Posted in A Method to the Madness?
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But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane Before you get really impressed, I had to look that one up. The point is the same though: I plan; God chuckles. Yes folks a grand 2 1/2 weeks into my school year, I've realized that I should have just gone out and enjoyed the mentos because most of what I came up with is not going to work. I've planned myself a one-way ticket to Burn-Out Ville. Did that last year. Didn't like it. Wasn't pretty.
Sooo, I decided to shut up and let God tell me what to do. Please try to control the collective "DUH!" I'm enjoying creating my own history curriculum, and I think, once I get used to it, I'll come up with something that's best suited to our family. However, and this is where the big collective "Duh!" comes in, I can't do two seperate curriculums and maintain my thin hold on my sanity. It's just too hard. So, God told me (through various and sundry ways - no burning bush but still quite clear), that I am to stop trying to be the uber-teacher and just have both boys do the same units at their own levels. This is quite a change for us, but I think we're going to like it. We're also going to drop the four year history rotation that's been driving me so crazy. I mean, how can you possibly study the Civil War, WWI, AND WWII all in one year to any decent effect? We're now going to a 6 year rotation, and we'll be starting the year over, back at the beginning. Here's how it's going to work, roughly. Paul will finish the Civil War unit because he's really digging it and we might get to go to Gettysburg soon. He'll then do his 5 weeks of Physics as planned. During that time George will start his 10 week earth science unit. Paul will join him for the last 3 weeks of that, and from then on they'll study the same units. This way it won't be as jarring a flip-flop as if we did it right away, and, since the science units are pretty simple from a planning standpoint, I'll have some time to reconfigure the rest of the year. I realize I probably sound like a raving nutter switching things around like this, or maybe by not doing it this way from the beginning, but I really think this will be best all around. I also had my reasons for not giving them the same units from the start, but it's beyond the scope of this post. You'll just have to scratch your heads and wonder. I'll let you know what I come up with when I have the details hammered out. Semper Gumby! (Always Flexible) Jennifer |
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