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Some families work best with a solid, unwavering schedule. Up at 7:30, breakfast, showers, math, language arts, lunch, reading, science, social studies, art, play time. Other families prefer a loose flow to their day: They get up whenever, have a late (or early) breakfast, and start school when everyone is gathered together. Or perhaps they start with the early bird and work more children into the day as they rise and begin to move.

Your family’s schedule will be your own. It may look like one of these. It probably won’t. I know that our schedule falls somewhere between the two, and yours may too. The important thing isn’t that you follow someone’s schedule. The important thing is that you discover and follow your own schedule — the schedule that fits your family the best.

Building your schedule works well with a little family input, especially if your children are old enough to hold opinons (and what children aren’t?). If you can put together a routine or daily task list that takes everyone’s preferences into account, your house will be filled with much happier campers.

I have a verified night owl masquerading as a high schooler. He would much rather stay up until 2 a.m. than rise at 7 a.m. When we talked about his high school schedule, he was adamant: absolutely no French first thing in the morning. Preferably, no French before lunch. On the other hand, he happily wolfs down breakfast, grabs a very large biology-themed mug filled with hot tea or coffee, and then trots back to his room to do Algebra 2 first thing in the morning. Whose kid wants to do math first? Apparently, mine.