Pray, pray, pray~
As for our house. We use a curriculum that I adore and my daughter does too
I guess the best practical advice is to be organized, have a game plan for the year, but be flexible on a day to day basis. We get out every Wednesday for Exploration day, in which there is no book work, just science experiments, exploring nature, crafts, reading ect...
It's nice to break up our week that way and it's worked into our curriculum. May God guide you, and He will!