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Judith Kowles says
What a fun summer!! I love your method of homeschooling. I was up in our attic and found all our Nature Friend magazines in a bin waiting for grandchildren to enjoy them someday. Thanks so much for sharing such a wonderful post.
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Judith! 🙂
JES says
Thanks for sharing your homeschooling plans with us last week on the Art of Home-Making Mondays. We have a few of the same books and also love the Book of the Centuries timeline. We are doing a History of the World study with it and are in Ancient Rome… So much fun!
Joy Kincaid says
Thanks for stopping by, JES! Your history studies sound very interesting and fun!
Beckey says
Just found your blog via faithfulbloggers directory.
What a well thought out and extensive plan for your homeschool year! I will have to share this with my sister. She just began homeschooling my neice last spring and is still finding her feet. I look forward to seeing how things progress throughout the year.
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Joy Kincaid says
Thanks so much for stopping by, Beckey!
Ginny Gafford says
I love seeing your plans for the year! I'll have one in K next year so I'm especially drawn to what you're doing for Kindergarten.
And I want to come do school with your family! It looks so inviting!
I'm so excited that I get to educate my girls at home, what a blessing! I also feel like I'll get a lot smarter teaching at home. I'm excited about all that I'll learn in the process of teaching and training my little ones.
So glad you're back to blogging. I've missed your inspiring posts!!!!
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Ginny! Aww, your comment is so sweet! I try really hard to create fun memories of our school years…but I can assure you that it doesn't always work out that way (sibling squabbles, bad attitudes, etc.). Hopefully they'll mostly remember the happy things. 🙂
I know what you mean about getting smarter as you teach your children. It does often work that way. Except in Algebra–that's why I'm thankful for Teaching Textbooks. Someone else is doing the teaching in that area that I'm not skilled in! But I have learned so much about history that I never heard during my school years (or if I had heard it I forgot it).
Thank you so much for your kind words about my blog–you really encouraged me today!
Christy H says
I like your choices. Everything looks streamlined. We generally use Ambleside Online, but my daughter in her senior year is doing something different than that.
We school year round but take some longer breaks in the summer. Maybe 3 or 4 weeks off during the summer. My yard is small and my boys need more room to tussle in and I can't always go to the beach or park. Plus if they are doing school they aren't asking for electronics. ;0) Doing school year round just makes it easier and gives more routine to the day.
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Christy! I've used Ambleside as a reference from time to time. It's a great resource.
I know what you mean about keeping them busy through the summer. And the electronics. I'd much rather they do other things than that. I'm considering doing more through the summer next year just to keep them busy. 🙂
Kristin Eason says
I just love looking at others plans for the new school year! Thank-you for posting a link to the yearly Bible plan! I've been looking for one for the kids. I love all the living books you use! Do you use all the book suggestions on the Charlotte Mason History link? I love how the book is for all the grades! This might be something we should try. Currently we are using history texts from Rod and Staff. This summer Emma worked on her TT Algebra and I continued to work with Ellie on her handwriting and phonics. Other than that, we took the summer off or I should say we replaced schooling with gardening. I don't know if that would be considered taking a summer break or not. 🙂 There are so many things I would love to do in our homeschool, but find it impossible with a toddler running around exploring the house. I have to remind myself daily that homeschooling is a lifestyle of learning and that there isn't one set way to do things. Do you usually let the house go while you do school? I find it so difficult to balance the home and homeschooling. Thanks for sharing your plans for the year! God bless your school year!!
Joy Kincaid says
Hi Kristin! I always like seeing what others are using, too. 🙂
Last year we used most of the books recommended for history, but not all of them. We find most of them used and then I resell them when we're done with them. Also, I don't buy them all upfront, but just before we need them (a few months before). This year I'm not going by the plan in the book. I'm just planning to use the book suggestions to make a booklist to read aloud and a booklist for each child to read on their own. And I'm thinking about getting a library card at a larger library. We've done that before, and it saves lots of money (even though you have to pay for the card since we're out of the area).
Yes, it's a lot harder when you have a toddler, for sure. And there isn't one right way to do things, as you said.
Regarding housework, the children have chores in the morning that they're supposed to do. Then we would do school. During the time we're doing school we're not doing housework, but I do usually have a load of laundry going. The four older kids take turns doing dishes (our dishwasher doesn't work), so I don't have to do that myself anymore. And the girls do a lot of the cooking. That's one reason I like the idea of taking the summer off, as it gives me a chance to do a bit more in-depth cleaning. It's definitely not easy to balance homemaking and homeschooling. One thing that I think would be helpful is having an afternoon chore time where everyone cleans up after a morning of homeschooling. I have this on my schedule, but I usually forget to have everyone do it. I'm going to try to remember to implement that this year as I think it would make a huge difference! Blessing to you!
♥Joy
Becky {Milo & Oats} says
This sounds like a wonderful year! We have been back to school for a few weeks, I wanted a little more flexibility during the year. It was a little hard to get back at it though…I'm not sure what we'll do in future years!
Joy Kincaid says
Thank you, Becky! That's one nice thing about starting earlier…you do have more flexibility. I may consider doing that next year. We have a big event at the end of August every year, and also several birthdays, so that's why I usually wait until September. But then sometimes I do feel like we are getting started a bit late.
I'm so glad you came to visit!