Have a Home School Plan that Works!

I love home schooling and think about it often each day. Smile

I am always looking for ideas and tips to make home educating work in our home. One of the best things that is working for us this fall is related to a workboxing idea I learned a few years ago. Basically, you want to break down any activity or project you want to do with your children into step by step goals. THEN have them do a *step* each day until the activity or project is done. (Kind of like eating an elephant one bite at a time. smile)

So, that is *Step* 1 for making this idea work.

Next, I made a chart for each child I was home educating this fall. I divided a page into 5 days and had 12 boxes under each day.

Then I filled in the chart for each child, with the main home schooling activities and extras I wanted them to do each day and week. *I put the activities and extras that we do together on each chart and highlighted them. *I also made sure to have a variety of activities each day - some we do together and some they each do independently.

Each girl has their chart in a page protector and marks off what is done each day with a dry erase marker. I also made a copy of each chart for me - a master copy *in case* one of the charts went missing. (AND one did already! smile)

You know, I have always had a plan for each day - but this chart helps each of our children ( I am only home educating two this year!) stay focused and motivated. They want to get done all of the items every day and work on their independent items as they wish. The chart also helps me stay focused and it is so easy to see what is done and what is left to do each day.

That is what is working for me this fall. Make sure your home school plan is working for you and yours!{jcomments off}