ecently I found a new planner option that was both easy to set up and easy to use. Transferring my lesson plans took less time to transfer to Syllabird than it did to create my spreadsheets. Now, that is a homeschool planner I can use!
Each and every stage of homeschooling looks different and is equally rewarding. Homeschooling the preschool and early elementary years can feel less stressful because they are so young and it’s harder to mess up. Our homeschool journey started during the preschool years and keeping it simple is key!
Teach by Dennis Dinoia, also known as Mr D, from Mr D Math which gave me ideas on how to teach my kids to become more independent in their learning. It was also encouraging to me to read how some of what we were already doing was successful for others as well, even in traditional classrooms.
This year, my 8th grader asked for a Computer Science elective. She was ready for a real world programming language after several years of Lego Robotics and other coding activities using Scratch. Thanks to her interest in Minecraft, we began looking for a way for her to begin to learn Java programming for beginners. Thanks to being a part of the Timberdoodle Blog Team, she got to take Java programming as an online self paced course.
Using workbooks for science is new this year, we have not studied science this way before. I’m not usually a fan of workbooks in homeschooling because there are so many other ways to learn than sitting at a desk.
