A fresh calendar year and a new semester means work for a homeschool mom. It’s time to regroup and make plans. To be honest, I enjoy the planning part. I evaluate what has worked so far in the school year, how far we have gotten compared to my original year-long plans, and what is left […]
Flexibility in Homeschool Curriculum
Melanie sent me an email with some fantastic questions to discuss. See, I’m brand new to this homeschooling thing and we started the year trying to adhere to the whole Well-Trained Mind thing. It was so nice following the WTM suggestions. They are so neat and tidy. Now, however, I’m finding that may not be totally […]
My Homeschool Planning Notebook
When I shared about how to organize notebooking pages, Mary commented, “I struggle with keeping a ‘planning book.’ What does yours look like and contain? Currently I use a regular teacher planner, but it is not ideal. I’d love to know how you do it.” I’ve got all kinds of things in there. Here’s a […]