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Overwhelmed with a Plan

The thought of trying to start homeschooling has been overwhelming and I just haven't been able to get started with it no matter how many times I tired. This time I'm doing things a little different! I'm researching, planning and relaxing! I'm hoping this will be what I need to finally get started!

I'm going to make plans in advance for special activities we are going to do and plan our lessons around that. I'm going to incorporate some reading and writing everyday. Numbers or math at least 3 times a week and then art and/or music once a week. I will add things into our reading and other lessons around national holiday's, history, and science.

We already do reading everyday. We read several books throughout the day and then at least two books and a Bible story before bed. My goal for this area is to plan and pick better books for what we are currently learning about when we go to the library each week. I also want to start scripture reading and memorizing verses as well to build that solid foundation for Monkey.

Monkey loves writing and enjoys worksheets as well as writing on his magna-doodle. We're going to keep up with this but also add in homemade worksheets that are words about whatever we are learning. During this time I'm also going to focus on how to hold his writing utensil because he is very stubborn and won't hold it correctly. I also plan on buying the triangular crayons to help reinforce this. 

Then math and numbers. He's fascinated with the number 100. We count to 100 all the time so I plan to keep encouraging him to count to learn his numbers. Then we will add some addition and subtraction in there too from every day life.

Thursday's we go to our local library for music and movement.

I want to plan a weekly craft and invite our mom's group to our craft bi-weekly. This way we can have fun with our friends too!

The other things I want to include is a weekly outing with or without our mom's group is doing something physical. I plan to find gross and fine motor skill activities for us to do outside to get our needed vitamin D and fresh air.

All this sounds like a lot as I'm writing it out but I know how I'm going to do it! Come back tomorrow to see my plan!

The Heart of a Homemaker
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