Simple Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule: The Best Way to Plan

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In this post, I’m sharing our simple kindergarten homeschool schedule.

It can be a bit daunting setting up your child’s kindergarten schedule, especially if you’re new to homeschooling.

What’s too much? What’s not enough?

Really, there’s no right answer for either because every child and every family is different.

I wish I had cared less about what others thought when it came to deciding what we would do for my son’s kindergarten year.

All of the fears that were instilled in me were a waste of time and instead, I’ve found that we’ve had a brilliant start to homeschooling.

Keep reading to find out what subjects we’re covering, the curriculum we’ve chosen, and what our kindergarten homeschool schedule looks like.

Plus, I’ve created a free kindergarten homeschool schedule that you can edit to your needs. Scroll to the bottom to grab your copy.

Our Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule for 2020

I started out the school year with some curriculum and subject choices which you can find here, but as time has gone on I’ve actually added to it.

I think the key for us was starting with just a few core subjects and then adding to those as it worked for us.

That way you don’t run the risk of snuffing out your child’s love for learning with too much too soon.

Subjects We Cover

Bible – This is very casual and I don’t use a curriculum for this, but I will share what we use down below.

Language Arts – The curriculum that we use for this covers several subjects all in one, which I completely love.

Mathematics – We actually started maths in preschool because my son had a keen interest and we’re continuing with the same book this year.

Handwriting – This is something that my son (surprisingly) enjoys and its a very short and sweet subject.

History – I had zero intention of doing history this year, but I realised that I actually had a great history curriculum passed down to me from my mum. It’s light and easy and therefore perfect for kindergarten.

Our Kindergarten Curriculum

We’ve mostly stuck to what I set out to use at the beginning of the school year, but I have added in a couple of new things.

We’re using The Good & The Beautiful for Language Arts, Mathematics, and Handwriting.

For History, we’re using Story of the World (and loving it!)

We don’t have a curriculum for Bible but I am happily reading through The Bible Story by Arthur S Maxwell.

I also added in the Five in a Row curriculum which we’re only using on Fridays.

What Our Kindergarten Schedule Looks Like

This is what our current homeschool curriculum looks like. We’re homebodies, so I rarely take the kids out more than once a week.

We also don’t have any extracurricular activities just yet and so that’s something that you might have to work around if you do have those.

Plus, it’s my eldest that’s in kindergarten so I’m not having to work around the school schedules of older children.

Right now I just have to work around my younger children and their sleep, etc.

8:00 AM – Breakfast & Bible time: This is when I take the opportunity to read through the Bible stories that we have. I usually do 2-3.

9:30 AM – This is when we properly start school. The children are dressed, the chores are done, and I’ve set up the table for us to get started.
We start with read aloud. Depending on the day, it’s either History or whatever chapter book we’re currently working through. Right now that is Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
My son colors in while I’m reading and then I ask questions once I’ve finished.

9:45 AM – After our read aloud time we do Language Arts. Some days it is short and sweet while other days it can take a bit longer.

10:05 AM – Maths comes after Language Arts and we do half a math lesson per day.

10:20 AM – We finish up with Handwriting which rarely takes my son longer than 5 minutes.

10:30 AM – By 10:30 school is finished and we have morning tea (then I chase the kids outside to play).

On Fridays, we have a bit of a different day with a lighter workload.

There’s no Language Arts or Handwriting.

Instead, we have our normal Bible stories at breakfast time, then when we do school at 9:30 we start with Five in a Row, do Math, and end with a History project.

Every couple of weeks we also head to the library on a Friday.

Your Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule: Things to Consider

While there’s no real right way to create your kindergarten schedule, there are some things to think about.

I would start by considering the time of day that works out best for you and your child. There’s no rule to say that you have to do school in the morning.

I’d also try to keep things flexible so that if you need to you can spend more time on a certain subject if you have to.

Focus more on what you’ve achieved than what you haven’t. It can be tempting to get frustrated when lessons aren’t completed for whatever reason.

A great way to stay positive and take the pressure off is to track what your child has completed instead of focusing on what they haven’t.