Do I have to write it all out what I am going to do? Tell the kids what I am going to do?Put it up on a white board?

How do you schedule your days?

I have the books and am so ready to start and dont know where to start LOL

Oh, and should they both do math at the same time? Writing at the same time etc, or can I do math with one and writing with the other then switch?

The simplest answer... do what works for YOU!

Some people write their plans (pages of books for each subject) in a lesson plan book. Others use premade plans. Others don't use plans at all (um... guilty Some books you need to plan out, others are easy to tell the kids to do a lesson each day.

When I scheduled my days, it drove me crazy when we got "off track", so I think the first thing to consider is your personality. If you're a perfectionist and anal retentive, a schedule may work or not, considering other factors in your life. (I always had a newborn to contend with...it didn't work.)

What I did, though, was go thru the kids books and the crafts and experiments I wanted to do and I wrote down the daily plan in a Day Planner for teachers (bought at my local teaching supply store). I wrote down exactly what pages we would cover, etc. at what times.

I'm much more laid back, now, but for the beginning of our homeschooling adventures, this did help me feel like I was "doing it right".

I found it easier to have my kids do different subjects at the same time b/c, inevitably, they paid just as much attention to what I was saying to the other child as what I was saying to them and would get confused for a moment.

Good luck!

I am about the laziest planner around. What works for me (been using this method for years and years) is this form (http://www.donnayoung.org/forms/planners/go/2006pdf/week.pdf)

The typical school year is 36 weeks so you'd end up with just about 36 copies of this form per child.

For the week it's in use, that week's page is on the table when we do seatwork and on the fridge or bulletin board when we've cleared school from the table.

I don't plan much in advance.

In fact, I usually fill out that week's plan on Monday morning while the kids are working on something where what's next is a given. Usually math...their books are "a lesson a day".

Days of the week across the top....subjects down the side. We always have extra boxes across the bottom. Usually 2 or 3 rows worth. I just use those, if needed, to write in any extras that we might do on any given day. Stuff like art, pe, music, or a special assignment like a report, field trips, etc.

Since she's been able to read, Isabelle uses this form as a checklist. As she completes the day's assignments she puts an X over the box.

Once the week is over that week's form goes into a binder.

Hope that helps!

btw, that form as well as many, many others are available free at Donna Young's Homeschool Printables and Resources (http://www.donnayoung.org)

Thanks for that link, Danielle. I like her attendance grid. That's the only thing we're required to keep in my state and she has a much easier way of doing it than I've used in the past! LOL

I just started using Homeschool Tracker. It's a free program you can get online that helps you keep track of assignments, attendance, etc. Homeschool Tracker by TGHomeSoft (http://www.homeschooltracker.com) There's a paid version of the program too, but most of us would be fine with the free version.

Thanks mamas! What a great link Danielle!