Plucky Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm not ready. I'd like another week off, please. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Not ready, and I have to teach history at co-op. Kill me now.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Lessons are planned. Just have to clean the main floor tonight. Tomorrow am we have a shrink appt at 930am and a meeting with the SW at 11am. We will not be actually starting school until after lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Ready. Let the unschooling begin! :001_huh: I guess that really makes no sense, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 My house is clean, the schoolroom tidy, pencils sharpened, all supplies are out and accounted for, my schedule is ready, I just need to finish up my lesson plans and get the stuff (photocopies etc) ready for the dc for the coming week. Of course, that's the harder part of everything so I'm in panic mode to get ready for our big educational debut of 2010. :tongue_smilie: Feeling pretty :willy_nilly: about it all at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Ready. Let the unschooling begin! :001_huh: I guess that really makes no sense, does it? Love it!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm not ready. I'd like another week off, please. :D I am not ready...because I keep coming back here today instead of organizing our work...but we are starting tomorrow am.. Bible...Math...Reading...LA...COLLAPSE! That is my plan....sigh Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 My house is clean, the schoolroom tidy, pencils sharpened, all supplies are out and accounted for, my schedule is ready, I just need to finish up my lesson plans and get the stuff (photocopies etc) ready for the dc for the coming week. :001_huh: Do you offer your services for an hourly rate? Please? I'm so not ready. Actually, I am ready, just not prepared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I am ready only because I am tired of being slugs around here all week! But I am not ready in that I wanted to do a little more prep work to start back up and never focused on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I am completely ready for school. The schoolroom area is tidy and organized, everything necessary is prepped and printed, and we even revised our schedule specifically for this week, since most of dd's outside activities won't restart for another week or two. Just... please don't ask me about the rest of the house. Especially not my desk. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Ready. Let the unschooling begin! :001_huh: I guess that really makes no sense, does it? Makes total sense to me...TV...Off...Check Ipods collected...check cell phones off...check Video games locked in chamber of no return...check.... Library Card ready! Book shelves dusted! Lot of puzzles...manipulatives and craft supples...Check...check...check! Let the UNSCHOOLING BEGIN!!!!! :lol: ~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 What???!!!! School tomorrow????!!!! I thought we had another week off. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Makes total sense to me...TV...Off...CheckIpods collected...check cell phones off...check Video games locked in chamber of no return...check.... Library Card ready! Book shelves dusted! Lot of puzzles...manipulatives and craft supples...Check...check...check! Let the UNSCHOOLING BEGIN!!!!! :lol: ~Faithe :001_smile::001_smile::001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Lessons are planned. Just have to clean the main floor tonight. Tomorrow am we have a shrink appt at 930am and a meeting with the SW at 11am. We will not be actually starting school until after lunch. yep...my Mom needs to get her toenails clipped...no I am NOT kidding! And she doesn't drive...and her doctor is 45 minute drive from here!!!!! Gotta love it. This is the woman who wouldn't take me to a friends house around the corner when I was a kid...it was too much trouble...ARG! ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow. Some of you are really ready. I've had my lesson plan ready for a week, but am dreading tomorrow. I don't wanna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow. Some of you are really ready. I've had my lesson plan ready for a week, but am dreading tomorrow. I don't wanna. I'm not gunna. I gave myself permission to start Tuesday. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Oh I'm dying to start back! It's been anywhere from 1-6 degrees F with windchill and wind gusts of 50+ mph. Takes the fun a bit out of break. We won't have our school room back for a week though as that's where our Christmas tree is, and I don't take it down until after Jan. 6. But, that's why there's a dining room table, right? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm ready as in "prepared," but mentally I'm not ready. We were so crazy-busy this "vacation" that I'm exhausted and could use a couple of days off. We're moving to a 4-day week if they can get 5 days of work done in 4, so we might have Friday off. I'm not looking forward to resuming the kids' activity schedule either. I could use a whole other week off from that! Fridays and Sundays are our only activity-free (scheduled --those days normally book up with other stuff) days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm not gunna. I gave myself permission to start Tuesday. ;) Smart mom! I've got to get my oldest to school by 8 a.m. and I made the lesson plan. I'm sure I'll feel more motivated in the morning. (Right???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm ready! I changed out the bulletin board and typed up the schedules for the month of January. The hardest part will be getting up early to start on time :001_huh:... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 IDK, my oldest has to be at school at 7:30 (not to one-up you or anything! lol) but I come back motivated to drink another cup of coffee. Ah well, I do like when we eventually get rolling with the routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof165 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Ready. Let the unschooling begin! :001_huh: I guess that really makes no sense, does it? That's exactly HOW I feel! Sonja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm ready and raring to go! Lessons planned, hand-outs ready. That said, we're not following our regular schedule. It's going to be an art day and we are going to take some time to organize our notebooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 My house is clean, the schoolroom tidy, pencils sharpened, all supplies are out and accounted for, my schedule is ready I did all that too! My husband thought I was crazy to sharpen all the pencils today. I went to Staples, got some needed items, finished tweaking the schedule and lesson plans are done. Each new folder has it's daily assignment sheet in it and I am getting ready to read up on the science we are doing. I can't wait to start, I hope the kids will be as excited.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooketopia Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 We took off many weeks and are officially bored of being on break, so we are ready to begin tomorrow. The 7am wake-up call for the littles might be a little too hard though, so I think we'll ease back into that. I used my break well--I knitted almost non-stop and tackled some organizational things that were bugging me. I "feel" like I had a break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Don't hate me, but I DO have another week off. :leaving: I'll check back in on the 10th. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I THOUGHT I was ready, but then I realized I have a blood draw at 7:30 in the morning--that means NO COFFEE WHEN I WAKE UP. Soooo....no, not ready. However, if we take any more time off, my 5 yo is likely to forget some of her addition. I guess it's as good a time as any to get going again. If only I could wake with caffeine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 My older son is ready to head back to high school and make a strong finish of his first semester. I was ready to jump back in with my younger son, getting our routine reestablished right away, but he has other plans. They involve a sore throat, stuffy nose and a ridiculously high fever that mean he'll be doing more resting than math and Latin tomorrow. He doesn't mind that so much, but over the weekend he auditioned for and was placed into the Debut group with a local Youth Symphony Orchestra. His first rehearsal was to be tomorrow, but he will be missing it. THAT he minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 IDK, my oldest has to be at school at 7:30 (not to one-up you or anything! lol) but I come back motivated to drink another cup of coffee. Ah well, I do like when we eventually get rolling with the routine. I'm in that place, too... DD has to be at school at 7:45. I've got the books and plans laid out, but I sooooo do not want to have to get up at 6:30. Sleeping in till 8:30 every day has been really, really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Well, I pulled all the books we need for tomorrow, printed out some stuff, sharpened pencils, cleaned our school area, etc. Can't say I'm ready though, and I know ds will not be - we definitely took too much time off this holiday season. We usually do 1 1/2 weeks, but this year we did 3 weeks. I'm sure we will both be cranky in the morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm ready. Because I was getting ready for dh to leave for deployment my house is actually completely purged and organized. I did a few adjustments to the schedule. The only thing I'm still not sure about is SOTW 3. We started the year with HO and it's just not working (we were using level 1 and found we like using the SOTW AG for that age better) Now I need to make a final decision if I basically want to start over or skip the chapters in SOTW that we already did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I am completely ready for school. The schoolroom area is tidy and organized, everything necessary is prepped and printed, and we even revised our schedule specifically for this week, since most of dd's outside activities won't restart for another week or two. Just... please don't ask me about the rest of the house. Especially not my desk. :lol: Ack. :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've got my plans done, but we're starting Chalkdust Pre-Algebra and I'm feeling kind of, um, lost. Not with the content, just with the videos and how they dovetail with the book. There doesn't seem to be any dividers on the DVD. It's kind of one long lecture, so I'm really not sure where to stop and start it for each lesson for dd. I've planned the week of book work for dd, but I guess we'll have to wing it with the videos. It makes me uneasy, though; I"m a planner by nature. We've got the Aufmann books, it's the Chalkdust materials without the Chalkdust name. (Thanks, Pongo!) astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I could be ready if I needed to be, I'm just lacking motivation. I want another week off. :tongue_smilie: Even if we didn't start school again, though, all of the other stuff starts back up so we'll be busy anyway. Scouts, homeschool support group meeting, basketball practice, bowling league, basketball game, science class, basketball practice again... I'm sure I'm forgetting something else, too... :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Don't hate me, but I DO have another week off. :leaving: I'll check back in on the 10th. :D Me too! My ds is home from Japan and doesn't leave until later in the week - so no school. We hadn't seen him for a year this time, so we are just enjoying all being together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 So not ready. And making our first day back even more hectic - a doctor's appointment first thing in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan25 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Not ready! We will be easing into things slowly here! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan25 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Well, I pulled all the books we need for tomorrow, printed out some stuff, sharpened pencils, cleaned our school area, etc. Can't say I'm ready though, and I know ds will not be - we definitely took too much time off this holiday season. We usually do 1 1/2 weeks, but this year we did 3 weeks. I'm sure we will both be cranky in the morning! This is our first year homeschooling and I did the same thing. I had grand delusions of doing Christmasy things and cheerful children and the like. None of it happened quite the way I wanted and so......Next year, we will do less time off and more planned Christmas lessons, rather than crafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 So not ready. And making our first day back even more hectic - a doctor's appointment first thing in the morning. Ditto. I actually may put it off another week (We have holiday/birthday stuff until the third week of January). Normally I back load this vacation into January (off from Dec 20-Jan20) but this time I'm trying to get started earlier. It's not working so well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've tweaked what needed tweaking. I've rewritten the daily, weekly and monthly schedules. I printed out the next six months, perfectly planned, and put them in my binder. I love looking at all those pages filled with nice neat tables. I love planning. :001_smile: Implementing the plans? Not so much.... :tongue_smilie: Maybe we'll start after lunch? Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 We are ready.... At least we think we are! ;) Guess what? We are officially beginning "Kindergarten" tomorrow, January 4, 2010 -- the Big K -- along with continuing our preschool-at-home for the twins. My oldest daughter is so excited to be "starting Kindergarten." The twins turned 3 years old today. :party:It's so precious to see them grow and learn and enjoy life. We are looking forward to this year together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 We only took the week of Christmas off! We did full lessons last week. My husband stayed home and did some needed home stuff and was a great help with the kids! We will miss him greatly as he goes back to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) I'm not ready. I'd like another week off, please. :D We are sooo not ready that we are taking off the Great Wolf Lodge for 2 nights tomorrow. How is that for denial?! ETA: In my defense, the heat in the home school room and my office are not working, so I have not been able to do any school prep, nor any Usborne work of substance either. The repair man comes on Thursday. Edited January 4, 2010 by Brigitte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyOwl Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 :001_huh: I'm so not ready. Actually, I am ready, just not prepared. :iagree: Ready to get back to a normal routine - NOT prepared with what we'll be doing tomorrow morning. Something fun but will still count as school I think :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I just finished my lesson planning, but before we can get started tomorrow we have to get dh's paycheck to the bank and get groceries. And the schoolroom needs to be cleaned. But I'm hopeful that we can get it all done anyway! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm not ready in terms of being prepared, but I am eager to get back to our routine. Having guests in the house for the past 10 days has thrown us all off. Tomorrow is an odd day though because ds starts his equine lessons, so I have to drop my youngest off to at the sitter's, drive to the farm, do the lessons, get the youngest, drive home, and then after that we'll tackle a math game and some read-alouds. Not as structured as a normal day, but still doing school stuff. Tuesday we return to the regular schedule after I prepare tomorrow night. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Glad to see I'm not the only one who isn't quite ready to get back into the swing of things tomorrow. Last year I was so organized & prepared on the first day back after Christmas break. This year we've spent the last two weeks cleaning the garage & closets and purging. Dh was home the whole two weeks and just left this morning. I haven't reserved the first book from the library or even looked through the week's lessons. I'm thinking tomorrow we'll get off to a bit of a slow start and hopefully be back in full swing by Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I am so totally not ready at all. I am a bit obsessed at this point. I just filed my letter of intent to homeschool with the PS so tomorrow is our first day at home... Everyone... At home.... AHHHHHH!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in GA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) I am in no way ready for school tomorrow. I'm thinking we'll do a light week, then get back into the full swing of things next week. Hey, homeschooling allows us to be flexible, right? HA! ETA: I think the reason I'm not ready is because dh has been home with me forevah!!!!! He's a Drill Sgt., so he usually works 7 days a week. It's sad, but we're used to him not being here. He's been in an Army school since the end of October. That means he came home from PT every morning, plus came home for lunch every day, and was home by 4 or 5 most days. Then, he took 2 weeks off for Christmas. So, our schedule has been topsy turvy for months now. He went back to work today. I want a week to just do nothing. If I wanna sit on the couch and knit all day, then I wanna be able to sit on the couch and knit all day. Does that make me horrible? :ninja: Oh well. One week of light school it'll be. Edited January 4, 2010 by Angela in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 the festivities officially ended today. Tomorrow I hope to wash and put away guest bedding, vacuum and mop the floors, and work on putting the kids' papers in order. And take the puppy for a long walk! Then it is time to crack those books. Hard. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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