Posts of Christmases Past

Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 4:00 | Category : Christmas
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Since this season is proving to be extremely busy for us, I’m just going to direct you to my Christmas ideas and resources from past years rather than put up resources in the sidebar.  I’ll be adding anything new and exciting we do if time permits.  Make wonderful memories this December!
Posts of Christmases Past

Planning the Upcoming School Year

Monday, 27 July 2009, 5:21 | Category : School
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After a nice LONG summer break, we’re starting back for the 2009-10 school year next week!  I can’t believe I’ll be teaching 7th and 4th grades this year – and we can’t forget the 2 1/2 year old who will continue to wreak havoc daily! 
Here’s the basic daily plan – which hasn’t changed [...]

Christmas School Plans

Sunday, 30 November 2008, 20:05 | Category : Christmas
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School is slowing down a bit for the next three weeks.  (Yay! – Shhh, don’t tell my kids I just cheered about that!)  Besides all the real-life skills that come with writing Christmas cards, baking cookies, budgeting for gifts, crafting and such, I’m planning to keep some “real” school alive with the following:
Among anytime readings [...]

Aaahh…A Schedule

Friday, 8 August 2008, 8:37 | Category : Organization, School
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School is just about up and running again and schedules are getting back on track.  I sure love the freedom that summer brings, but I’m always ready to get back on schedule.  School schedules, chore schedules, weekly engagement schedules.  Somehow, life is just calmer when it’s scheduled (around here anyway.)
Here’s a rough sketch of this [...]

2008-09 Overall Plans

Monday, 21 July 2008, 8:50 | Category : Curriculum, School
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School will be starting up again soon!  We’ll probably wait until the rest of the garden has been harvested and canned/frozen, but the serious planning is well underway already.  Following is our overall plan for the year.
Bible
Since working through the Old, then New Testaments over the last two years, I think we’re going to branch off [...]