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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s our routine (nanny to 5yo twin boys):

They wake about 6:30 and get themselves dressed and brush their teeth then come wake me up and they play while I get dressed, unload DW, make breakfast, pack snacks, etc.

About 8-10 we go for a walk to a park near the house with a big empty field and some shade trees.  They play a little but if it’s hot we end up just laying in the shade and reading chapter books

10-12 they play with toys, then at noon we eat lunch

After lunch we do “school” where I do some basic reading/writing/math practice stuff with one and the other plays a semi-educational app on my phone.  Then switch kids.

Around 2 we lay down together and listen to an audiobook for 30-45 minutes.

After that they each choose a “project” (peg board, pattern blocks, dominoes, anatomy felt board, etc.) and they play in different rooms for 15 minutes.

Around 3 they get swimsuits and water shoes on and run through the sprinklers  for 20 minutes while I water the plants and vacuum the bottom of our inflatable 6’x10’ wading pool.  Then they get in the pool and play for a while.  Around 4:30 we go in and do baths, then dinner, stories and bedtime.

We do the exact same routine 4 days a week, but importantly, one day a week we shake it up and go on an adventure.  Berry picking/baking pies, driving to a far-off hiking spot and hiking to a creek to play in the water, camping overnight, walking around the monuments downtown and cooling off at the WWII memorial, etc.  I find that having that one day a week of something different makes all the other days manageable in their sameness.[/quote]

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