Daily Rhythms : Blocks Schedule

We don’t have a set daily schedule. We don’t eat meals at specified times or have a daily to-do list. Instead we tend to work in blocks of time. In the morning, we discuss briefly what blocks of time we are doing that day and this way the children know what to expect.

(Times given are approximate)

Breakfast and Responsibility Time

(2hrs)

Personal Bible reading and prayer time.
Tidy room and make bed.
Personal hygiene.
Breakfast and put on bread machine
General cleaning and management of the day to day clutter.
Discuss the day and things to do.

Table Time (3 hours)

Bible
English
Maths
Science
History

Family Activity Time

Meals
Watching movies
Softball
Bike riding
Photography or computer with Dad
Board games

Household Responsibility Time

Car cleaning
Yard cleaning
Major housecleaning jobs (Bathroom, windows)

Family Reading-Time

Purposed Reading as a family
Other subjects such as history, science, literature, art, music etc.

Productive Planned Activity

(2 hours)

Bible reading and word study
Scrapbook or other self directed project.
Home or Life Skills ? Sewing, cooking,
Foreign language
Computer Skills (not Internet or games)
Construction Projects–Legos, Carpentry
Piano
Read books

Productive Free-Activity

(2 hours)

Bible reading and word study
Scrapbook or other self directed project.
Home or Life Skills – Sewing, cooking,
Foreign language
Computer Skills (not Internet or games)
Construction Projects–Legos, Carpentry
Piano
Calligraphy or drawing
Craft box
Letter writing (Make a card for someone)
Jigsaw puzzles
Write a story
Board games
Listen to music and dance
Do a nature hunt
Trampoline
Clean backyard
Iron clothes
Bake a cake
Make popcorn and then make jewelry
Have a bath and play in it
Chess
Do a word search
Leaf or tree rubbings
Make paper or soap (paper kit)
Rehearse a play and put on show
Write book review
Science experiment
Hide and Seek
Create cubby house
Make paper airplanes / dolls
Garden
Have a ‘drinking water contest’
Do a crossword
Look at photo albums or scrapbook
Play dough
Coin collections
Stamp albums
Press flowers

Veg Out Time

Unstructured rest and relaxation time

Quiet Time

Sleeping, praying, reading, playing quietly in room.

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