This fall my husband is going hunting again with a few friends and he'll be taking DS along with him - they had a great time last year.

I've asked my husband to talk with the guys about when they plan on going so that I can plan on not doing school that week. I'll work with my daughter on stuff that is solely hers and areas where she needs a bit more help with. But with so much of our school being done with both together it makes no sense to do with her and then just have to redo when the guys come home. So August is all that I have done for now.

How about the rest of you?
Are you done with planning or do you have a lot more to do?

I do have to have my son's take an assessment (not sure if that is what it is ) with Saxon Math so that I'll know just which level to buy for him.

I'm not done.
Here's what:

Apologia Biology: planning done
Home EC: planning done

Art: Not done, but at least I know where I am going with this class now.
Algebra 2: Not done ~ easy to plan
English II: Not done ~ hard to plan

PE: don't have to plan
Typing: same

I've planned the entire 2005-2006 school year already.

I've already been looking in the Rainbow Resource Catalog to see what I might use for next school year. (2006-2007)

I'm planning ... and checking the board! LOL

I am finished ... whooooooooo
hoooooooooo!!!!

We will be doing our Coop swimming again I just don't know when it will start. I'm waiting to hear from the organizer about this so I can put it in the schedule - I hate having to hold back on working out my schedule for other people to do their planning.

So I should plan something along that line for until then as the swimming won't begin until at least mid Sept or Oct. And it would probably be good to have something going on a different day so that we get more exercise in.

Typing is something that I need to get for both my kids. I've seen a couple that look good at CBD but I would like to find something locally if at all possible so that I don't have to wait on the mail for it to get here. Any recommendations on a good program that would work for both a 12 year old boy & 9 year old girl? I'd rather not buy 2 different programs.

Woo Hoo For you ladies who are done. What a great feeling.

I'm not done but I'm making progress.

English I -It's taking me a long time because I'm trying to integrate SAT and college prep studies into my English program for my daughter. I'm almost done with most of the English planning. It will be ongoing with the literature component because I have to read the next book first before I can make a study guide and I have to order the other study guides. I'm teaching a literature discussion group and I have the first novel 6wks planned out but I still need to do the rest of the year. I'm not keeping giving grades though. I told the mom's I would only lead a discussion group because I agonize too long to grading writing papers for other people

Or someone keeps changing their minds and causing you to do likewise.

Math done for two kids. (I forgot I have one more to do )
English done for all three.
ART Pacs done.
Earth Science - sort of done. I do better with this kind of planning as I go along.
Geography - not done.
Birds (spring study for daughter#1) not done.
Spelling done.
History not done.

I guess I should get busy, since school starts next week.

We have finally decided what to use this year, so that part is done. But the actual planning NO WAY, is that done yet. we did start school back again but very loosely, DS reads everyday for about 15 min and then I have a summer bridge workbook that he is doing everyday.

I'm only just beginning!

Nope, not nearly done yet. Still finishing up last year, in fact. Bible School is over for the year, but we have a church conference this week (Applie, your pastor will be attending. ) so I won't be able to devote myself to planning until next week. Which is a little crazy because we will be doing some school at the same time - though not a full day.

Time to plan has really been in very short supply here.

Mine is pretty much planned out for me already. All I have to do is enter information into the Homeschool Tracker. THAT takes time! I spent an entire day just doing the first two weeks for three kids (I forgot to do the preschooler).

Planning? What's that? Just when I was getting ready to start that we had the basement flood.

So now every book is packed and I hope to be able to start planning in August.

I really didn't want to be planning while we were trying to school. But that's what it looks like I will be doing ... ... ..

Ginger,

Who needs planning ... when you can fly by the seat of your pants!


You are very organized, so I bet you have it planned in your head already!

The plans are on paper, but will they actually work!?!

We were relaxed last year (1st year), going with their interests. This year I'm gearing up with what they need to know (4th & 5th); and pray that we all settle into a routine of learning.

Well I am glad that I do my planning in pencil. What with the possibility of my husband changing jobs with in the next month that will cause me to have to make some changes in my plans. I've only planned about the 1st 3 weeks out well and the rest is not complete. I still have to have DS take the placement/assessment test with Saxon math to see just which books he should be in. I have the public school version of 5/4 and it looks like about 1/5 of the book would be review for him - we've struggled with math concepts on and off he's struggling with division right now. Fortunately I can get the books in Anchorage so that helps ALOT - no waiting on the mail to arrive.

Right now I'm in a holding pattern and waiting on others to help me schedule. I hate this. quiltinmommy,
I'll be praying for your DD as she goes into this surgery. More likely her youth will be on her side in the recovery of the surgery. Their bodies just seem to heal so much faster than ours do. Glad that you and she have peace about this. God is the best doctor and He'll be in there guiding the surgeon's hands as well as the others present.

In my years of HS I have come to realize that the planning will not work if you don't stick to it. I know that I have to be the one to be disciplined to not stray too far off course and to not let other things distract me. When I focus on the task and don't let myself, and therefore the DC, get distracted and off course then we do well.

I do realize that I have to be flexible because life has a way of getting in the way. I also have to learn to say no to that which is a detriment to our routine and schedule but also to say yes to those things which will be a benefit or just HAVE to be done. The have tos need to be evaluated as to who says they have to be done.

Well put! And sometimes (in my case) the have tos are a way of avoiding buckling down and doing table work. Sometimes the have tos can be put off until later.

Wow, did I need to hear that! thanks so much ... I'm personally easily distracted. And recently feeling guilty and pulled in other directions by others, that I just have to say 'no' to, and get on with the grand plan.

We are doing a summer unit study on Ancient Egypt. Happily, I've realized today we have done 1/2 of what I initially anticipated. Now I just have to stay to the plan (more) with the actually daily assignments. I can do this!

I have not started yet!!!!