I have been trying to plan … it seems that this is something I need to do in some form or another in order to accomplish anything. I have an easy time with the “big picture” but the details always get me. I find I can’t even strew without some advance thinking and preparation.
So I’ve been visiting Dumb Ox Academy for ideas — Faith always has a way of making organization seem do-able and even fun, to me.
I started thinking and brainstorming on what we have right now and what I feel is lacking.
We have minimal chores daily and we have some math going — both pretty natural parts in the day though neither exactly eagerly anticipated.
We have lots of reading. That seems to be a given around here. Also I’m happy with the amount of conversation happening. That is a good change from our more structured days. We have more time to just talk, joke, play.
What I’m thinking is that I have trouble sorting through all the ideas going on in my head at one time, and figuring out which ones to implement. I can usually think of lots of things to do just for myself, but it’s definitely more of a step to get my kids involved, or involve myself with what is going on with them.
So I’m thinking of trying a Waldorf-type planning system. There are lists of Waldorf block ideas here. There are booklists here. Also, in the past, I’ve used Core Knowledge — there are units here. And Faith has some links about unschooling and Waldorf here. There is some ideas for a Catholic Avilian notebook with some ideas about block scheduling here.
There are some useful ideas from a classical perspective here and here.
And finally, the Tanglewood School — I just ordered their corebook.
