Comments on: Lesson Plans Beckon http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 Renae Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:47:46 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/?p=773#comment-2662 Daisy, Yes, that's what I'm learning to do. :) Alicia, Isn't that one of the beautiful things about homeschool? We can do what works for our family and our personality. I often remind myself that God knows me and my children, and he thought we would be a good match. :D Deanna, I'm glad you stopped by! And I just realized this is my sixth year homeschooling, too. Where does the time go? I thought I'd have a lot more things figured out by now. :P But I do know that love is the basis for all good things, so we have that right! :D And yes, I like the idea of sketched scheduled, because it gives room for the Holy Spirit to brush in the color. Daisy,
Yes, that’s what I’m learning to do. :)

Alicia,
Isn’t that one of the beautiful things about homeschool? We can do what works for our family and our personality.

I often remind myself that God knows me and my children, and he thought we would be a good match. :D

Deanna,
I’m glad you stopped by! And I just realized this is my sixth year homeschooling, too. Where does the time go?

I thought I’d have a lot more things figured out by now. :P But I do know that love is the basis for all good things, so we have that right! :D

And yes, I like the idea of sketched scheduled, because it gives room for the Holy Spirit to brush in the color.

]]> By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 Renae Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:40:19 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/?p=773#comment-2661 Patricia, I'm so glad that you stopped by my blog and took the time to comment. I always enjoy hearing from other homeschoolers. We have such a variety of approaches. I do lean towards delight directed learning. For me it’s not so much an issue of trust as of building character. I agree that learning doesn’t need structured lessons to take place, but I like having time reserved for pondering ideas and practicing techniques. Jennifer, I think about you sometimes while looking at my sketchy lesson plans. I know that classroom teachers have a lot more work before starting the week. ;) It is a lot easier to be flexible with a few children than a whole classroom. Plus you have accountability to other parents. I hope it's going well! I know you are such a blessing to the families you are working with! Cindy, I tend to hone in on something and plod on through. It's hard to stay focused sometimes though, especially with so much available to homeschoolers now. The possibilities are endless, but I'm learning to feel comfortable with what words for our family. And yeah, the follow through is the tough part. ;) Patricia,
I’m so glad that you stopped by my blog and took the time to comment. I always enjoy hearing from other homeschoolers. We have such a variety of approaches.

I do lean towards delight directed learning. For me it’s not so much an issue of trust as of building character.

I agree that learning doesn’t need structured lessons to take place, but I like having time reserved for pondering ideas and practicing techniques.

Jennifer,
I think about you sometimes while looking at my sketchy lesson plans. I know that classroom teachers have a lot more work before starting the week. ;)

It is a lot easier to be flexible with a few children than a whole classroom. Plus you have accountability to other parents. I hope it’s going well! I know you are such a blessing to the families you are working with!

Cindy,
I tend to hone in on something and plod on through. It’s hard to stay focused sometimes though, especially with so much available to homeschoolers now. The possibilities are endless, but I’m learning to feel comfortable with what words for our family.

And yeah, the follow through is the tough part. ;)

]]> By: Deanna http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/comment-page-1/#comment-2660 Deanna Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:15:23 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/?p=773#comment-2660 hi there! nice to meet a fellow HS'ling mom in the blog world. I'm fairly new to blogging and I was just browsing thru the hearts for homeschooling blog roll and found ya! we've been HS'ling for 6 yrs now and this was the very 1st week we ever followed a plan of what to cover for the week! How lovely this week has been, I call them them my 'sketched' schedules, because I'm a little spontaneous and never know what'll be happening next, lol! hope to visit your blog some more, it seems friendly here :O) blessings, Deanna also @ www.insidedeannasdiary.blogspot.com hi there! nice to meet a fellow HS’ling mom in the blog world. I’m fairly new to blogging and I was just browsing thru the hearts for homeschooling blog roll and found ya!

we’ve been HS’ling for 6 yrs now and this was the very 1st week we ever followed a plan of what to cover for the week! How lovely this week has been, I call them them my ‘sketched’ schedules, because I’m a little spontaneous and never know what’ll be happening next, lol!

hope to visit your blog some more, it seems friendly here :O)

blessings, Deanna
also @ http://www.insidedeannasdiary.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alicia, The Snowflake http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/comment-page-1/#comment-2659 Alicia, The Snowflake Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:48:12 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/?p=773#comment-2659 I do a combination of the two. I do some planning. I also do some writing down after the fact or as we are doing it. I don't like to plan too far ahead and then have plans change. It feels too rigid for me. I want to make sure I let my son go at his own pace. So this system of planning seems to work best for me. Thanks for helping me see my way is not wrong. It's just mine! I do a combination of the two. I do some planning. I also do some writing down after the fact or as we are doing it. I don’t like to plan too far ahead and then have plans change. It feels too rigid for me. I want to make sure I let my son go at his own pace. So this system of planning seems to work best for me. Thanks for helping me see my way is not wrong. It’s just mine!

]]> By: Daisy http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/01/03/lesson-plans-beckon/comment-page-1/#comment-2658 Daisy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:39:35 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/?p=773#comment-2658 I think if I planned school that way, we'd never get beyond the catepillars. I like nature far more than I like math. So maybe I do a little of both. I do a rough outline of "expectations" for the week and as we get to them we cross them off, but I leave plenty of time for rabbit trails. I think if I planned school that way, we’d never get beyond the catepillars. I like nature far more than I like math. So maybe I do a little of both. I do a rough outline of “expectations” for the week and as we get to them we cross them off, but I leave plenty of time for rabbit trails.

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