We got into a charter. They don't have a TK teacher available for part-time enrichment at the learning center. We have ordered curriculum for August (FIAR teacher guide, Explode the Code, HWT KN, and Mystery Science sub).
My biggest concern is around tracking what we've done consistently. Feeling like I want us to keep on track (or let's be real, ahead of schedule) and have a sense for the velocity we are moving through content. I got a 52 week homeschool planner and have watched some videos on reverse planning. My goal for this month is keeping a Note open on my phone and tracking in broad strokes the activities and play we got into that day. Then going through in a weekly review and adding that to the planner. At month end, I will try to get in front of tracking down materials and sketching out larger project areas to try for in July (i.e. Jot it Down has month-long project/portfolio outputs).
Bonus points:
- finding away to "pool school" Rightstart Math. I've given myself permission to skip the review sections but this may take a bit more daily prep and waterproof-ish manipulatives. F.
- putting this blog post into a FutureMe email to arrive at the end of the month and remind me to get back at it. A, helpful reminder
- scav hunt FIAR and FIAR mini unit titles, Poodle, and Grammar Island A- in progress-have GI, skipped Poodle, and a collection of X FIAR but a few more to track down
- sign up for 4 or less subscription services Done, Think Outside + 2 Kiwicrates for father's day + Chop Chop espanol. Have been stealing Radish and LilChefs recipes to try but realistically easier to riff on things we already eat.
- get a good rotation going on packable lunches and fast nutritious breakfasts and dinners B+ got a lunch box that doesn't spill, have found some favorites, moving into July with an experiment on slow carb + higher protein meal prep for me. Still feels like a hassle to have to pack a lunch every night.
- try some Brave Writer lifestyle elements: movie night, tea time, C it is in the weekly toast to do but don't actually sit down and schedule it.
- We pool schooled the Teach Your Child to Read index and very few words tripped her up. With a couple Khan assignments on silent e's at the end of words (come, home, etc.), she will be more than solid.
- Got a more than halfway through Jot it Down "Numbers" project and are spitballing a "Day in the Life" on the topic of a water slide park for next month.
- Started Day you Begin FIAR mini unit, have looked at eggs with different shell colors and skin color crayons
