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The main objective for this week of "Schooling Lite" is 1) For the children to become accustomed to a more scheduled, daily routine after a long summer of uninterrupted play and discovery. and 2) For me to see how much they retained from last year, where to review and where to move forward.
I will also use this week to do as much monthly prep work as I can. Ultimately, I would like to have each months' work prepared in advance, rather than scrambling last minute to get everything together in time (something I have always hoped to do, but never actually been able to accomplish.)
I thought, why not have a Homeschool Theme for my blog as well? So this week, I'll be posting (as I am able) about homeschooling in our house. (If you have any homeschooling questions for me-let me know and I will try to answer them this week!)
To kick things off~ here are the school childrens' weekly schedules for the year.
I laminate them and then, as we accomplish things daily, they cross them off with a dry erase marker. The children enjoy knowing what they need to do each day and at the end of the week, I know just what we accomplished (and, incidentally, where we slacked off!) Then, we just wipe them down for a fresh start to a new week.
The corny animals and hearts are slots that are free of that subject for the day. I alternate history and science subjects for different days to ease the too-much-school-today blues. Too much school in one day is just as problematic as too little.
It is the third year of using this system and it works like a charm for us.
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| 4th Grade |
7 comments:
I love the idea of laminating each child's schedule so they can mark it off. I think I'll have do this as well. I can see it being very motivating. :) Do you also have a written record of what was done which day? If so, when do you fill that in? And do you use a planner?
I would love to know how YOU get everything done in a day! Do you follow a routine to your day or have a schedule? Do you have it written out like the kids? I would love to see it if you do. :)
Oh, yes, I'm with Miranda! I'd love to know how you order your day.
And back to homeschooling, do you have a "schedule" for your preschoolers? How do you keep them occupied while you work with Corynn and Andrew?
Cute charts! :) We are also planning on slowly heading back into homeschooling next week, once I feel like I have come up for breath from our trip home with the little guys.
Ooooo...can't wait to come back and study these in more detail!!! :)
You are amazing.
What do you use for Geography? I've been making it up as we go along, but I think I need something more planned.
Thanks!
Jinger
PS Just watched the clip on the whales & stars singing...amazing!!
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