Thanks! I figured there'd be a sticky thread somewhere, but I guess I somehow missed it. :p

Okay, I'm a newbie (both to these boards and to homeschooling) and I'm having a hard time figuring out the abbreviations people are using here! WWE? TOG? SOTW? What do they all mean???:confused: Is there a thread I'm not seeing that spells out what they stand for? I need a decoder. :lol:

I'm trying to narrow down my curriculum for my DD's 1st grade year (and our first year homeschooling!) but when it comes down to Science, all I can think of doing is reading lots and lots of books from the library, with maybe some very simple science projects. I'd stick with the order outlined in WTM (earth science, human body, etc.) but not use a set curriculum. Has anyone done this? Were you able to find enough useful material from your library to fill out the school year? Did your kids remember what you read to them that year?

Thanks for all the advice! I'm so glad I found this board. I posted a question similar to this on another board over a week ago and it has yet to be replied to. :tongue_smilie: I'm leaning towards the mini-file box that's been shown here, especially the one with the schedual gride on the front! I'd thought of doing a giant poster with my kids' scheduals on it (like my DS's preschool teacher has) but I like this idea much better because it won't take up any precious wall space. :D

Hmm. The workbox system does sound a bit more complicated. I love the stations idea though! A little about myself... um... :lol: I'm a 27 year old SAHM. I live in Washington state, LDS/Mormon, been married for 7 years, 3 kids, oldest child is in PS Kindergarten this year, but only because I didn't even *consider* homeschooling until a month before school started, and was too scared out of my pants to try doing it right away. I'm glad I've had this year to prepare and make the requisite "mental shift" from public school thinking to home school thinking, which was no small feat for me, having been raised by two public school teachers! It also "helps" that my DD's kindy teacher hasn't been all that great, and most of what she's learned this year she's learned from me anyway. (we're after-schooling currently). I *have* read WTM, and love it. I've got my DH reading parts of it now, and he really likes the theory behind it as well. I'm still trying to zero down on curriculum, but I'm leaning towards just sticking with what the book recommends for at least this first year (Math U See for math, FLL for grammer, etc., Story of the World for history) to allow me to get my feet wet, and then maybe branch out to find my own curriculum. This is *very* new territory for me, but I'm really excited. :)

Hi! My very first post here! :001_smile: I'm SO glad to have found this forum! I've been searching for months for a viable (i.e. more than one or two posts a month) Forum for homeschooling, and boy-howdy is this one active! :lol: So anyway... How do you keep your kids' work organized when they're working on it? Meaning, do they have their own binders? I've seen one thread here talking about work boxes? In-boxes and out-boxes? Do your kids have backpacks for doing "on the go" work? How do you set things up for your day? I'm not so worried about the record-keeping organization, just the "Here's your work and don't lose it until you're done with it!" organizing. ;) (if it helps, I'll be starting HS'ing next school year with a 6 year old 1st grader, and possibly a 4 year old - not sure yet if the 4 year old will be continining in PS pre-school or not next year)