Hi Danielle,
Right now school ends for us around 2:00. Read aloud takes anywhere from 1/2 hour to an hour depending. It’s hard to put numbers on times for me because it has changed so much over the years depending on the season we were in (pregnant, baby, all littles, now more older kids, etc.) Although we typically finish at 2, some of my younger kids aren’t doing school that whole time since their work only takes 1-2 hours.

Our kids 7 and under go to bed at 8:00-8:30. For the older kids, it depends on their age.

Currently, I wake up around 7, but again that has changed so much over the years depending on if I was pregnant, nursing, up with an infant, or my husband’s schedule. My husband has worked random shift work for most of our homeschooling so years so that has affected our routine as well.
I hope that helps answer your question!

Hi Janette! Congrats on your decision to homeschool! I hope you have a good year with your kids. Ambleside is an amazing curriculum, but it can be very overwhelming because there is so much there. I have done a blog post and a few YT videos on how we make Ambleside work for our family. I’ll link them below. Here’s a few ideas…
1. Look at AO as a feast and only pick the best book choices, or the ones that most appeal to you. I have a list of my favorite on the blog post. I think most people fall into the trap of wanting to do it all and then later becoming a slave to it or being overwhelmed by it.
2. Group kids together if possible. AO material is very rich, so a 7th grader doing material from Year 5 or even 3 is likely still going to be a challenge.
3. Have a Morning Time where you do some subjects altogether (composer, art, nature, Bible reading, hymn study, etc.) I have a the morning time notebook we will be using which correlates (mostly) with AO’s schedule for this year on the blog if you’d like to take a look. This is one very helpful way that I have made AO work with a wide range of ages.

I hope that gives you some ideas! Here are some links for more details!
YouTube Videos:
https://youtu.be/vkuMbP8OiEc
https://youtu.be/OHJc6vCV4zY

Ambleside
https://ourlifehomeschooling.com/2023/04/20/ambleside-online-homeschool-curriculum-for-a-large-family/
https://ourlifehomeschooling.com/2022/10/17/our-large-family-homeschool-curriculum/

Ambleside in Morning Time
https://ourlifehomeschooling.com/2023/08/02/simple-morning-time-notebook/
https://ourlifehomeschooling.com/2021/11/21/how-to-simplify-your-homeschool-with-morning-time/