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September 10, 2009
Lesson Plans and Organization Help!! :)
So, I'm learning having a lesson plan the day before, is as helpful as meal planning. On the days I have the following meals pre-thought, the day goes smoothly. When i'm winging it, we usually end up eating rather late, mealtime is more stressful, and more likely to be something odd. Like egg sandwhiches with soy sauce noodles and corn. (blech)
I am finding that staying up 20 minutes later each night and prepping the following days school work is much the same. Yesterday was a rough day following a couple rough nights. I didn't have anything pre-planned, and yesterday we never did get any school done. I am thinking, as zonked as i was yesterday, if I'd only had a couple worksheets pulled out and a few books picked to read, we would have had a much better chance of getting something done despite the sleep deprivation and motivational exhaustion. When things are pre-planned, half the work is already done, so it isn't as overwhelming to get started. Just as with dinners. But I hate planning. I don't know why. It seems like an "extra" step, so I am terrible at doing it. That is, until this morning...
This morning I found something WONDERFUL in my email box! A link to check out Lesson Pathways, Building Pathways for Online Learning. I found a whole huge resource tool that I just have to pass on! you basically get to create your own homeschool curriculum based with online lesson plans for each subject, for each student, for each grade. I know. Doesn't sound that new compared to alot of stuff out there that offers the same, but this one is so VERY user friendly. It has everything I need divided into each subject and sorted by weekly unit studies. Each unit study is then broken into daily activities and lessons, games, crafts, printables, online books to read outloud...everything is RIGHT there! I have been amazed at how easy it is to simply pick a subject, read the brief summaries of what each grade for that subject covers so I can then assess which "pathway" to assign to my student. Once I select the right pathway, I then get to see the year broken by lessons for each week, click on the week and I see what is given for each day. so super simple! I am loving it! I get to upkeep my child's progress, and switch the lessons around to teach in what order I want. To be very bare bones honest with you, I really hadn't planned on teaching History to the kids until they were a year or two older, but this site has it so easily prepared that i may start it earlier than I had intended!
Check it out! http://www.lessonpathways.com/Home
They have a free 30 day trial that does NOT require a credit card to register for, so no worry of being "resubmitted" at the end of the 30 days without your consent. Payment options are $48.00 yearly, $24.00 for 6 months, or $4.95 each month. (I'll probably be signing up for the 6 month to start with) I find these costs very reasonable, but then again I am one of those types that REALLY needs help with planning and organization, so it very much worth the money to me.
Now! To just figure out how to store previously used materials for record keeping, and materials not used for future availability to the younger kids!! I am thinking see thru Tupperare bins are called for, but how to label? By year, by grade, by subject, by child? Hmmm.... What do you do? |
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Posted by Anonymous
September 10, 2009 - organization
It is an adjustment for everyone to homeschool (mom included). With the older ones you can name meal time a lesson by talking about how corn is grown and harvested, where eggs come from, etc.