Homeschooling year started!

Our homeschooling started today!  Well, we went through and organized the books and folders and went over how school is going to go this year.  (Hopefully, less stressful than last year!)  And we only did it for half a day.  We get down to the nitty-gritty tomorrow.  They start their real lessons!  But we have a plan on making this year much smoother and easier. I will be telling the boys which lessons they need to get through in a week and let them decide what order to do them in.  As long as they have the lessons done by the end of the week, does it really matter how they do them?  What are some things you do to get through your schooling easier?