I hope to do a better job of keeping up with this blog this year. We are starting our school year this coming Friday, August 1.
I am excited to have found out about a free online journal per se to help organize and document the daily work, and hope to use this blog to hit the highlights. The site I've found is www.evernote.com. It's neat because (until Easy Peasy changes format-will explain later) I can just put what they are to do in a day under a heading with that day's date and email it to them, or print it out and they can just go by it.
I mentioned Easy Peasy is changing formats. There is no launch date announced as it's still in the working it out phase, but I'm very excited about the changes they are making. Currently the curriculum is written in a blog format with links to the appropriate locations. There isn't a problem with this other than it's hard to keep up with what's been done at times. They are transitioning it into a webpage format where you will be able to customize the student's curriculum by mixing up the different courses to fit their educational needs. The new setup will also allow you to know where you left off. I'm excited about the new changes, and hope that it's ready soon, although I'm not expecting it too soon.
Our plan for this school year is that for every three weeks of solid work with all coursework getting completed on time the fourth week they will get Friday off.
I have decided to call the children by their nicknames online (some given by their Grammy, some by us, and some by themselves) from here on out.
Tentatively our new school year schedule is:
7:30- Boy and Sunshine- morning routine and small breakfast
8am-10:30- Boy (preschool) and Sunshine (first grade)
8am-9am- Angel and Princess- morning routine and small breakfast
9am-10am- Princess kitchen chores
9am-until- Angel (fifth grade)
10am-until-Princess (seventh grade)
We will see how well these schedules work out the first few weeks then will tweak to fit our/their needs best.
I have backtracked them all a bit to about a week before where we finished last year to start off easy and confident. I hope this ends up benefiting and not setting them back.
Looking forward to a great 2014/2015 school year!
Erin
