Posted in organization, Journal on May 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
I missed you, my little homeschool journal! Thank you, Ron and Andrea, for restoring the HSJ system on top of everything else going on in your lives.
Lots has been happening here in the high Sierra spring. Nothing major, just many little sparkles on the surface of the stream. But I will have […]
Posted in organization, Nature, Journal on May 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I am trying to move into project mode for summer. Today I went through the big box of papers — schoolwork, internet print-outs, notebooks and so on — which I normally keep in a big box under my office table. It took most of the morning, while I sat […]
Posted in Literacy and Language, Early Childhood, organization on Apr 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
I uploaded these checklists to help get us through the next few weeks before we phase into summer.
Weekly chart for Kieron (year 5)
Weekly chart for Sean (year 8 )
Aidan’s Therapy Sheet
Paddy seems to be catching the literacy motivation bug. Yesterday evening he spent a lot of time scribbling on […]
Posted in recordkeeping, strategies, organization on Apr 20th, 2007 4 Comments »
When I feel logistically disoriented, I make an organizing book. It really seems to help get me back on the ground. Around Christmas-time, I read a lot about Visual Spatial learners and learned a lot about the way I think. One thing that helped was realizing that […]
Posted in organization, Plans and Ideas on Apr 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
Because thinking about it is better than just ignoring it completely.
Here’s a homeschool planning checklis: As Cozy as Spring plans.
Here are Knotty Pines’ Academy cleaning checklists:
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Maybe now that I’ve put these on my blog, my house and homeschool will get organized by osmosis, and I can just read Hamlet — […]
Posted in organization, Journal on Jan 23rd, 2007 3 Comments »
I blew the Internet Regula right after I made it public…. sigh. That always seems to happen. Anyway, I spend a long time writing a post about unschooling on my other blog. IT did help clarify my thoughts but that’s also a good rationalization for spending EVERY day typing for an hour in […]
Posted in strategies, organization, Big Picture, Journal on Jan 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
I have been experimenting with visual/spatial type charts to see if they are effective tools for my right brained learners. I just made another chart for my 11 and 13yo boys. The one I made for Aidan has really helped him. Y’know, I never actually presented it to him. […]
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