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Here in SC I am required to teach 180 days, keep accurate records (and samples of work) to present to the accountability group, and make sure I cover reading, writing, history, math, and science.
I have to keep records.
I've tried a few different planners, but I really like Michele Quigley's Catholic Woman's Planner.
I would love to be more spontaneous and be able to just wing it, but with so many littler ones still needing my constant attention, I can't think very clearly!  So, I sit down every Sunday night... when it's nice and quiet around here... with all my books and plan my week out. I write out all the assignments, chapters to be read, etc. I read all the chapters ahead of time as well. If I see that a particular math lesson, for example, is going to be more challenging, I make a note of that as well to be sure that that child gets my undivided attention so I can present the material to him/her. Sometimes an assignment I planned for Tues isn't done until Thurs, but basically we stick to what I've planned out.
Fridays are our "art and music" day. That's when we are more relaxed and enjoy listening to music as we work on crafts, lap books, nature journals, etc.
It sounds horrible, I suppose... rigid and not very "rabbit-trail-ish," but at this stage it's all I can do!
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Ouiz wrote:
It sounds horrible, I suppose... rigid and not very "rabbit-trail-ish," but at this stage it's all I can do! |
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It absolutely does NOT sound horrible. Please don't ever feel like you have to apologize here for the way you manage your home school. We have a wide range of styles here and all are beautiful in their own way. 
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PDyer wrote:
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Hi! I'm brand new to the forum and this is a very timely topic. I've been eagerly awaiting April 14 so I could order the planner from Family Centered, but it doesn't seem like the website is ready for it yet. Does anyone know when it will be? We're moving in June and have started getting some things, but I'd like the get the planner first. Also, anyone in NC--exactly how much record keeping does the state require? The state's site seems more strict than the homeschooling websites in the state mention--hence my need for a great all-in-one planner! Thanks.
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SarahA
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Okay-I got online this morning and Michelle Quiquley's Catholic Women's Planner was ready to be sold. Guess I was a bit eager...
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Ouiz wrote:
| I would love to be more spontaneous and be able to just wing it, but with so many littler ones still needing my constant attention, I can't think very clearly! So, I sit down every Sunday night... when it's nice and quiet around here... with all my books and plan my week out. |
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We all need some semblance of planning to get us through, ime.
I always plan by the seat of my pants - typically I use my personal planner/diary and jot down activites/bookwork as I think they will fit into our weeks or as I hear about a good idea and think - well, Friday is free so we might try it then.
As for a log, I vary from year to year. Last year, I designed a form with curriculum areas and sample activities listed - I could circle what we did and add a note every few days.
This year I have returned to my old standard - in an attractive notebook, I write down what we did in brief note form and the curriculum area. Technically I do this daily but in real life, it is every few days. 
So, Monday the formal work I had suggested was working on writing, maths sheets, French homework. What we actually did looked like this in our log ~
ENGLISH Silent reading; more writing on novels
MATHS Numbers TV show - pursuit theory; Kumon
LANGUAGE French homework
ARTS Music practice
SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT Reading Horible Histories magazines; reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
TECHNOLOGY Computer; Design - model making; Food and tech - make pasta and home made bread for dinner ( one son's turn to cook)
PE/PD/HEALTH Trampoline; weight training; Work ed - work at Mum's Kumon centre.
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Sarah,
The requirements (as far as recordkeeping)for NC are minimal:
Requirements:
Maintain attendance records on each student.
Maintain immunization records on each student.
Operate on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations, during at least nine calendar months of the year.
Administer a nationally standardized test, or other equivalent measurement, that measures achievement in the areas of English grammar, reading, spelling, and math, to every student each year, and maintain the results on file for one year, subject to inspection by a duly authorized representative of the State.
Notify the Department of Administration, Division of Non-Public Education, when closing your school.
Requirements Exclusive:
No school meeting these requirements shall be subject to any other provision of law relating to education except requirements of law respecting immunization.
Here is a link to their simple attendance record:
http://www.ncdnpe.org/hhh125.pdf
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I'm completely new to all this (and still a year out from my oldest being Kindergarten age), but I've wondered if there is a way that I can combine my personal planner with a lesson/homeschooling planner. Does any mom out there do this or do you think it really just works better to have two separate planners to keep up with everything?
I'm curious...
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Leonie
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I prefer to keep my two planners/diaries separate. I found it became too unweildy for me to have all my To Dos with all my homeschool stuff. And, of course, the homeschool one is the log I show to the state so again it works better for me to keep it separate.
Actually, I have three planner/diaries - one for work, one for home/personal, and one for homeschool. The home/personal one is the biggest as it often overlaps with the others.
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