Done with planning!

Well, remember you asked for it! LOL!

I use the SCM Planning Your CM Education method, but I like using good old notebook paper and a pencil then I just type it out in a Word document. This is my yearly plan.

2012-2013 Overview

Family:

Bible – daily, continue Bible reading plan and Scripture Memory Box

Memorization – 1 poem per six weeks chosen from our reading

Singing – daily, hymns, folksongs, patriotic, and Spanish songs on rotation. I usually choose these at the beginning of each 6 week period so we can be flexible.

Composer Study – Debussy, Bach, Chopin, one per term, I save 12 pieces per composer on a Youtube playlist and use my iphone on a dock to play them.

Artist Study – Renoir, Audubon, Larsson,one per term, already ordered calendars (thanks for the advice!)

Nature Study – Outdoor Hour Challenges once per week, plus our many ongoing projects such as our birdfeeders and butterfly garden.

Poetry – daily, one poem per day, Favorite Poems Old and New, Poet study on Christina Rossetti one 6 week half-term

Character/Personal Development – continue Millers books, I chapter a week

Spanish – continue Salsa Spanish with lesson plans or *maybe* buy The Easy Spanish – undecided, daily

History – Module 5 time period, books as follows:

World History: A Child’s History of the World ch 68-79 (4 chapters per term)

Church History: Trial and Triumph ch 27-32 (2 chapters per term)

We will read half a chapter a week from one of these. I like to break them up.

American History: American History Series by Pratt Vol. 1-3

Read 3 chapters a week

Literature:

Family Read Aloud read daily after lunch, I just finish one and pick another

Third Grade, ds8 individual work:

Copywork – daily

Math – Math Mammoth 2 days (we just print off what we need to cover he is already halfway through Level 3) and 2 days Life of Fred continue through elementary series.

English For the ThoughtFul Child, finish vol 1 and start 2 twice weekly

Piano daily

Free Read – 1 chapter a day of assigned book, choose a new one when finished from list

Literature (narrated) – American Tall Tales, Pilgrim’s Progress Book 2, The Jungle Books , 1x week

Geography – Paddle to the Sea 1x week

Science: Explore His Earth, Burgess Animal and Bird Book with notebook page narrations 1xweek

History: Module 5 list – (I have it broken down into what books to do for each term and in what order on paper) 2x week

First Grade, dd6 individual work:

Copywork – daily

Math – Math Mammoth (again, she is already doing level 1 we just keep going) and Life of Fred

Begin piano lessons

Free read – 1 chapter a day of assigned books, no narration

Literature (narrated) – Aesops Fables (2 a week), Just So Stories, A Wonder Clock 2x a week

Science – James Herriots Treasury, Burgess Bird Book 1x week

History – Same as brother, 2x week

Let me see if my weekly schedule can be copied and adapted to post.

Our weekly/daily schedule. We just do the next thing, no times listed. I have the schedule made out with all 5 days on one sheet, a column for each day to mark each activity as we go. That way if we skip something I can fit it in later because it isn’t marked off so I remember we didn’t do it lol.

Family Time

Scripture Memory Box

Bible

Memory Poem

Hymn Mon, Folk Tu, Patriotic Wed, Spanish Th, Fun Fri

Character Mon, Composer Tu, Artist Wed, Poetry Th

Spanish

Table Time

dd6

• Math Mammoth Mon/Wed, Life of Fred Tu/Th

• Copywork

ds8

• Math Mammoth Mon/Wed, Life of Fred Tu/Th

• Copywork

• Piano Lesson Mon, EFTTC Tu/Th, Oral Reading Wed

dd4

• Beginning Reading or Number Work (she insists)

Reading Time

Poem

Family History Read Aloud

Independent Reading Time with narrations/ Mom reads to dd4

Notebooking Page if desired

After Lunch

Family Literature Read Aloud

dd4 naps, free reading then quiet time for the other two

Masterly Inactivity which usually involves handicrafts, nature study, and play undirected by mom

Also, Wednesdays are errands in the afternoon and Thursdays are “clean your room” days.

Nature Study is done “officially” after lunch on Fridays instead of reading aloud. Or sometimes we do both 😉

oh, I forgot to put the word “Singing” before Hymn lol, but I’m sure you get it. Also, I forgot (haha!) that I actually decided we are not doing “Table Time” on Friday, we will do nature study instead and then afternoon as usual.