My Core Knowledge books have arrived! I am in love with flipping the pages and thinking, "I can do this". I am so EXCITED!
I have some thoughts processing through my mind on how I want it all to play out. However I always over plan and begin to feel defeated. So I have opted to put some serious thought and trial and error into play.
This is what I have been waiting for. Some direction to follow to get us leaping forward and reaching our potential. I know right off that I want to concentrate on Math and Writing. However the Core Knowledge books are filled with all subjects and have such great stories, ideas and projects.
With Math I would like to just work on Math facts and repetition. There are great ideas for memorization and games for repetition found in the Core Knowledge books as well as on the website. Writing, I would like to start a writers workshop to go with each of our unit studies. You can find the writing workshop online the Core Knowledge website by clicking here, Writing Workshop. We will also fit reading into our unit study with a monthly reading expedition and a treasure at the end. I would also like to do a Social Studies unit but I know that will be pushing it. Maybe this summer! For now I will just read some of the stories out of the Core Knowledge book at bedtime.
Getting the books in the mail gave me the push I needed to move forward and continue on with our afterschooling studies.
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Afterschooling, educating children after hours.
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Mornings
Chores
Music practice
Afternoon 3:00 to 4:00
Snack
Free play if chores and music complete
Afterschooling 4:00 to 5:20
Scripture Studies: 10 minutes
Unit Study/History Studies: 10 minutes
Homework/Math Enhancement: 25 minutes
Language Studies: 10 minutes
Reading: 25 minutes
Note: The times I posted are not exact but we try to stay on schedule. Knowing that they have already had a full day of learning I try to make my learning activities short, fun and informative. I also try to do things that they can work on individually throughout a set period of time. Ex: read a book and do a book report of choice. Complete a power point, craft project, report or collage on unit study material. I give them a week or two if needed and they work on it on their own and present it to the family. I really try to put an emphasis on choices, something they don't really get at school. I also offer incentives for finished projects.
P.S. This is an ideal schedule not to be confused with our real schedule which is different from day to day. I think it is very important to come up with a set schedule but I think it is more important to be flexible and not get discouraged if things are not working out ideally.
Chores
Music practice
Afternoon 3:00 to 4:00
Snack
Free play if chores and music complete
Afterschooling 4:00 to 5:20
Scripture Studies: 10 minutes
Unit Study/History Studies: 10 minutes
Homework/Math Enhancement: 25 minutes
Language Studies: 10 minutes
Reading: 25 minutes
Note: The times I posted are not exact but we try to stay on schedule. Knowing that they have already had a full day of learning I try to make my learning activities short, fun and informative. I also try to do things that they can work on individually throughout a set period of time. Ex: read a book and do a book report of choice. Complete a power point, craft project, report or collage on unit study material. I give them a week or two if needed and they work on it on their own and present it to the family. I really try to put an emphasis on choices, something they don't really get at school. I also offer incentives for finished projects.
P.S. This is an ideal schedule not to be confused with our real schedule which is different from day to day. I think it is very important to come up with a set schedule but I think it is more important to be flexible and not get discouraged if things are not working out ideally.
1 comment:
Aloha Christy!
I saw your blog on Jessica's and thought I would check it out. I love this idea of afterschooling. How do you it with different ages? I'm trying to figure out how stuff like this to do for the summer. I actually have some of the core knowledge books. I need to get some more. Email me at malie.sasaki@gmail.com
Keep it up. You are awesome!
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