I used the Daily Plan to give me a general plan to follow each morning. The Plan Your Year kit has over 40 forms, but I always keep coming back to my favorites. What do I have in our morning binder? Our Daily Plan I love my morning meeting binder, but I can’t fit all our read-aloud books in there. Step 3: Keep a Morning Binder or Basket or Both I just added my topics into the fillable PDF, printed it, and slipped it into the front of my morning binder. I used the Morning Time Agenda from the Plan Your Year kit to create a general idea of what I wanted our morning to look like. I knew I wanted time for us to come together for a quick morning prayer time, a time to review our schedules for the week and day, and I needed a catch-all for those subjects that I wanted to add into our curriculum but didn’t fit anywhere else. The second step is to have an idea of what you want to accomplish during your morning meeting. Most of the time this two-hour window has given everyone enough time to get their focus for the day. I don’t keep to a nine am sharp schedule, but I also don’t allow more dawdling. If they aren’t already downstairs, then this prompts them to head down. I’m generally a protein bar and tea kind-of-gal. And, since none of us like the same type of breakfast it works for us. Mine are old enough to fend for themselves. Some of you may still be preparing breakfast for your kids. She does her thing, and I enjoy the fresh air and a few moments of nature.) Finding your Zen is a personal thing, so your focus time might look different. Take the dog for a walk (The dog and I have a routine. Get dressed and ready for the day (though, honestly, that might not be more than taking a shower and putting on yoga pants). If my mind isn’t focused, there is no way my kids’ minds will be. This gets all those pesky things that make me anxious out of my way.Īt this point, my anxiety level has calmed, and I’m ready to clear my mind and get my focus. I know this about myself, so to compensate I take care of those “must do items” first. If I don’t take care of some of those before we start our school day, then they will distract me all day. My brain starts firing with all the reminders I have set for the day. I announce to the house at large that it’s time to start waking up and I begin the countdown. So, at 7 o’clock each morning I get up and start my day. The first step is critical in our homeschool because, as I said, we all need time to “blossom” – get prepared for a new day. Step 1: Clear Your Mind and Get Your Focus Would you prefer to listen to this post instead of reading it? I wanted to start our day with focus & peace. Morning meeting was stressful & unpleasant. Then a friend introduced me to a revolutionary morning time idea that would start our day with peace, family time, and focus. But, invariably, it would be stressful, unpleasant, and result in a morning basket that didn’t get rolling until early afternoon. I recently heard the middle schooler tell her friends that if they wanted her to do something at 8 in the morning, they would need to wake her at 6.įor years I’ve tried to start our mornings with a morning time, morning meeting or morning basket. This means no talking for at least two hours. We understand that we each need time to “blossom” when we wake. You see, the girls and I don’t talk in the mornings. My husband would wake early, run to the gym, and return to the hotel very chipper - and talkative (ugg!). This became very apparent when we all went on a week-long homeschool field trip. Unfortunately, my husband IS a morning person.
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