Category Archives: schedule

Updated Chore List for Our Large Family

Scroll down for a fun froggy scavenger hunt and super giveaway. Having twelve people living in our home it is important for everyone to pitch in and help with everyday tasks.  This allows us to serve others, do fun activities, projects and trips.  I wrote about the importance of chores, how we train our children to ...

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Menu Planning: 4 Moms, 35 Kids

**Since we began cooking for our freezer, I do not menu plan like this anymore.  Now I simply send one of the children down to the freezer to pull something out and I stock up on vegetables and salad stuff when I go shopping.  We always have rice, potatoes and homemade bread (well, ...

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Our Schedule: 4 Moms, 35 Kids

This week 4 Moms will be talking about scheduling.  Be sure to visit the other 3 Moms to hear different perspectives and ideas and don't miss next week when we all live blog how a day REALLY goes with real time updates. Life in a Shoe The Common Room Smockity Frocks(

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What Do You Do When You’re Overwhelmed?

Amy says you should Be a Quitter. This is what our family does when we're expecting a baby:  no company, no extra activities, no deep cleaning, no fancy meals (unless we can pull them out of the freezer :) ) and lots less blogging.  We do keep up with laundry, do basic chores and spend ...

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Multi-level Homeschooling: Little Ones Part 2

Little Ones Part 1 Our School Room The majority of the time that I spend working with the children on school is spent reading aloud and discussion.   This time generally takes upwards of 2 hours each day.  In addition to this we often read aloud for fun  in the afternoons and evenings.  Most of ...

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You Asked: Character Training, Alone Time, Another Olive?

Another post in which I attempt to answer some more of your questions.  By the way, questions are wonderful because 1.) they prove that someone is reading the blog, 2.) it means that you are thinking about what you read, 3.) it gives me great post ideas.    So if you have questions ask away! Amberlyn ...

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Multi-level Homeschooling: Our Schedule

Well, since there seems to be a lot of interest in mulit-level homeschooling, I thought I would start with giving you our general schedule grouped by big kids and little kids and then eventually go into specifics of how each time period works. This schedule in some form or another has been in place for nearly ...

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Tuesday’s Tip for Mom: Menus 4 Mom

I struggle with menu planning and preparing food for our household.  When I don't know what is for dinner it is hard to relax and spend time with the children.   Menus 4 Mom has been wonderful for those weeks when life just gets too busy.  Menus 4 Mom is free and they have all of ...

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Early Bedtimes: Tuesday’s Tip For Moms

Back when our first child was born, we made a decision that was smarter than we realized at the time and we have reaped the rewards for the last 12 years.  We set an early bedtime for our child.  As soon as our baby was settled into a schedule, we put her to bed early.  ...

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You Asked For It: Our Chore List

Rebecca asked to see our current chore list, so here it is for your viewing pleasure. Not interested in the specifics? You can read a more general post about training children to do chores, look at  cute pictures completely unrelated to chores or learn 25 Random Things About Me. Whatever, just move ...

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