Preparing for next school year

I have started planning for next years school year.  I always do it at the end of the current school year, just to give me that boost of excitement to finish strong!  Actually, our school years are blended together and we usually start and stop different curriculum or activities throughout the year.  But I do like to have a general plan of action for the following year.  Next year my oldest will be a 9th grader, so I have mostly been planning for her.  The rest of the kids will pretty much be doing the same routine.  Here's what things look like so far...

Maddie (6dd) - Math U See, 100 Easy Lessons (phonics), violin, Five in a Row (I hope to get some done before the baby gets here in Dec.  Hannah (3dd) can join in on the fun.)

Tristan (11ds) - Math U See, Phonetic Zoo (just started it this week and have really seen great results so far.  My son struggles with reading and spelling, but does great with the auditorial learning), Institute for Excellence in Writing (I let him type his work on the computer and use an electronic thesaurus - he loves using both!), still doing cursive writing, Homeschool in the Woods (he really enjoys the hands on activities.  We just bought a KONOS wall timeline chart, so I am hoping to be more diligent with timeline figures.  I like the KONOS one because it doesn't stretch out from here to the next town over.  It is compact, althought you have to have a large area of wall space to hang it.  We hung it above our white board.)

Kendra (14dd) - Jacob's Geometry, Apologia Biology, Latin Road to English Grammar, Cornerstone Curriculum's World View of the Western World, IEW (my challenge is going to be spending enough time with her to at least go over her work, grade it, and help her when needed.  She is pretty independent with her work, and because of that I sometimes move on to more pressing needs.  I just want to make sure to spend enough time with her.  Any suggestions from mother's of high schoolers would be greatly appreciated!  I am swimming out to uncharted territory!)

I guess that it in a nutshell.  I do want to add that I have been very blessed to have bought most of my curriculum used on www.vegsource.com/homeschool.  I am sure there are many used curriculum sights, but have had great luck in finding what I need here.

May 17, 2008

Planning ahead, too...

I have actually been planning since March. It just seems to fit my personality. My oldest will also be a 9th grader in the fall. I, too, hope I can give him the time he needs while juggling the others.
Best wishes and many blessings,
Jennie

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Posted by mamaof2andtwins at 7:29 PM