we really utilize a long lunch. So our lunch is from like 12 to 1 So um, we typically like I said, we will go outside. We'll eat lunch. We'll listen to music I let the kids just really get out a lot of energy Especially my younger two because after this point they are going down for their nap So my two toddlers go down for their nap at one o'clock and I know that's kind of late for some people But that is just the time that they take their nap and uh, they go to sleep or whatever And during that time I focus on a subject that I need to be heavily involved with my daughter So if we had like a science experiment or anything like that that's typically the time we would do it Is during the uh my younger two's nap time anything that's like parent heavy involvement when it comes to Those subjects that's typically what I do But the only thing that's left off really at this point is her writing So right now we're utilizing the time when my two younger ones go to sleep to do our uh Brave writer literature guide, but when we complete this literature guide and we're in our next six weeks We will use this time to work on iew Um, so that is a time where I know I can spend focus with briel I can watch the video with her we can get our writing done And typically between one thirty and two o'clock briel is like done with her core for the day Now after that my two younger ones will typically uh be waking up anywhere between like Two thirty three o'clock sometimes you guys they even sleep till fourth I mean these girls they like to sleep So sometimes I have to go in there and wake up my two toddlers Because I definitely wore them out throughout the day But during this like post school time. This is the time briel is working like on her piano She's doing her creative writing. She's doing free play. So this is just a time that briel is still She still has like this independent free time that she's able to you know Do some of those enrichment things that she likes to do on her own She's not having or they're not having technology time just yet, but we're still uh doing some type of interest led learning Now um after this point when my husband gets off of work you guys That is the time that all of my kiddos they get their technology time and it is really helpful because um During that time when I do give them their technology time like around uh five five thirty when my husband gets off I'm really able to like focus on uh cooking dinner for my family getting uh ready for us to you know wind down for their day And uh, it really helps by giving them that technology time during that time that's most needed You guys I'm not gonna lie during that time. I typically put my airpods in I listen to music I listen to a podcast and that's another time like I can really rewind or like wind down Because like as you guys can see in this schedule Like I'm pretty full on when it comes to like the kiddos and I really Don't have much pockets of time where I do you know get a breather because I do have to utilize My daughter's nap time to be able to get any type of teacher intensive work done with briel Sometimes I'm able to sneak in like an hour in the afternoon of quiet time while briel's doing like creative writing to myself But for the most part you guys um, that is my like little break time when I'm cooking dinner Um, my husband even has been coming in the kitchen helping me cook dinner a lot now We actually subscribe to hello fresh. This is not sponsored by them But we subscribe to hello fresh because it really has been helping me when it comes to like Meal planning our dinner time and just having something that I don't have to think about because I already have to think about You know breakfast lunch and snacks and it's just one thing that really has been helping us out It's been getting my husband and me in a kitchen together and we really been enjoying utilizing that service But yeah, just having that time has been great So that is like our monday through thursday schedule when it comes to briel our core now on fridays Everything is pretty much the same as far as our flow except for fridays. We only do math And uh, we do our enrichment subjects as far as briel. So she'll do either her music or her um, Like her music, uh, nature Her art lessons and things like that because her grammar curriculum is only a four day a week schedule and everything else That she's doing is like a four day a week schedule We really have that friday to really dive in deep into a lot of things right now We are actually utilizing our friday for like an extra history day Where we're focusing on like our history block and it's been really amazing to be able to have that longer time To focus on history and really have fun like doing our notebook and things like that So I really have been enjoying utilizing like this block That we don't do like our regular ELA because it's scheduled out for four days a week That we are able to use this fun friday to really focus on like history art music Like all of the enrichment things on fridays briel's typically done with school Before lunchtime and then after lunchtime again, she works on creative writing piano. We go outside We run errands. We go to the library. So fridays is really like Uh, our we still do school, but it's really like a lighter funner day for us. And I really love this schedule So you guys this is like really my homeschooling schedule and how our flow has been going And again, we have been utilizing this game same schedule for like the past two years. So, um Hopefully this kind of will help you guys when it comes to like you creating your rhythms in your own household Um, the way I was really able to create this rhythm was I just Documented what we did at specific times to be able to uh write it down because this is just like our natural flow I didn't like put in the time frames or anything like that. This is just how it naturally happens and um I'm so happy. I found the flow that this works out for like us and for our household If you haven't found out your flow yet, just keep on trying tweak it And you will find that rhythm that's definitely going to work out especially for you and for your household So you guys thank you so much for watching today's video. I hope you enjoy I hope you were encouraged or inspired by this and I look forward to seeing everybody in my next one Bye