Scheduling and Consistency

I'm just going to openly admit that my biggest fear about homeschooling is that I am totally not structured and consistent enough.... I'm not worried about the curriculum (at least not yet) or the material, or even the state required testing..... it's will I be consistent enough to follow a daily schedule for my children? I think we have a pretty good daily schedule to follow, but if I truly ever follow it is another story:)

This week I've even been messing with my decent schedule... Lydia's been taking two naps, but I'm thinking about how to prepare us for Canada and it would be great if I only had one nap for all the kids per day:) And Lydia has done really, really well (even without her paci). But now I don't have the morning time that I used to have with Anna to get her ONE structured "reading" lesson in during quiet... so it's time for a "new" schedule:)

Here is one of my "new" semi-structured times for the kids.... they each get2-3 books and "read" on the couch or separated on the kitchen floor. One thing that is nice about having three kids is that when they finish their books they get to read the other books brought. They'll do this for about 10-15 minutes... just enough time to vacuum the kitchen and living rooms ;)

So these next few weeks all be tinkering with a schedule so by early August we'll have a plan for what our preschool will look like this year:) And although the younger ones are a little young for anything too structured, it looks like they'll be participating as well:)