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Maggie
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Hi Moms~
I have to say...in reading post after post on here, I can't help but think you are all the most organized and creative people I know!
When I first told my husband I wanted to home school our children (before we even had children), he thought I was nuts. Now, he is all for it...however, his main concern (and mine) is my deplorable lack of organization. I feel like I "need" a boxed curriculum...but at the same time, I have looked at all those...and I just don't think any of them are right for my dd. I LOVE LOVE LOVE CM style education...but feel like I could do it for about 3 weeks and then lose organization and fall off the tracks...
Or...I would feel like I was "missing" something...something integral to my daughter's existence...like...learning...I don't know. Kwim? 
How do you pull all the pieces together? Make a curriculum?
My dd is too young to really start much formal education,but I do want to do some preK with her. I LOVE "Along the Alphabet Path"...but part of me even wonders if I will have the discipline to print everything, go to the additional links, and organize it for my dd.  I almost feel "forced" into boxed curricula because I am so disorganized.
Maybe God is calling me to discipline myself a bit more in this regard...
I look forward to your replies.
I like to try to figure these things out ahead. I'm a bit of a control-freak, planner in that regard...though, organizationally challenged.
Thank you all!
Maggie
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Maggie,
Have a look at the Mater Amabilis Prep Level. We've laid out a CM Preschool/Kindergarten plan there that you may find useful. 
God bless!
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Maggie, this tutorial might be helpful if you decide to get organized for the Alphabet Path. Once you get in the habit, there is a lot of repetition in each week's prep. That said, do click around Mater Amabilis, too. Also, take a good hard look at some "boxed curricula." Rare (non-existent?) is the curriculum that won't require your organization and discipline. No matter what, you will have to organize your time and manage your daughter's time and her environment to make this "happen" in your home. Like all of parenting, sometimes I feel like it's the mom who grows more than the children ever do. Educating our children at home is definitely a call to virtue and it definitely requires sacrifice, no matter what your style of home education is.
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Maggie--I was going to respond echoing some of what ELizabeth said. I think the homeschooling endeavor can help you face your struggles with organization and make improvements across the board. As you settle into a rhythm for your days, your time will naturally get more organized and productivity will increase. As you make habit formation a part of your dd's education, your own habits will get better. Setting aside time to plan for school will allow you to also think through home management, meals, etc...and then creating a work space for her will help motivate you to create order elsewhere in your home too.
This does not mean that you'll suddenly be the perfectly organized mom, but the effort of getting a school rhythm underway may be a good growing experience for you all. I have a dear friend with whom I've grown up as married women and mommies, passing through most phses pretty much together. We are both amazed at what different women we are today and how much we've grown in our ability to organize and manage our time and our homes.
A growing family and home education have made me a better wife and mommy. Just some encouragment to say that it may be that this endeavor helps your weakness rather than your weakness damaging the endeavor.
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missionfamily wrote:
| Just some encouragment to say that it may be that this endeavor helps your weakness rather than your weakness damaging the endeavor. |
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That's beautiful. I may print it out and post it somewhere prominent. Thank you.
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Just wanted to say I felt/feel much the same as you, but have found that since my children are so young, it's been wonderful to just ease into home education. They really don't need much structure at this age. Maybe you could simply start with a routine of some singing and finger plays and a story each morning just to get you both into the habit of doing something?
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