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May 1, 2015
I am trying to pull my homeschool planning together, create a shopping list, and then put it aside until July. My older two boys are coming out of homeschool programs that are highly organized. They had a list of assignments to work on each day. Assignments not completed during regular school hours could be finished on Saturday. This provided a consistent guide to follow. If I was tired or busy, the boys knew what needed to be done. We are going to be accountable to ourselves next year, so we must create our own map to follow, even when times are tough. |
It is inevitable that I am going to have difficult days and sometimes I'll decide we need a spontaneous break! I've followed the suggestions of some more experienced homeschool moms to make sure I am plotting a reasonable course.
Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education is a great resource for parents who need a guide to providing a well rounded education for their children. I don't follow it strictly, but it points out gaps in my plans. Simply Charlotte Mason also provides a free curriculum guide. First I took their list of possible topics and crossed off or combined them into a more manageable list.
This left me with 9 subject areas to cover. I created a weekly schedule that arranged these topics in a manageable order, alternating highly focused classes like math and language, with breaks and fun classes that focus on big ideas like art and history. Monday should be our CC Community day so we will only do a few subjects at home.
Finally, I looked at my curriculum guides: Classical Conversations: Foundations; Classical Conversations: Essentials; and My Father's World: Exploring Countries and Cultures. I made a calendar of which school weeks we would follow CC or MFW and assigned a Unit number to each week.
Each month of the school year, I will:
1) Look at the calendar and curriculum guides to see which units we should cover
2) Fill in 4 weekly planners with the corresponding materials
Each week I will:
1) Create a handwritten guide for each child to follow
2) Make sure they have time to do the work assigned or make it up on Saturday
Each day we will:
1) Mom-- follow weekly guide
2) Kids-- follow daily guides, checking their work off as they go
Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education is a great resource for parents who need a guide to providing a well rounded education for their children. I don't follow it strictly, but it points out gaps in my plans. Simply Charlotte Mason also provides a free curriculum guide. First I took their list of possible topics and crossed off or combined them into a more manageable list.
This left me with 9 subject areas to cover. I created a weekly schedule that arranged these topics in a manageable order, alternating highly focused classes like math and language, with breaks and fun classes that focus on big ideas like art and history. Monday should be our CC Community day so we will only do a few subjects at home.
Finally, I looked at my curriculum guides: Classical Conversations: Foundations; Classical Conversations: Essentials; and My Father's World: Exploring Countries and Cultures. I made a calendar of which school weeks we would follow CC or MFW and assigned a Unit number to each week.
Each month of the school year, I will:
1) Look at the calendar and curriculum guides to see which units we should cover
2) Fill in 4 weekly planners with the corresponding materials
Each week I will:
1) Create a handwritten guide for each child to follow
2) Make sure they have time to do the work assigned or make it up on Saturday
Each day we will:
1) Mom-- follow weekly guide
2) Kids-- follow daily guides, checking their work off as they go