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So far, I haven't had the need to plan, per se, but I'm thinking it'll come in handy now. If you use a lot of workbooks, do they do them all at one time? Or do you try to finish one book then go on to another, even if the workload is more in the one book? I'll be doing spelling, vocab, l.a., as well as reading for Language Arts curriculum, but am thinking of doing one book at a time so it doesn't seem like so much work. Has anyone ever done that? If so, how well does it work?
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I break my day into seatwork and non-seatwork. Each boy has a magazine box with their workbooks. They also have 2 folders - one folder is for worksheets I print off the net and their weekly schedule, the other is for completed sheets.
I created a table and have each day of the week as columns. In the first set of rows, I list the daily assignment -- Math pp, Spelling pp, Handwriting pp, etc.
Under the seat work, I list that day's non-seatwork - like Art, Science, Religion, Reading, etc.
The boys work at their own pace, with my help to get through the seatwork - checking off as they complete items. Then, it's usually a break, then lunch, then Lydia's naps while we do the other work.
It helps Nate because he can see exactly how much more is expected of him. It helps me with Colin because if I didn't have firm assignments he would work a ton of pages in one book and not in the others. I tell him that if he finishes the day's assignment, he can return and do more pages in whatever book he wants (usually reading comprehension or his journals)
Not sure if that's what you were looking for or not?
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That's helpful, thank you Melanie. I forgot to say that there's also a writing wkbk. I guess what I'm wondering is if you begin all workbooks when you begin school and do a little of each every day, or alternate them, or do all of a writing book, then all of a spelling book, then all of a vocab book, etc. Does that make sense?
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Syncletica wrote:
| do a little of each every day, or alternate them, or do all of a writing book, then all of a spelling book, then all of a vocab book, etc. Does that make sense? |
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We do a little out of each book each day - or every other day for some books. We start our days with seatwork (after we walk 1.5 - 2 miles, so the boys are ready to sit for a bit)
Today looked like this for Colin:
Home from walk
Breakfast / clean up
Math, pp 30-32
Handwriting, 1 lesson
Spelling, p30
Maps, pp 4-5
Reading Comprehension, pp 32-33
Nature Journal (he goes outside for this and draws something in our yard and writes a short entry.)
After lunch, we'll work on
Religion
Reading Aloud to Mom
Other days, he also works in his grammar book and different journals. He has a topic journal, a free write journal, a nature journal and a book journal that he updates weekly (each one a different day)
After lunch, each day varies, too - except for reading.
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Synclectia wrote:
| I guess what I'm wondering is if you begin all workbooks when you begin school and do a little of each every day, or alternate them, or do all of a writing book, then all of a spelling book, then all of a vocab book, etc. Does that make sense? |
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I think over the years we have experimented with all these different approaches and more. 
Currently my dc have the stated amount of workbook pages needed to be done over a week written on their 'tickoff' sheet. ie. Maths 5pages, Copywork 3 stanzas. They are choosing what to do on what day. The different approaches are interesting and varied. One ds(9) will rush in and get all his seatwork done in the first two/three days. Another son (13) leaves it all to the last two day  Then dd6 tends to be a focuser, she may get fixated on say phonics for the week (or longer) and just want to do phonics all that week(or months) and no maths, I'm fine about that as I know she will eventually swing and focus on another area, currently she LOVES doing lots of copywork.
I have found for most of mychildren doing a little bit of every subject every day is stifling, but then dd15 likes to do it that way. Fortunately she is now independent so it's easier to handle the differences in learning styles.
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We have a lesson plan approach and as I like change, I figure our dd-10 does to. And yes she does.
she has her work books, broken into Lessons, and when I can see she is bogged down with it all, we drop something or do a few weeks of lapbooking or something fun. We did a week, a few months ago of just sewing- she learnt to use a machine. She made trackpants and machine made patch work quilt.
This last 2 weeks we have lapbooked.
I try to mix it up, that seems to work for us.
We tend to start with seat work at the beginning of the day. read alouds go in-between bookwork, on the ideal days- but at times I am interrupted by normal life- ie calls etc.
we tend to finish on reading books. So we snuggle on the lounge- nice way to end the formal schooling day.
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