Ravin Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 With this year in full swing, I've begun looking ahead to next year. It's looking like I'll be enrolling DD in the enrichment program she currently attends weekly for the Tu/Th 2 day schedule so that I can attend law school. If the class offerings are similar to this year's, it will take care of several subjects, including science, geography, and possibly history. I'll need to devise a 3 day/wk schedule for home subjects, which will include writing, Latin, math, and spelling... Anyone else planning ahead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! :willy_nilly::ack2: (That's code for: No. Less planning, more teaching is my motto this year!) :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Blocking my ears and yelling, "NA, NA, NA, NA! I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU!!!!" I can't go there right now..... ask me again in February :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Me! I am. I know a great deal of what we'll be doing, and I've started seriously evaluating options in a few areas. I've also thought about what we will and won't do outside the house. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I started planning for next year two years ago. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Me! I'm a compulsive planner, and a perfectionist to boot. I'm working on these qualities in myself, but, really, I need a plan to feel calm, even when I know things will change (inevitably). So, YES, our third grade plan of what we'll be using for what subjects is almost entirely planned; though, of course, I reserve the right to completely change my mind before July (when we begin). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 What? :001_huh:Next year? :glare: Wrong thre.........:auto: OK, that's not quite true, but I don't hammer out my details until August. Because what gets done between then and now is unknowable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Well, I am. My dd with be in 9th grade next year, so I'm really researching big time. She will be my first to be in high school, so I don't want to "mess her up". I'm also busy searching for what to do with ds. I can't help it! I love to plan! I think it's half, no wait, three-fourths of why I homeschool. I hope to attend the convention with SWB in SC and cement my ideas then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Not tilll Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Not really, nope. I am thinking about a few things on a broad scale (where to go with math after Singapore, and do I really want to stick with my current curriculum for the long haul?), but nothing specific. It's one semester at a time here, tyvm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am! I imagine I'll have changed my mind a thousand times by the time next year rolls around though. And then another thousand times by the time next year ends. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC3 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 We will do most of our switching in April & May since we go year round so yes I'm planning! I have all of 3rd grade worked out and will be buying everything in Dec/Jan. I just turned in 22,500 points to get Amazon GC for books tonight! Ds will also be starting official Kindy in Jan, but only have to order his math program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrsjamiesouth Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am planning. I know that ds10 will do CTC by HOD next year with Saxon for Math. I will add in Foreign Language. I was thinking for ds6 to do Beyond by HOD next year, but I don't think it is enough of a challenge for him. So, do I do BLHFHG and add in curriculum or do I switch him up to a more classical program?? Currently reviewing Easy Classical for 2nd Grade and/or Memoria Press's new 2nd grade program. I also have a very bright 2yo who is doing PP right now. I think next year I will start her in a K math program, since those are mainly play anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I refuse to think about next year until after Christmas! Once I start, I can't stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 NEXT YEAR??? I still haven't planned THIS YEAR!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Blocking my ears and yelling, "NA, NA, NA, NA! I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU!!!!" I can't go there right now..... ask me again in February :D :iagree: Only ask me again in JUNE!!! aaarggg. I'm not done planning THIS year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 We're almost halfway through with this year so I have already decided what I want to change and what I want to keep. I haven't started researching yet though. We have picked our extra activities and they're looking forward to those. Too bad my bank account isn't thrilled about our choices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I was planning next year, until I realized that I needed to make a few changes to this year's plan. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Yep! But our year starts at the end of January, so I ought to be planning, though I'm a bit like Melanie and did most of this planning a few years ago. I'm just finalising exactly what I want to buy, which thanks to our wonderful toy library, isn't much. Of course it's only 4 year old kinder, so I'm still not qualified to join in threads like these with all you proper homeschoolers, but I rarely let that stop me :D 4 year old kinder seems so advanced around here ;) ~We've just ramped up our reading in the past fortnight. Dd has grown past the three words per page books, unless they are particularly amusing; and they generally aren't. Plus I hope to buy a couple of the UNICEF books and introduce more J non-fic. ~We've just started working on number recognition, so we'll continue with that and perhaps the Nurtured By Love kinder book if I can buy some rods. ~Continued artistic mess, of course :) ~We'll continue with our music playgroup (which bores me to death, but she loves it) and I'm hoping to introduce more music related props at home. We can't afford instruments, of course, but I have a few posters of instruments and would like to buy this dvd just because it is so cute! ~Maybe later in the year we'll start working on letters, but I'll have to wait and see. She still isn't talking much, so that and her Auslan are the focus. We're working on more Auslan resources now, featuring The Dad Guy, which she's going to love. :) :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in WA Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am! Planning next year is so much more fun that planning the specifics of next week. ;) I like the high level planning, even the nailing down week by week part, but laying it out by day not so much. And grading the deluge of work even less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Good gravy, I still have to get my highschool senior to submit his college applications! No planning next year for dd yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I have already decided on what we're using for several subjects. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Well, I am. My dd with be in 9th grade next year, so I'm really researching big time. She will be my first to be in high school, so I don't want to "mess her up". This. I have a rough framework for the next 4 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am constantly thinking about next year. Scary but true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I haven't started planning officially. Just taking mental notes, I guess:) This year is going well for DD, so far. If that continues, then we'll just continue on the the next grade level of each. I'll just have to decide what science to use. DS will start Kindergarten next year, but what we do with that depends somewhat on this year - what he'll be ready for and what I learn about how he learns. Just thinking casually about it!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I'm starting to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilylou Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am hoping to do Adventures in My Father's World with a 3rd grader and 1st grader. We use LLATL and Singapore Math. I am looking forward to a break from HOD- including this year I have done LHFHG (twice), Beyond and Bigger. I hope Adventures with be a good fit so I can get DS and DD together. I will have an advanced 3rd grader, and a 1st grader next fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Yes. I know for sure what we'll be using in a few subjects. I also will need to order curriculum and compare in a few subjects so I'm trying to start that process soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Part of the reason I'm planning so far ahead is to make sure I can buy the curriculum. We had to make several compromises this year because it just wasn't in the budget. Next year's plan: Math: Continue with Practical Arithmetics Spelling: Continue with Webster's Writing: Classical Writing: Aesop (just need to buy the workbook, have the text and TM for A because I found a REALLY good deal on them) History: Continue/resume (depending on whether I decide to drop it this year, which I'm considering) GuestHollow American History Geography: 50 states theme unit (I already have all the materials I need for this) Latin: Lively Latin Spanish: Maybe Rosetta Stone (we will be starting it soon), definitely enrichment program class Science, Music, P.E., computers, art: Enrichment program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 We change curriculum in January so I spent the summer planning time working on 2011. I have our books, our lesson plans, and our file folders are about 1/2 done. I have some work to do on that over the next couple of months but I wanted to make sure that the system would work for us. So yes, I have 2011 planned and almost done. I have ideas for 2012 but don't ask me now.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I'm another one who may be venturing in to high school next year, so yes, I've been planning since the end of LAST year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Not really planning, but I do have a book list that I will work off of when I start seriously thinking about next year.....which will probably be in March or APril when the used book sales start around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Part of the reason I'm planning so far ahead is to make sure I can buy the curriculum. We had to make several compromises this year because it just wasn't in the budget. Next year's plan: Math: Continue with Practical Arithmetics Spelling: Continue with Webster's Writing: Classical Writing: Aesop (just need to buy the workbook, have the text and TM for A because I found a REALLY good deal on them) History: Continue/resume (depending on whether I decide to drop it this year, which I'm considering) GuestHollow American History Geography: 50 states theme unit (I already have all the materials I need for this) Latin: Lively Latin Spanish: Maybe Rosetta Stone (we will be starting it soon), definitely enrichment program class Science, Music, P.E., computers, art: Enrichment program If you don't already own Rosetta Stone, you might look into live Mocha. These are free online language studies. Certainly cheaper than Rosetta Stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Yes and no. I realized that I needed to look at the BIG future of our homeschooling. You now, what year they are supposed to graduate, stuff like that. ;) As my boys are now middle school.... and I have to get a bit more serious, I thought, maybe I should plot this all out a bit, science and history rotation, etc. I am glad I did, as I had forgotten Chemistry. Whoops. I am also able to figure out when we might do certain Lit. subjects. I also realized that I should have everything covered by 10th grade anyway, so we can have fun with "electives", and I can have some breathing room. So, "planning"? in the general sense. When it comes to specific, I only schedule 4 weeks at a time. Oh, and I need to figure out what to budget/buy at the convention in April. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 We'll mostly just be doing the next thing in our various curricula There will be at least one or two new things, but I've been planning on using those for a while. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 :seeya:ME. HERE. For dd who will be in 7th grade. Spending most of my 'planning' time deciding which classes and which groups we will use for specific subjects. I don't see myself doing alot of 7th grade myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am...kinda...DS will begin public high school next year and I am already thinking about what we need to do for placement testing, etc so he is in classes that will challenge him. I need to make appointments with the tennis coach and the guidance counselor (who is not my favorite person - he has dropped the ball for my daughter many times). DS is set for the ACT again this Spring so at least I will have those scores as support for my requests for placement in some subjects. I wish I could homeschool high school but DH says no and I don't think I could dedicate the time necessary to provide a good learning environment for DS and work. I am very sad that my two and a half years will be over in the Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonsmama Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am, but I have had a general idea of what I want to do next year for a couple of years. We start high school and I am already picking up used curriculum here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Hahaha. (but impressed by those who are:001_smile:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 If you don't already own Rosetta Stone, you might look into live Mocha. These are free online language studies. Certainly cheaper than Rosetta Stone. We already have Rosetta Stone, which is why I'm using it. There are also a lot of resources available from my public library, which we've been using, but I've slacked off on Spanish the last couple of weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 :D Me! I just put an order in at Rod & Staff for next year's English books and preK stuff. I've been using paperbackswap.com to "collect" books for next year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I cant even plan tomorrow. Kudos to all you great planners and can get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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