routines for home ed families?
hi there i have 5 children ages 9, 7, 5, 3 & 2 and am 12 weeks pregnant with no 6. I have been home educating since my eldest was a baby, but i must admit i am so tired and the housework isnt getting done our routine has fallen by the wayside and i am shattered.
any ideas from people with large families or experts in time management – my hubby says i am putting too much pressure on myself and things will right in the end but i know from experience how undisciplined our household can get without our routine.
And ones things for sure i CANNOT live in mess and clutter gets me all depressed and affects my mental health (no joke) so am worried dont want to have 6 kids and still have to scale mount washmore lol
Hi! I agree with the other poster that your older children esp. the 9 and 7 year old can do chores. I have a 7 and 13 year old that both do chores. My 7 year old started doing chores at about 5 or 6 years old.
I tried the flylady system and I know it does help many people, but for me it was time-consuming and a lot of emails in my box and I felt a little overwhelmed with them. A similar system but easier for me, was motivated moms which I signed up for at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MotivatedMom/. It’s also free, but they just send you 2 emails each day. One gives you the daily chores list which are your basic chores you do each day that always stays the same each day which are: Daily Chores:
__ Make beds
__ Feed pets
__ Prepare breakfast
__ Load / Run / Empty dishwasher
__ Sweep kitchen & entryway
__ Clean kitchen sink
__ Clear kitchen clutter & wipe down counters
__ Plan / Cook dinner
__ Wipe out bathroom sinks
__ Empty trash
__ Do laundry
__ Read to children
__ Exercise
__ Quiet time
__ Take vitamins/medication
__ Prepare tomorrow’s clothing
, and then the 2nd email changes each day and are usually about 3 or so chores which are your weekly/monthly/seasonal chores (for example this Saturday was: Saturday
___ Change dishcloth/towel
___ Change hand towels in bathrooms
___ Water indoor plants
You can print them out and divide them up with your older children, giving them the easier chores, and that would be about 5 chores for each of you each day. As the other children grow up, they can take up some of the chores also which will really help.
We also have designated days that we just clean the house and do not do any school when the house feels like it is getting really out of control. The public school has teacher planning days and we have house cleaning days!
Someone mentioned about your significant other helping but I know that can be tough sometimes! I also do appreciate it when my dh chips in with the house although he works 50 hours a week and runs marathons so he doesn’t help as much as I would like! He tends to do more of the painting of the house, fixing repairs kind of stuff which I am not good at.
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