| Author | |
Mamamoon
Forum Rookie
Joined: Nov 21 2007
Location: California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 88
|
| Posted: July 16 2008 at 9:07am | IP Logged
|
 |
|
just wanted to add, with all this planning maddness i am going through, (piles of catalogs, upside down office, etc.) i found something i bought last year and did not use~the tanglewood corebook. i can't believe i put it away. it looks so helpful in weekly planning and record keeping.
here is the link if anyone wants to see it.
www.tanglewoodeducation.com/corebook.htm
lisa
__________________
A firefighter's wife, and mama of two dancing princesses~
Creekside Wonder
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
ahappyheart
Forum Rookie
Joined: Jan 27 2007
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 51
|
| Posted: July 16 2008 at 12:10pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Lisa,
For the independent subjects like Math and Language Arts I do just what you wondered in your original post. I look at the resource I have chosen for the student and see how many pages there are to be completed in the year and then I decide how many pages my student needs to do each day to complete the course. I don't write it down in my planner though at that point. I start reading what the pages say to do and thinking about if my child can do all that is on the page in one day or if I might need to assign say only the odd numbers or only the even or only this exercise or that. I then go about marking what I want my student to do for the first 45 days of school or one quarter of lessons.
In this way I get to know the independent subject books I have chosen for my children and I can better see what each book is asking a child to do each day and assign accordingly.
I do spend time with each independent subject book for each child just reading the book and looking at the assignments before I even begin to assign the assignment.
My three children each have five independent subjects they work through:
Math
Grammar
Religion
Handwriting
Independent Reading
For the together subjects I actually use my planner to write out by day for the first quarter what we will do each day.
Our together subjects are:
History
Science
French
Art
Read Alouds
You can read more about my planner and download my planning pages from my blog here:
http://homeschoolmom.homeschooljournal.net/
Susan Marie
http://homeschoolmom.homeschooljournal.net/
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
TracyQ
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1323
|
| Posted: July 17 2008 at 10:02am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I LOVE your covered binder, Susan Marie! 
__________________
Blessings and Peace,
Tracy Q.
wife of Marty for 20 years, mom of 3 wonderful children (1 homeschool graduate, 1 12th grader, and a 9th grader),
 homeschooling in 15th year in Buffalo, NY
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
MrsM
Forum Pro
Joined: May 05 2008
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 202
|
| Posted: July 17 2008 at 11:11am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I'd like to take a look at Susan Marie's planning pages, but the link isn't working for me. Any alternate ways to get there?
ETA: It's working now. 
__________________
Lynn in California
Homeschooling dd13, dd11, ds10, and ds8
Mom to Miracle Baby ds3
Mom to darling Elizabeth and Francis, held in Mary's arms and always in my heart
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
fsuadamson
Forum Pro
Joined: Nov 16 2005
Location: Georgia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 190
|
| Posted: July 24 2008 at 4:18pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
TracyQ wrote:
Lisa,
I wanted to share this post with you from another thread, Planning with Sonya Shafer's planning workshop because I just began working through Sonya Shafer's Planning A Charlotte Mason Education worshop this past weekend.Simply Charlotte Mason Planning Guide I have NEVER seen anything that's truly worked you through planning your homeschooling year. It wouldn't matter if you use Charlotte Mason or not, her workshop would help you no matter what type of curriculum you use. This has been such a blessing to me! I SO wish I would have had this when I began homeschooling, but I'm SO happy that I have it for the rest of my years now!  This has been SO WORTH The money for me; in fact, it may be the wisest, best purchase I've made for this year!
Just wanted to mention it.
|
|
|
I have to add another shameless plug for the SCM planning guide.... I just got it in the mail earlier this week and I have been skimming through the book while working my way through the DVD workshop... and so far all I can say is W-O-W!!!!
I wanted to give you all a summary of my experience so far.....
First, I have found this guide to be very compatible with Homeschool Tracker but definitely not the same thing. Sonya takes you from the 'Big picture', whether that be one, two, five or the full twelve years of homeschooling and helps you break it down to fit your family. She helps you break down the 'Big Picture' first into years, then months, then weeks and then daily schedules. She gives you the tools to put together a master schedule using multiple grades including your preschoolers and non-schoolers!! (Just in this feature alone I have found this guide to be worth the cost).
When I first started homeschooling eight years ago the first resource I was given that I found really really helpful was Sally Clarkston's book "The Wholehearted Child", but at that time I only had two children in their early elementary years. Sally's book definitely gave me a compass to where I wanted to go with my homeschooling career. As my homeschool grew and another *must have* book was hitting the homeschool market and I was referred to try 'Managers of their Home.." Personally I found Teri Maxwell's system overwhelming from an organizational and structural stand point in addition to being just too visually over stimulating, so for me it was definitely not helpful. I also suffered from 'analysis paralysis' so when asked to write out goals for why we homeschooled, and what my plans were for all my individual children over the next 'xyz' years, I would turn into a deer in headlights. But Sonya's planning guide has done a beautiful job of breaking down those daunting tasks into digestible bite size pieces with spoonfuls of ideas to help along the way....absolutely brilliant and well done!!
I have always enjoyed a simplistic routine to my school day (which I thankfully learned from Sally Clarkston's book) but as more children entered our 'One room schoolhouse' I struggled with how to coordinate/organize/synchronize all the different grade levels including my preschoolers and non-schoolers. Again Sonya has done a wonderful job of helping me create that multi-grade schedule that is neither overwhelming nor over stimulating! I can see what everyone will be doing and no one will be left out!! During the creating process I didn't find myself falling into that terrible analysis paralysis trap, either ;-) I also found this planning guide to be very compatible with any educational system one might use in their home. Even though Sonya was coming from a CM perspective, I personally was able to pick and choose and create personalized schedules for individuals and grade levels with-in my family, using not only CM ideas but other curriculums and resources as well!!!
I would say if you have any amount of experience creating lesson plans, from either the # of years you've already homeschooled or if have a teacher's degree, or you choose to use a set curriculum (i.e. Seton, MODG, Abeka, Bob Jones etc) then you could probably get by with just the SCM planning guide book. They have an e-book which is even cheaper if money is an issue. If you are planning on homeschooling for several years and have no previous experience creating lesson plans and are just starting out, or you have a multitude of grade levels you are teaching and or you have pre-schoolers and non-schoolers then I strongly suggest using both the SCM planning guide book and DVD. No I do not work for Sonya or SCM but I like to spread the word when I come across an excellent homeschool resource!!!
I simply (pun intended) can't say enough about this wonderful planning guide! I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it. Please feel free to email me if you have any other questions.
__________________
Leslie
dh Dave; dd19; dd17; ds14; dd12; ds9; dd7
Knotty Pines Academy
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
TracyQ
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: New York
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1323
|
| Posted: July 24 2008 at 7:50pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
fsuadamson wrote:
I would say if you have any amount of experience creating lesson plans, from either the # of years you've already homeschooled or if have a teacher's degree, or you choose to use a set curriculum (i.e. Seton, MODG, Abeka, Bob Jones etc) then you could probably get by with just the SCM planning guide book. They have an e-book which is even cheaper if money is an issue. If you are planning on homeschooling for several years and have no previous experience creating lesson plans and are just starting out, or you have a multitude of grade levels you are teaching and or you have pre-schoolers and non-schoolers
|
|
|
I would add here.........or if you are even someone who's homeschooled for many years, and are a perfectionist, and constantly plan unrealistically for everyone in the family, including yourself, then this is the guide for you! Also, if you're an extremly visual person who needs to *see* how to do something in order to understand it, this again is the guide for you!
I can't tell you how FREE and at peace I feel this year about the year coming up! What a GODsend this has been for me this year! 
__________________
Blessings and Peace,
Tracy Q.
wife of Marty for 20 years, mom of 3 wonderful children (1 homeschool graduate, 1 12th grader, and a 9th grader),
homeschooling in 15th year in Buffalo, NY
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
|
|
Forum Locked) 
4Real Forums : Living Learning
Topic: another how do you plan post~
