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Our Upcoming Homeschool Year

By Sharla Kostelyk

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The new year is quickly approaching (too quickly!) and I am feeling very ill-prepared! I cannot believe how fast time goes by! We are planning to start our homeschool year in August with a “soft launch” and then getting into full swing in September.

Our Upcoming Homeschool Year 2013/2014

We will be doing most of our curriculum already in August but the kids will have one week off to go to a Prehistoric Animals Day Camp and we will be flexible other weeks as far as taking a day off here or there if we get invited to a park or if the weather is too hot to be indoors.

I tend to have a bit of a problem when it comes to homeschool planning. It is similar to my problem when going to a restaurant …everything on the menu looks so appealing and my eyes are bigger than my stomach! The same is true for homeschool curriculum and field trips and unit studies…it all looks so appealing and I tend to order and plan for more than I can actually pull off! It’s a problem that fixes itself naturally as a few months into the year we find our groove and let go of anything that isn’t working well and hang onto what is a good fit for us.

My goals for this year:

-to have all of my kids reading by the end of the year

-to keep our focus on Jesus…if the kids learn nothing more than how much He loves and cares for them, I will have succeeded

-to actually do math

-to find balance for myself

-to enjoy my kids for the short time that they are young

My students for this year:

I only have 5 homeschool students this year as The Ferrari has graduated and Fred has chosen to attend the local Christian school again for his grade 10 year.

We don’t really tend to go by grades but for your reference, I will include the grade they are considered to be in.

Miss Optimism

Miss Optimism 2013

age: 11
grade: 6
strengths: crafts, art, cooking, compassion, positivity, home ec., determination
needs to work on: math
wants to work on: writing

 

 

 

Einstein

Einstein 2013

age: 11
grade: 6
strengths: science, facts, generosity, kindness, loyalty, reading
needs to work on: writing, math
wants to work on: taking things apart

 

 

 

Snuggle Puppy

Snuggle Puppy 2013

age: 10
grade: 5
strengths: math, athletics, sketching, drive, social skills
needs to work on: reading
wants to work on: reading

 

 

 

Granola Girl

Granola Girl 2013

age: 8
grade: 3
strengths: drama, athletics, humour, adventure
needs to work on: reading, her “quiet voice”
wants to work on: climbing

 

 

 

Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen 2013

age: 7
grade: 2
strengths: cleaning, generosity, caregiving
needs to work on: attachment, trauma healing
wants to work on: convincing us to let her get a guinea pig

 

 

 

What are your plans and goals for this upcoming year? 

 

Back-to-Home-School-2013I’m also linking to The Homeschool Village, Ultimate Homeschool Blog Hop

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  1. Cd says

    July 9, 2013 at 8:26 am

    Hee here. I love dancing queen’s goal!

  2. Kelli says

    July 9, 2013 at 9:15 am

    LOVE hearing about and seeing your blessings and goals! Thanks for sharing!

  3. Michelle Drost says

    July 9, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    Love this!!! I think I would love to do this too for my homeschool. Great idea. You are a fabulous mom.

    • Sharla says

      July 9, 2013 at 12:38 pm

      Thanks Michelle! I got a kick out of their answers for what they want to work on this year…especially S’s. You are a fabulous mom too! (your comment just reminded me that I forgot to e-mail you those links so am doing that right now!!!)

  4. Dawn says

    July 9, 2013 at 5:13 pm

    I love your goals. There are great one and what is truly important.
    Blessings, Dawn

  5. hsmominmo says

    July 9, 2013 at 6:33 pm

    love this list (and those beautiful smiles!) I’m working on a list of my own right now. We also do a “soft launch” at the beginning of August and get into full swing after labor day.
    Love this time of year, with everything new and bright and promising on the horizon.

  6. Shonya says

    July 9, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    Eeeeeeeeek! How is it time for this already??!!!

    But I love your idea for this post and am tempted to do a similar one. Love your goals and your reflections for each kiddo!

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