Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Tour of our {Home} School Room

A few weeks ago I gave a quick tour of the changes that we made to our school room.  Today I am going to go through with a lot more detail about how I have it set up.  So here is a little reminder of what our school room looks like.

The boys Schedules posted above workboxes

The boys workboxes

Our Calendar Area
Our Work table
The big Expedit Shelving Unit


An overview of the room looking in from the hallway
In our Expedit shelving unit we have a LOT of stuff!  I'll go through what is stored in most of the cubbies.

The first cubby houses some of my things, it has our home management binder, our school binder, and the My Fathers World teachers manuals.  I also have our Tot School things stored here.  The pointer is up here because they think its a Light Saber and that never ends good!

 Next I have a few random things, I have our Truth in the Tinsel binder, some page protectors and the Handwriting Without Tears chalkboards.  I also keep the other Teachers Manuals in here along with our Song School Latin Cards, and All About Spelling extra tiles.

This is Elijah's cubby, in here we keep his binders.  He has three binders that he will be using this year, they are his Daily Learning Notebook, a general school binder, and then his My Fathers World Geography and History binder.  I also am keeping his Math U See blocks, and All About Spelling cards in here.

 Next is Noah's cubby, he also is going to be using three binders this year.  One is his Daily Learning Notebook, one is a general school binder (his is filled with extra papers to do), and then his My Fathers World Kindergarten binder.  I also have some Kumon workbooks, extra dry erase books, and assorted other items in his cubby.


 Starting in the second row, I have another cubby for some of my things, it has the tissues and our calendar items.  I also have a file folder of random things that we may use through out the year, like the Book It forms, monthly printables, etc.


Then I have our CD player and CD's.  We have a lot of music that we listen to from time to time, but  our new favorites are Audio Books!  My boys are just now getting into the Adventures in Odyssey.



This next cubby sits directly under Elijah's and has his read aloud books, Bible, Cub Scout book, Awana Book, and assignment book.  We also keep a few devotionals for him to do in here.


Next is some file folder games, Lauri puzzles, and some of our toddler toys.  This cubby is actually in the third row.  
As far as the rest of the Expedit goes, it has a lot of toys and puzzles.  I will explain what we use for our toddler in another post.  

For their Book Baskets, which is something that goes along with the My Fathers World curriculum, I found these sturdy baskets at Marshalls and they are perfect!  I have them labeled with their names and when its time for them to do Book Baskets they can go and grab it and take it wherever they want.  These are in our closet, since I ran out of space in the Expedit.  



That is a basic overview of how I have things organized this year.  

This post is linking up to the iHomeschool Networks 5th Annual Not Back to School hop!  Be sure to hop on over and check out all the other homeschool spaces this week!

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Our Schedules for 2013-14 School Year

If you read my blog regularly you know that I am a very scheduled person!  I like to know what is going to happen and when!  But I am also not a slave to our schedule either, the times given are just approximates.  Here is a list of our schedules for the upcoming 2013-14 school year.  Enjoy!


Homeschool Daily Schedule


Mom
Zach
Noah
Elijah
7:30
Prepare for the day
 Wake Up
Wake up, Morning 5
Wake up, Morning 5
8:00
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
8:15
Morning Chores
Morning Chores
Morning Chores
Morning Chores
8:30
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
8:45
English with Elijah
Free Play
Free Play
English
9:00
Tot School with Zach
Tot School with Mom
Free Play
Reading (Book Basket)
9:15
Bible
Bible
Bible
Bible
9:45
Math with Elijah
Free Play
iPad/Computer
Math
10:15
Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
10:30
History
Busy Bags
History
History
10:50
Science
(T/Th) Science
(T/Th) Science
(T/Th) Science
11:15
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
11:45
Read with Zach
Reading time with mom
Book Basket
Piano
12:00
Spelling with Elijah
Nap Time
Book Basket/free play
Spelling
12:30
Math with Noah
Nap Time
Math
(M/W) Handwriting
(T/Th)  Typing
1:00
(M/W) Latin
(T/Th) Art
Nap Time
(M/W) Latin
(T/Th) Art
(M/W) Latin
(T/Th) Art
1:30
Activities with Noah
Nap Time
Activities
iPad/ Computer
2:00
Read Alouds
Nap Time
Read Alouds
Read Alouds
2:30
Rest Time
Nap Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
3:00
Snack/Outside
Snack/ Outside
Snack/ Outside
Snack/Outside

As you can see we each have our own color.  I try to carry that out through out every aspect of our home.  When I buy water bottles, pencil boxes, or whatever I try to get it in their color.  

Elijah’s Schedule for 2013-14


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:30
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
8:45
English
English
English
Dictation

9:00
Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading
9:15
Bible
Bible
Bible
Bible

9:45
Math
Math
Math
Math
Math
10:15
Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
10:30
History
History
History
History

10:50

Science

Science

11:15
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
11:45
Piano
Piano
Piano
Piano
Piano
12:00
Spelling
Spelling
Spelling
Spelling

12:30
Handwriting
Typing
Handwriting
Typing

1:00
Latin
Art
Latin
Art

2:00
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
2:30
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
3:30
Snack/Outside
Snack/Outside
Snack/Outside
Snack/Outside
Snack/Outside
























Noah’s Schedule for 2013-14


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:30
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
Daily Learning Notebook
8:45-9:15
Free Play
Free Play
Free Play
Free Play
Free Play
9:15
Bible
Bible
Bible
Bible
Bible
9:45
iPad/Computer
iPad/Computer
iPad/Computer
iPad/Computer
iPad/Computer
10:15
Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
10:30
History
History
History
History

10:50

Science

Science

11:15
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
12:00
Book Basket
Book Basket
Book Basket
Book Basket
Book Basket
12:30
Math
Math
Math
Math

12:45
Language Arts
Language Arts
Language Arts
Language Arts

1:00
Latin
Art
Latin
Art

1:30
Activities
Activities
Activities
Activities

2:00
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
Read Aloud
2:30
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
Rest Time
3:30
Snack/Outside
Snack/ Outside
Snack/ Outside
Snack/ Outside
Snack/ Outside