Christine Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Would this fall under "advertising"? I just don't know, so I'll give it a shot. I've been getting a lot of hits on my blog recently, and all of them seem to be going to my schedules. (Which is fabulous given that is the whole reason I put them up there.) They are free and available for your use as you see fit. I do get a number of questions regarding them though, so I thought I would answer them here (most of my hits originate from this forum). They are formatted similar to SL's instructor guides. (No, I don't use SL, but I did try them once.) They are in MS Word format and easily edited. Why the detail? We were military when I started creating them, and moving frequently. I was getting sick and tired of having to re-create a system for each state we moved in, so I finally grabbed rules and regulations for each of the 50 states regarding homeschooling and found the strictest of those to use as my standard. (That was about 10 years ago, so things may have changed.) Yes, unless noted otherwise, I did create each schedule myself. (Yes, my husband groans about it; and rolls his eyes. . .) No, I did not copy the SOTW guides for the encyclopedia correlations. Yes, I did own the SOTW guides; however, my kids (and I) were getting irked with being directed to the same encyclopedia entries multiple times, and not getting to others at all. (I have no plan to update this particular piece, as I own all the "old" books.) Yes, I do take 3rd parties’ schedules that are offered and post them on my blog. I started sharing my schedules to spare other homeschool moms the grief of making them (“do unto others. . .â€); thus, it only makes sense to me to allow others to do the same. I do “vet†the schedules I receive, because I need to keep my space “cleanâ€, (it is limited after all). Therefore, I won’t post a copy of a schedule that only has minor differences. I think that covers the majority of the questions I receive. I hope all of you have a fabulous upcoming year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina D Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I want to personally thank you for the schedules (ALL OF THEM). I love love love them! They have been a true blessing to my family. Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thank you!! I am downloading/editing a couple for two or three things we need to finish up (Now I'm not going to put them into HST). :hurray: Oh, and I did read some of your blog. :001_smile: Congrats to your hubby on finising nursing school! Mine just finished a degree also (unrelated field). I know what you mean about needing some time off from him going to school. Every once in a while, he makes a comment about going for the MA. He just turned 50, and feels that if he's going to do it, it should be now or never (That's kind of the way he thinks about everything though.:tongue_smilie:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Congrats to your hubby on finising nursing school! Mine just finished a degree also (unrelated field). Congrats to you and your hubby too! (I just did the graduation tedium, er, ceremony. . .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morosophe Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I had a hunch, so I checked it out--you are the creator of that beautiful Rod & Staff Grammar 2 schedule, complete with advice for using the term "declarative sentence" the first time through, that I downloaded for next year. I think it's awesome! Thank you so much. (By the way: For some inexplicable reason, "Botany" is misspelled "Botony" on your science page.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 (By the way: For some inexplicable reason, "Botany" is misspelled "Botony" on your science page.) :lol: "inexplicable" is known as "human" Thanks for pointing it out. I'll fix it on the morrow, but till then I can have a good laugh at myself for failing to identify that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamachanse Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks! I just bookmarked a few things. I love it when homeschoolers share. No sense reinventing the wheel. :) I hope I can provide something of use as I go along in my journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I hope it doesn't count as advertising, those are just beyond awesome. Thank you, I had never seen them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I hope it doesn't count as advertising either. You have intrigued me enough to actually go on a hunt through your site. I am still scared of the schedule I will have to make for next year (thanks to SL and my pencil, this year isn't bad) I love scheduling and resoucing and curriculum hunting. I am a flashy organising junkie nfortunately I am useless at making my own schedules, it bores me to tears, I just really wish sonlight had a blank schedule you could download lol. I have so many d/l-able planners (TOS, Master Planner, blog homemade ones) and none of them hit the spot for me schedule wise) I will probably get to the point where I make a planner myself and get someone to actually custom make a schedule template for me...I could use DH for that, but he would probably make the most dry planner lol. *bounces* off to look at your fantabulousness :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJCMom Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thank you so much for the blank schedules. I'm not very good at creating planning tools, and what you have created is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 I love scheduling and resoucing and curriculum hunting. I am a flashy organising junkie I totally can relate to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momteaches2 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your fantastic planners. I used them this past year for R&S English 6 and General Science. I'm using them this year for R&S 7 and Physical Science. I'm also using your blank planner to plan my other subjects. Right now, I'm working on FLL 3. Again, I say, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'm also using your blank planner to plan my other subjects. Right now, I'm working on FLL 3. Oooh! Can I get a copy of your FLL 3 sched (when it's finished)? :D My boys will be in FLL 2 this year, but if I could save time on FLL 3. . .;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thank you!!! I've been planning on designing my own this summer. Your blank templete will be perfect!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 :001_wub::001_tt1::hurray: Year after year, I've done this with a stack of 36 photocopied blank Sonlight schedule pages per child. Until 2 years ago, when I got HST+. I was just trying to talk myself into once again doing the nightmare of scheduling HST+ (I have to re-learn it each summer) but was really leaning toward the pencil-and-blank-page again. You are my new hero :001_tt1:. Thank you thank you thank you. (And PS: my dh just graduated nursing school after having left the military a few years ago, like yours. He, too, started making Master's noises right away until he saw the insane look in my eye . . . I'm almost better now, and that was 2008, so there's hope ahead for you. After a few years of recovery ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiejean Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Ooooh I will most definitely be hitting your site up. Thanks! I am an organizing fiend but I drive myself insane with nitpickism and then flail around miserably when things don't go as planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum23 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I was feeling really lost and these schedules have helped me tremendously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Thank you so much! You are amazing!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 (And PS: my dh just graduated nursing school after having left the military a few years ago, like yours. He, too, started making Master's noises right away until he saw the insane look in my eye . . . I'm almost better now, and that was 2008, so there's hope ahead for you. After a few years of recovery ;)) Thanks! I need all the hope I can get. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Gosh, I'm writing to the REAL Christine of Core Foundations??!!! I hate to sound gushy, but you are my hero! I have downloaded three schedules from your site this year and will use two this coming school year (Runkle's Geography and Apologia General Science). The third one is sitting in my binder to use for history up ahead. I just do not know what I would have done without this great resource. Thank you and God bless you, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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