This blog may help you organize and plan your year. It may have tips on how to organize your schoolroom, materials, and supplies; how to prepare for the upcoming academic year; or how to schedule your day. I love to create checklists, planners, worksheets, etc. to help optimize my time (and sanity!). I will be sharing those documents and ideas here.
Dear Homeschooler, Have you ever asked yourself, “Am I teaching the right materials?” I have. I think this crosses all home educators’ minds at some point throughout each year. As I’m sure you do, I put a lot of time and research into which curricula I choose, which supplemental materials I…
Dear Homeschooler, We can teach our students ANYTHING, but it helps if we are organized and focused in what and how we are going to teach. I use a lot of planned curricula that already has detailed lesson plans included, which is great! It is definitely a time-saver, but there…
Dear Homeschooler, There are two kinds of back-to-school purchasers: those who spend hours in the back-to-school aisles loving every minute, and those who spend hours in the back-to-school aisles hating every minute. I confess, I am the former. I love deliberating over pencils options and notebook colors. 🙂 I also know…
Dear Homeschooler, Do you follow a schedule? Whether or not you do, it can be helpful for you student to have one. Older students can follow a written schedule or checklist, but pre-reading and early readers might benefit from a visual schedule, especially one they can manipulate. Let me explain.…
Dear Homeschooler, I recently posted ZooKid’s first grade schedule. Here is Princess Super Kitty’s Preschool Schedule. Preschool Schedule Princess Super Kitty’s schedule follows closely with ZooKid’s schedule. During Science, Literacy, and Math, she starts out doing a ‘subject bucket’ which is a bucket of independent activities specific to the current…
Dear Homeschoolers, Last week, I posted some tips on how to create a weekly schedule. Well, I just finished mine! Here is a peek into what our school day is going to look like (we start next week): ZooKid: First Grade Notice we basically have the same schedule Monday through…
Dear Homeschooler, It’s that time of year when we are all busy purchasing curriculum and materials, shopping for supplies, planning our upcoming academic year, organizing our shelves, and setting up our classroom. Some of you are lucky to have a dedicated classroom. That was us last year. We are in…
