Have I made a Mistake

That is a good idea but I am thinking I have given them more to do then than is necessary…they already have a chart typed up for each book in their folders which tells them what to read each week and they then tick and date when they complete the work, so the record is already there – I am thinking that the organizer for me is now redundant…and I don’t need to make more work for myself, do you understand what I am saying?

Yep,I have the books typed out and either chapters or pages to be read each week of each book and all the terms set out…so they just have their weekly sheet and follow that. Math, Science and German are already scheduled in their books so no issues with that. It is not strictly follow the table of contents, I have a chart with week #, Pages or chapters to be read, then date completed. I have worked out what they need to read each week to finish books at the appropriate times in the term and that is already typed up in a notebook for them to follow. Some of the books have long chapters so I have split them and made that clear in my schedule. I think I might need to ask Doug if I can get a refund and just pay for this month that I have used as it seems to me the more I write this, that it won’t be as useful as it used to be for me. Does not seem much point in entering it all now…I scheduled a couple of obvious things but it just does not seem to fit, because it is more an independent schedule. Silly me…..should have thought about it more before I signed up again.

I am doing pretty much what you are, we have set times for the science, math and German – but everything else is on a flex schedule and the girls need to make sure it gets done. With reading catch up is not so difficult as there are evenings and drive times/appointment waiting time to catch up. I am using a lot of books from AO year 11 this year, plus some of my own finding. I don’t want to tie the girls to reading a book on a set day, I want them to pace themselves as they would normally be in college by now had it not been for illness, so I need them to have that same kind of accountability. My daughter’s also sometimes like to do reading on weekends or writing on weekends as they have less on their plates, so it is a very flexible schedule for this year. I am thinking that if they miss a reading on the chart, they know they have to catch up and should be able to keep that up. I am not having them narrate every book, we discuss a lot, they write and narrate what we consider the core books in writing, but that is not a lot of them. I think at this age, reading is something they need to be able to schedule for themselves….this is their last year, and they need to be independent in this I feel, that way they can grow and learn the very important time management skills that still need a little work, though they are pretty good. I will think about it for the rest of the day, and if anyone else has ideas please let me know.

Doug, I really want to make it work, so I was thinking maybe I would load things in until the end of the month and see how it looks and feels, then if it does not look like working or if it looks like it adds more work, I would be so appreciative if you would do as you say and work out a pro-rated refund. I will spend the next days adding things, and scheduling and see how it looks…and then let you know. Would that be ok with you?

Thank you so much for your help….I really want it to work, so I am going to see what happens…and then decide by end July when I will have used a month I think. Very much appreciate you all who work to make things perfect for us. Thank you. Linda