Posting a little after the fact here… 
I have received some requests to share our schedule now (such that it is!), since I mentioned in the comment of our 2007/2008 schedule that many things have changed. We not only have animals now but we have less parent-intensive curriculum.
A note for all who read: I think everyone can benefit from a schedule. But this doesn’t mean that you have to follow my schedule. What kind of a schedule would work for you? There is nothing wrong with starting your day at 10 am, if that is how you best operate. Let your schedule be a help to you, not a constraint that you’ll shed very quickly because it isn’t working for you. I suggest you make a list of all the things you’d like to accomplish each day (or each week), then estimate the time required for each. Then create a schedule that allows you to accomplish your schooling goals along with other responsibilities and a recognition of different family members’ needs for sleep, activities, etc.
HOMESCHOOL SCHEDULE 2008-2009
5:00 am — 6:00 am
- Mom & Dad wake, Mom prepares Dad’s lunch & breakfast for all, begin laundry, day’s food prep, personal grooming, get ready to milk the goats
5:45 am
- Wake the kids to get ready to milk and feed the goats
6:00 am — 7:00 am
- Milk the goats and feed the goats, strain and store the milk
7:00 am — 8:00 am
- All Children — breakfast and morning chores
- Mom — finish up in kitchen, start bread, cheese, laundry, etc.
8:00 am — 12:00 pm
- All Children — chores as needed (laundry, etc.)
- All Children — school basics: math (Teaching Textbooks); language arts (Pathways readers/workbooks and Daily Grams); piano practice; drawing practice (Drawing Textbook); Latin/Greek Review (English from the Roots Up)
- Haniya — One Year Adventure Novel
- Mom — helping children as needed, writing on websites while walking on treadmill, working in kitchen, housework, etc.
12:00 pm — 12:30 pm
- Lunch
12:30 pm — 2:00 pm
- All Children — Latin/Greek New Root (English from the Roots Up); Science (God’s Design for the Physical World); History (Mystery of History); Bible (Egermeier’s Bible Story Book and reading from NKJV)
2:00 pm — 5:00 pm
- Snack, then free time and afternoon chores
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
- Prepare dinner, get ready for evening milking
6:00 pm — 7:00 pm
- Dad arrives home (5:30-6ish)
- Milk the goats and feed the goats
- Strain and store goat milk
7:00 pm (or earlier if goat chores are done)
- Dinner and dishes, evening chores (sweeping, bathroom tidy, put laundry away, rinse sprouts, start/empty dehydrator, etc.)
8:30 pm — 9:00 pm
- Get ready for bed and go to bed!
On Wednesday, we follow the schedule until lunchtime and then go to town for piano lessons and errands. When we return home, we pick up the schedule at about 5:00 pm, for dinner and evening chores.
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