Posts Tagged by planning
Gathering Materials Weeks at a Time
| September 8, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Planning/Organization |
Every since I started trying to do a school at home, I have been in search of a way to gather my materials without it taking over my house. I have also been in search of a system that will allow me to get together more than a week at a time. I am a planner, and I like to be ahead. Over the past month I have been spending a good portion of my Sunday printing, laminating, gathering all the “stuff” for the upcoming week of school. I am tired of using that time gathering school stuff when I… {Read More}
The Best Laid Plans
| September 5, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Planning/Organization |
I had the best plans laid out for the month of September, however, as I sit here tonight, exhausted at only 10pm, I realize that they are going to have to change. Between being out of town for two weekends in a row and having two short weeks at home, I just have not had the time I needed to get everything done. I have not printed out one thing for our lion theme for next week. Thus, instead of stressing out and staying up way to late, I am going to push our real school start date back one… {Read More}
Recent Question
| September 2, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under FAQ, Handwriting, Planning/Organization |
I have had a couple of people ask my why we were going to usual A then B then C route with our letter of the week themes. So I thought I would explain myself. Thing 1 can write all of his letters so that you can read them, however, they are not always formed well and with certain letters he will only write either the upper case or lower case, no matter what. Thing 2 will just be turning 3 at the end of September, so I want to make learning to write his letters as easy as possible… {Read More}
Pinterest– An Awesome Planning Helper
| September 1, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Planning/Organization |
About two months ago, I discovered Pinterest. It has been the biggest help in my homeschool planning. Pinterest is basically a social site, that allows you to post pictures of the activities as well as a link to the site where that activity is located. When you find things that you want to be able to find later, you can “pin” them onto one of your “boards.” Pinterest has become a major component of my homeschooling adventure. Since we are not using a “boxed” curriculum, it is on me to come up with our lessons each week. Which means I… {Read More}
Planning Our Year : 2011-2012
| August 25, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Planning/Organization |
One of the things that I have come away with in our first month of more formal homeschooling is that I needed a plan. I needed a plan so that would help me stay on track. A plan that would make sure I covered everything I want to cover. A map that would make sure we reach our destination. So, the last two days, I made a plan for the entire year. First, I started by outlining goals for for the year for each boy. I wrote down what I want/think the boys to accomplish and what I think they… {Read More}
Our Schedule
| August 23, 2011 | Posted by Mommy Cameron | Homeschooling under Planning/Organization |
I feel like I am always looking for some way to schedule everything and stay on schedule. I have made some super pretty schedules on Excel. I have used white boards, notebook, my phone, you name it and I have probably tried it. Thing 1 and Thing 2 are also getting to the point where they like to know what we are doing that day. So I have been trying to find out a way to get them involved. However, I was struggling to find a way that they would be able to understand since they do not read or… {Read More}
