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Jul. 20, 2006
It's that time of year
Time to start doing some nitty-gritty planning for the upcoming school year. I will begin on Monday laying out the first few weeks of lesson plans for each dc. I got a new planning program (Edu-Track) this year, and I'm anxious to see how it helps. Up till now, I've done everything by hand, and it's very time-consuming. With one approaching high school, the promise of easy transcripts was a key selling point, as was the automatic logging of hours, and grade computation.
My plan is to start school on July 30, at least our Tapestry of Grace subjects. Usually, we wait until later in Aug. But with the baby due in Dec, if we start early, I can get the first 2 units of Tapestry done by the end of Nov, allowing me to take all of Dec off if needed for recuperation from birth. We will then add math, grammar, science, etc in the week or 2 following. I like starting slowly and ramping up to a full schedule over a couple of weeks. Not such a shock to the system that way (mine or theirs).
Most of the other subjects are done by the dc rather independently, so they can start them later, and continue into Dec since any input needed by me is minimal. With this schedule, we can still finish up by the end of May next year.
I started a painting project this week (the dc's bathroom), that I will finish tomorrow morning. Then I have 1 more dc's schoolwork from last year to finish going through, sorting and filing away. That's on the list for tomorrow afternoon.
I'll post our curriculum plan for each dc next week.
Hope all of you are getting excited for a new year of learning!
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Posted by Linda 
Jul. 21, 2006 - Untitled Comment
I'm also thinking we'll work through November and plan on taking all of December off. :)