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, Although the 2018 – 2019 school year has barely ended, and I am thoroughly enjoying the sun and laughter of my children by the pool, my mind can’t help to think — be it in brief stints — of the upcoming school year. I am a planner.…
Dear Homeschooler, One (very big) reason we homeschool is because homeschooling provides a way to completely customize our children’s education. Therefore, a day in the life of two homeschoolers, no matter how similar, will always be a little different, as each aspect is tailored to meet the needs and interests…
Dear Homeschooler, Do you know when you are starting the school term? Perhaps you don’t know when you are starting, but you have a specific date on which you want school to be finished? Taking a moment to map out your academic year (start date, stop date, vacations, holidays, etc.)…
Dear Homeschooler, If you are like me, I don’t have a whole lot of extra time in the morning. In fact, I needed to find some extra time, so that I could exercise in the mornings and get myself organized for the day. I looked at where I was spending…
Dear Homeschooler, Have you ever had an unexpected situation arise that interfered with your homeschool schedule? Of course not because we can control everything….(Hear the sarcasm?) 🙂 Well, we can’t control everything. This week I find myself in that situation. We have to make an unexpected trip to Arizona that…
Dear Homeschooler, Summer is in full swing, but homeschooling never really ends: It just changes. We are not all-year schoolers, but we still do reading, unit studies, some review work, and lots of outdoor activities during the summer months. Whether I’m planning literacy and math classes in the fall or…
Dear Homeschooler, The season for Spring Break is here! Once we return from Spring Break, thereare generally only 6-8 weeks left until Summer Break, and by now we’ve got summer fever. At this point, I like to evaluate where are in our lessons. I know you may not take a…
Dear Homeschooler, Do you organize your school day? As many of you know, I am a big planner. At the beginning of this school year, we were using my visual schedule. It worked great! Both my reader and pre-reader could follow it, and it was easily adjustable. Then we moved…
