6 kids 2-13.
Been there, doing that!
I also use more of a time block with a lot of wiggle room. I have a set 30 minutes I spend with each child each day. That I try to adhere to or I will realize it has been a week since I’ve sat down with a child and gone over their work from that week/day. During this time, I will also work on math lessons (if it is their day of the week for a new math concept–I rotate so I’m not teaching each one a new concept on the same day), go over any problems their having with a lesson, just chat, listen to narrations, oral grammar lessons for two of them, read-aloud to youngers, etc.
My biggest struggle right now is keeping our 2YO occupied and engaged while I’m trying to work with the other 5. I am going to have to work on that b/c she can really disrupt the flow of the day, which I don’t like to say but it is the truth. She is just so demanding right now, only being home with us from China for 6 months.
And then sometime this fall, she’ll be undergoing major, open-heart surgery so I’m just trying to not stress over a schedule, b/c it will flex and change when she has her surgery and recovers. Little DS, 7, also has surgery scheduled for Sept. 26, with a 5 to 7-day stay.
OY! Yes, our schedules have to be fluid!