carriede Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sarah MacKenzie just released this video on Loop Scheduling. http://amongstlovelythings.com/looping-webinar/ I thought it an interesting twist on the block scheduling. I've only watched half of it so far, but I'm liking the general idea. What do you guys think? Have anyone of you done this type of looping? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I almost got scared off when the "quickstart" video said it was 57 minutes! But I decided to listen to the first 5 minutes to see if I could at least see what she was doing. I haven't done the exact type of loop she gave as an example (where she came up with a "loop" of subjects that had different ratios of topics--geography on the loop 3 times, science 2 times, history 2 times, nature study 1 time). Kind of a neat idea! I have, however, had what she describes as a "loop time." In other words, part of my day that is for "looping" and part that is not. For a time, I did skill subjects like reading, math, and handwriting daily, and more content-oriented subjects on a loop. My loop was just once for each subject and repeat--so if I had 6 items on a loop, maybe on Monday I got items 1-4 on the loop done. Tuesday I might do 5, 6, and 1-2. Wednesday I picked up with 3....and so on. Anyway...does she have other variations on loops? I'm curious...but I don't know if I'm 57 minutes curious, LOL! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I combine looping and block scheduling and loop our blocks! LOL! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I watched it. It isnt a great fit for my scholaric scheduling software but we essentially loop anyway. Its a variation of 'do the next thing'. The method/objective list for unstructured subjects was awesome - a way more powerful tip I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeriJ Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I combine looping and block scheduling and loop our blocks! LOL! This is basically what we do. For instance, the BF Geography guide has lessons broken down for the 4 Holling books. So we went through 1 book, about 10 lessons. We finished up any extra things we wanted to add after we finished the book. Then we went on to science. We're using CKE Biology. We just finished reading through a unit.(about 5 lessons) We'll finish with a few library books and an experiment. Then we'll move on to history for awhile until there's a good stopping point. Then back to geography. Somewhere in there we'll do a week of artist study. Mine is different from Sarah's in that frequency works itself out by just doing extra weeks for more important subjects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Thanks for the link. I had an hour of down time today and it was enjoyable to watch. I'm seriously considering giving loop scheduling another try this coming school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k3bzr18 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I like the idea a lot. I just have to lay everything out and then see how that would work. I also like the morning time ideas so I am going to try to combine them both. Pam Barnhill at http://edsnapshots.comhas a lot of info on this as well. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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