Time to Make Some Learning Plans

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So here we are, starting the third week of our summer holidays and we have not even finished writing up our summer learning contracts!  Nor have we wrapped up last year.  On top of that, I need to get busy with Miss 17’s grade 12 school plans, since she’s already started the work.  And I need to plan out the year for the rest of the children.  And I must plan my own summer learning/review in order to be able to teach the children in the fall.  Phew! 

It’s all starting to sound a bit overwhelming to me.  We’ll just do a little bit at a time, enjoy the process, and pray for strength, wisdom, and clarity of mind. 

Here are my planning goals:

Today we’ll get the summer learning contracts set up. They will not be very intense or academic, and that’s fine.  The children are having a hard time thinking of just-for-fun activities, something we’ve never experienced before, but we’ll leave lots of blank space to add those in later. We’ll also put together some weekly checklists to keep track of the things we’ve decided to do regularly.   

This week I hope to finish Miss 17’s transcript for her grade 11 work.  She and Mr 15 will also have to work on a portfolio.  I need to summarize the year for the younger girls as well, but that is almost finished.

Next week I’ll start planning for next year’s learning.  Although I’m looking at To Be Busy at Home  for inspiration to get this project going, I never do as much preparation or work as Samantha does.  And that’s OK.  We’re all different, and we can all learn from each other.