Heidi said: You know, I wouldn't be able to accomplish much if my kids didn't help me out with the house and the babies... Anyway, you've got some helpers there. Train them to help. Yes to this!!! Some of the resources from Titus2.com have been helpful for me. I learned to schedule my life with Managers of Their Homes. I don't follow it exactly now, but I still definitely have a clear schedule. You know what I have found? The older my kids have gotten the more important a schedule is for our family. We have five schooling now and a baby. I can't imagine trying to get school accomplished without a schedule. I am so prone to just skip it or forget it if it isn't in the schedule. If you don't do school in the summer, it is a great time to teach chores, make chore assignments, and make a schedule for next year. We have also grouped our students for teaching times whenever possible. Our second grader listened in to our fifth grade grammar class, did most of the assignments, and scored in the 90%'s on all the tests. History and science can definitely be done together. Using video to teach math has also been a huge time-saver. The question of whether or not you are doing enough is a personal decision, but I think it is better to make that decision before the school year begins, not in the middle of a tiresome day. If you feel you need to add more, then plan when and how you will accomplish it. Even if you don't want to add anything at this time, learning to live by a schedule can help you get more accomplished in less time, and can help everyone feel better. Be realistic in your planning, or you will never follow through. Then figure out how you are going to hold yourself and your dc accountable. Perhaps weekly assignment sheets printed at the beginning of the school year would help. We have assignment sheets with all the daily assignments or lessons written on them and a place for the dc to check them off when they are finished. You might also post the daily schedule in a prominent place. I have also used reminder apps that alarm when it is time for me to move on to the next lesson. It forced me to mark off the lessons as we finished them. A schedule is a tool, not a master, and there are certainly times we have skipped lessons because of life's interruptions (which I believe are really part of God's schedule, anyway). But, we are much more disciplined to accomplish what we intend to accomplish with a schedule.