Examples of Schedules with 4 Guides?

[Mom2Monkeys]

I'm trying to find samples of schedules with 4 similar guides and 4 similar aged kids but the thread of shared schedules is sooooooo many pages! And hopefully I can find some that add an outside activity or extra. I don't know HOW to pull this off!

I plan to start my almost 9yo in PHFHG very soon. In fall, I'll have ....

DD12 Rev2Rev plus greek and weekly group band/daily practice
DS 9 finish PHFHG and start CTC plus greek and weekly group band/daily practice
DS 7 BLHFGH and greek
DS 3/4 LHTH and just plain wild and crazy kid into everything so much we have locks on every door in the house to keep him out.

I wouldn't mind seeing samples for the following year's levels too.

MTMM
CTC/RTR
BHFHG
LHTH repeat with added phonics and some math

[TrueGRIT]

I can't tell you what to do with scheduling since I've not been there.

But one big thing to do that I speak with great experience on is . . .
You have to have some intense training time with your youngest.
Our 3 yo has a tendency to be wild if given an opportunity, but we reign her in. Easier said than done, I know.
I know it seems like you don't have time, but believe me when I say the scheduling goes a lot more smoothly
when the younger child(ren) allow you to work, and they have had their time first. We cut about an hour from our day that way!

Please, don't think I am being critical, just another mom with the same experience! Like I said I have been there, (only one child less).I apologize if it came out wrong, but this worked for me. I just wanted to give you some encouragement. It will all work out!

At the very least, I bumped this thread up to the top for you.

[my3sons]

Hi Tamara! I can't help you with 4, as I only have 3 little blessings, but I was thinking this schedule of Carrie's may help? It's not exactly the same guide, but RTR is very similar to RevtoRev as far as time allotments overall, and it includes CTC, Beyond, and half-speed LHTH. Hope this can help get the ball rolling for you!

The schedule below is for 2009-2010. It includes Beau (age 3, doing Little Hands to Heaven half-time), Greyson (just turned 7, in 1st grade, doing Beyond Little Hearts at full-speed 4 days a week), Shaw (age 10, in 5th grade, doing Creation to Christ at full-speed), Cole (age 13, in 8th grade, piloting much of Resurrection to Reformation at full-speed).

2008-2009 Shaw Grade 5 "Creation to Christ" Schedule:
7:30-8:00 Make Bed/Groom/Dress/Pick up Room/Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Creation to Christ Reading About History box (morning room)
8:30-8:50 Creation to Christ Independent History Study box (in morning room)
8:50-9:00 Chores: Take out garbages, put away silverware, wipe high chair tray, dust bust kitchen rug/floor.
9:00-9:10 Dictation
9:10-9:30 Creation to Christ Genesis: Finding Our Roots/Geography of Bible Lands (with mom at kitchen table)
9:30-10:10 Tues./Wed./Fri Level 4/5 Drawn into the Heart of Reading (with mom in morning room)
Mon./Thurs. Creation to Christ Science (morning room)
10:10-10:40 Math (with mom at the kitchen counter)
10:40-11:00 Creation to Christ Write with the Best/Rod and Staff Grammar (with mom at kitchen counter)
11:00-12:00 Pick Orders for our business (in warehouse)
12:00-12:15 Poetry (at kitchen counter)
12:15-12:40 Creation to Christ History Project (at kitchen counter)
12:40-1:00 Creation to Christ Bible Quiet Time box (morning room)
1:00-1:10 Help prepare lunch
1:10-1:45 Lunch (read-aloud the Storytime box here) Chores: Clear table after lunch.
1:45-2:15 Tues./Wed/Fri. Creation to Christ Science (at kitchen counter) Mon./Thurs. Play with Beau
2:15-3:15 Recess (outside unless it’s raining)

2009-2010 Greyson's Grade 1 Schedule for "Beyond Little Hearts":
8:00-8:30 Get dressed/make bed/groom/pick up
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Play in his room
9:45-10:00 Clean-up room and come down
10:00-10:10 Handwriting ‘A’ (with mom at kitchen table)
10:10-10:25 Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory math 1A/1B (with mom at kitchen table)
10:25-10:40 Beyond Little Hearts Language Arts box (with mom at kitchen table)
10:40-10:50 Clean up area/ Choose educational video off my list of choices (in living room)
10:50-11:30 Educational video in living room
Note: After the video, Grey and I have one chunk of time where we move through the items listed below between 11:30-1:00. We do this all in the morning room.
11:30-11:45 Phonics (with mom in morning room)
11:45-11:55 Beyond Little Hearts Reading About History box
11:55-12:00 Beyond Little Hearts music box
12:00-12:10 Beyond Little Hearts Bible Study box
12:10-12:20 Beyond Little Hearts Poetry box
12:20-12:35 Beyond Little Hearts rotating activity box
12:35-12:50 Beyond Little Hearts Storytime box
12:50-1:00 Explode the Code
1:00-1:10 Help get ready for lunch
1:10-1:45 Lunch (Chores: Dust bust after lunch)
1:45-2:15 Educational computer CD with headphones (from my pre-selected choices)
2:15-3:15 Recess (outside unless it’s raining)

2009-2010 Cole's 8th Grade Schedule (piloting much of “Resurrection to Reformation”):
7:30-8:00 Make bed/get dressed/groom/pick up room/ breakfast
8:00-8:10 Chores: Unload dishwasher
8:10-8:30 Bible Study (in morning room)
8:30-8:35 Dictation (with mom at kitchen table)
8:35-8:55 Rod and Staff Grammar (with mom at kitchen table)
8:55-9:10 Greek (at kitchen table)
9:10-9:30 Geography/Bible Study (with mom and Shaw at kitchen table)
9:30-10:10 Tues./Wed./Fri. Level 6/7/8 Drawn into the Heart of Reading (with mom and Shaw in morning room) Mon. /Thurs. History Project (kitchen counter)
10:10-11:00 Math (upstairs in my room – set timer and work until it rings)
11:00-11:05 Chores: wipe bathroom counters, dust bust bedroom
11:05-11:30 Mon./Tues./Wed/Thurs. Medieval History-Based Writing Lesson (with mom in morning room) Fri. Practical Happiness study
11:30-12:00 History Reading and Follow-up
12:00-12:25 Get Beau out of crib, put toys away, play and read with him in his room
12:25-12:30 Get Beau’s lunch ready and get him seated at the table
12:30-1:00 Science (mom’s room for readings/kitchen for experiments)
1:00-1:10 Help get lunch ready
1:10-1:45 Lunch (After lunch chores: load dishwasher)
1:45-2:05 Extension Pack reading
2:05-2:15 Typing Instructor
2:15-3:15 Recess (outside unless it’s raining)
3:15-4:15 Warehouse work

2009-2010 Beau's 3 year old schedule “Little Hands to Heaven” half-speed:
8:15-8:45 Dress/Eat/Brush teeth
8:45-9:30 Watch educational video in the living room
9:30-10:00 Mon./Thurs. Little Hands to Heaven (playroom) Tues./Wed./ Fri. Play at table with playdough
10:00-11:00 Plays with educational toys from cupboard with me overseeing (while I work with Shaw and Greyson in kitchen)
11:05-11:10 Head up to crib/ get out toys
11:10-12:00 Plays in crib with toys and music
12:00-12:25 Play with Cole in room
12:25-12:30 Get ready for lunch
12:30-1:00 Eat lunch at table with daddy
1:00-1:45 Play out while the boys eat lunch
1:45-2:15 Mon./Thurs. Play with Shaw; Tues./Wed./Fri. Play with whichever child is done early today with school
2:15-2:45 Recess with boys
2:45-3:00 Looking at books
3:00-5:00 Nap

I make a master schedule for me that is one sheet and only has on it those things that I must teach or oversee during the school day. I put this in a plastic page protector along with the boys’ individual schedules behind it. That way I can see at a quick glance what I should be doing and also what each individual child should be doing.

My Schedule:
7:30-8:00 Mike makes sure older boys are up and going
8:00-8:30 I make sure Greyson and Beau are up and going.
8:30-8:35 Dictation with Cole at kitchen table
8:35-8:55 Grammar with Cole at kitchen table
9:00-9:10 Dictation with Shaw at kitchen table
9:10-9:30 Geography/Bible Study at kitchen table with Cole and Shaw
9:30-10:00 T/W/F Drawn into Heart with Cole and Shaw in morning room; M/R Preschool with Beau (playroom)
10:00 Handwriting with Greyson at kitchen table and then math (oversee Beau)
10:15 Go over math with Shaw at kitchen counter whenever he is ready (oversee Beau)
10:30 Help Shaw as needed with math and do Language Arts box with Greyson (oversee Beau)
10:40 Write with the Best/Grammar at kitchen counter with Shaw (oversee Beau)
11:00 Put Beau in crib with toys
11:05 Medieval History-Based Writing with Cole (morning room)
11:30 School with Greyson in morning room
1:00-1:10 Help make lunch
1:10-1:45 Lunch/Read-aloud
1:45-2:15 Watch over Beau and check work
2:15-3:15 Recess

Once I make a schedule, we work it every day until it becomes routine. The kiddos have timers for some subjects and generally watch the clock for the others. While I am not always on-time, I do keep the same order for each child every day. I have honestly found that to be the single most important thing schedule-wise that we do in our homeschool. If I am constantly changing my schedule, then my kiddos will never know what to expect, and I'll never hit the point at which the schedule really gives me freedom (because everyone knows what they're doing every day). Even if you don't like time allotments, just keeping the same general order of subjects every day will make a HUGE difference.

Blessings,
Carrie

In Christ,
Julie

[Mom2Monkeys]

Thanks! That will help a lot!

[homefire]

Again, I only have 3 and we aren't in the same guides but I have found with myself and talking to other moms, that the littles come first! I spend 30 min with my 4yo while my 6 and 7 yo's finish up their chores. That time has become such a special time for the two of us and that one on one attention goes a long way. A book that has helped me out A LOT is Managers of Their Homes by Steve and Teri Maxwell.

After time with my youngest I do Beyond with the oldest while the 4 yo and 6 yo play a game together (this took some training time but has been well worth it). I save anything in Beyond that can be done independently for last and then work with 6 yo in Lhfhg. Hope this helps a little.

[MomtoJGJE]

We also arent in the same guides, but what helps me is to get out all their books needed for the day before we start. Then I go over independent and semi-ind stuff with my oldest, then send her off to do it with all the items she needs (unless it's kitchen stuff ). Then I go over things my Beyond child is learning to do ind. like math and ERs and spelling and send her to a different space. Then I do school with number three. By that time DD2 is done so I go over her ind work and do the rest of her school.Then is DD1 is still working I'll do school with dd4. If dd1 is finished I go over her work and then finish with her and then do school with dd4.

[Homeschooling6]

This year I have my 13yr. dd use Res. to Ref.
Two boys 11 & 12 using CtC
Ethan 9yr. using Bigger
Lance 8 using Little Hearts

My 13yr. dd does most of the work on her own and we meet more toward the evening.

What has helped me is to start with my two middle boys using CtC. I get them started and then they are off on their own and I work my way down. Next would be my "Bigger" child, then Little Hearts.

I then go back to my CtC for English, Writing, DITHOR or whatever we need to do together, back to my Bigger and Little Hearts.

It's kind of like spinning plates and trying to keep them spinning I know it probably doesn't sound to appetizing but it works for us.

[Mom2Monkeys]

Very helpful! The spinning plates thing....that is so accurate! Lol