Morning Routines

Hello Friend!

Thank you for joining us today!  I would like to talk with you today about our mourning routine.  As a homeschooling parent, I think it is very important to have some sort of scheduling system or routine for your home each day.  We have tried many different versions of morning routines (thank you YouTube!). The one I am about to share with you has served us well for years, but I am finding that we are needing to make some adjustments to accommodate our growing children, new home and neighborhood, and changing interests. Do you have a schedule system or routine that works for you?  I'd love to hear about it!  Drop a comment below or email me at tinylabeckles@yahoo.com.

1. Grooming

 Grooming includes washing our faces, brushing our teeth, showering (if we are scheduled to shower in the morning), fixing our hair, and getting dressed.

2. Quiet Time

Quiet time includes reading the Bible and praying, if you are a reader. If not, it means you pray and look through one of the many Bible picture books on the bookshelf.  The point for the younger ones it to establish the habit of personal devotion to the Lord very early in their lives, even though they can't read.

 I have added to Aaliyah's list to write in her "Proverbs Journal" one verse from Proverbs every day. She will continue this until she leaves home. Raymond and I originally wanted to start the children writing Proverbs when they turned 12, but I forgot all about it. I was recently reminded about this desire and decided to go ahead and have her start now.  She will be 13 in June.

3. Clean Zone

Cleaning zones includes making their bed and cleaning their area of responsibility in their room, as well as, to tidy/clean their assigned area of the house.  I have divided the house into 4 zones. They are each responsible for one zone. We switch zones on Mondays.  Raymond and Cassidy are responsible for walking the dogs (Max and Pita) in the morning.  Aaliyah is responsible for any laundry in the dryer (I usually wash and dry a load as part of my routine.) and to do a new load of laundry.

4. Read

Those who can, read at least one chapter or for twenty minutes (we have to put a cap on it for some 😏).  The others look at a book; or listen to one of the readers read a book.

5. Breakfast

Most days breakfast for us is really simple.  Muffins, yogurt with fruit and/or granola, cereal and milk; something like that.  Aaliyah cooks eggs and bacon or sausage on Fridays. Cassidy makes oatmeal for us on Saturdays. BUT you only eat breakfast if you were industrious enough to get out of bed and get your other things done before it's time to begin our morning school things.  If not, you will be really ready for snack/lunch time.

6. Play Outside

This happens daily unless there is a dangerous blizzard outside.  If so, we do an exercise video together on YouTube or something.

Once all of those things are done, it is usually eleven o'clock or eleven thirty and time to begin our morning school routine. I mentioned before that we will have to make some adjustments. One of my girls naturally includes music as part of her routine; one of them needs to.  Also, we plan to be getting chickens, and maybe even a couple of goats as soon as the fence is up.  I will be doing most of the work for these additions initially; but it will also be delegated to the littles.  I do enjoy animals; but I also want the kids to learn valuable lessons that only taking care of others/animals can provide.  That's all I have for today.

As usual, I hope you enjoy these snapshots from our Life at Pecan Cottage!

Until Next Time,