I have many who have approached me and wondered how I do it and if they can possibly do it.  I have 5 children and I home school all of them.  It was a bit challenging at first with many in different grade levels but not impossible.

When I first began I had 2 children at the time.  I decided it was best to set a schedule for myself until I could develop a working plan.  This is what my schedule looked like 10 years ago:

7am - I get up and get ready to start the day

7:30am - My daily devotions and quiet time

8am - Wake up children and get them motivated for the day

8:30am - Make breakfast

9am - Daily devotions with children

9:30am - Begin Schooling

12pm - Lunchtime

1-2pm Continue Schooling

Well, that was a schedule that worked for me at the time, but things have changed drastically.  Having 5 children and a work at home job has made it quite interesting.  We still manage our daily devotions but breakfast is eaten at different times and schooling is never over by 2pm.

We will school any time of the day.  I believe that we are teaching our children every minute of the day and must take that into consideration when we decide to home school our children.

At first I was fixated on having a ‘classroom’ and a table with chairs and tons of books and thought I would be in that room all day.  Well, that was not the case.  I do have a ‘classroom’ but it mainly houses our book shelves with many, many books, computer, and educational games.  My children enjoy that room much more now than in the past.

I have realized that I can not make my home into a ‘traditional’ school.  It is not possible to do that and maintain a household at the same time.  I want to make learning fun and enjoyable and I want my kids to love to learn.

So, the moral to my story is this, it is very possible to home school your children.  You need to remember to make it fun and it will be less stressful for you and more enjoyable to your children.  I will be sharing some hints that have helped me in my next posts.  Be sure to come back again.