February homeschool goals and other notes for me

OK this is more of a reference for me than anything else, so feel free to just TOTALLY ignore my rambling on this one. Mainly, I'm typing it out specifically so that I have a readable copy later when Jordan decides to sneak a pencil and my notebook and just scribble all over the page I have this written on LOL

OK this month I have some curriculum being finished, and I need to remember to order the next level for those when its time.

Melissa is going to finish phonics K and lang. arts K both hopefully this month so that I can order 1st grade in both of them. They are intertwined so I can't just get one without the other. It might take the first few days of March to actually hit this goal, but I need to have this down because its GOING to be happening soon. Also, I am backing off on history for a while and pushing forward with science to get it finished up as fast as possible. Next school year I will take the approach of doing these two subjects as a semester thing if the teachers we are assigned are down with that plan, we'll do that subject daily for half the year then do the other one daily the second half.

Lydia is going to be finishing math K probably in the next week or two, so as soon as we hit unit 15 I need to send off a message to get math 1 for her. She would have been done with it before now but we took it easy for a bit to work on some motor skills and build up her strength for writing more. I also am going to be pushing her history big time so that next school year I can combine her and Melissa both in history 2 (they will also do science 2 and art 2 together if the school will let it happen, if not then I'm going to figure out a way to make it work for me) She will probably finish history K sometime in March I'm guessing and then we'll do history 1 over the summer. Phonics K is stalled out, this month I'm just focusing on those pesky sight words that she's struggling so much with and getting her to read to us daily a little bit. I'm not too concerned if she doesn't finish phonics K by the end of the school year, I already talked with our teacher about it and she said that it will not be an issue if it takes her until Christmas-ish to move up to phonics 1 and that they won't hold her back grade-wise over just the reading since it is independent of other subjects because I can fully accomodate the reading thing.

I also need to keep an eye out for the big sale that Alpha Omega does every year so that I can order when it is happening. We are going to be getting Horizons preschool for Kimmy to do this fall (I'm too lazy to actually stay consistent with doing my own thing, I need it laid out for me like that) and for Melissa and Lydia we're going to do Horizons Health 1 and Physical Education PreK-2 (Kimmy and Jordan will join in on that one as they wish to) Without that sale I'm looking at spending around $180 before shipping costs, so the sale is a bit important for me. I really do want to get a curriculum for the big kids to do with health, especially as I am adding a bunch of other craziness to our lives and I need to keep it simple and consistent for us.

On the college arena for me, I need to get all that paperwork finished up and faxed in where it needs to go so that I can finish getting re-enrolled for classes and get started. Once I get that done, I will have a better idea of where I stand with starting classes again so that I can then start tweaking my daily schedule to better accomodate all the educational needs that we'll have here.

Oh, and I need to go to the store next weekend and look at laptops, mine is desperately in need of a replacing. It doesn't work half the time, and I'm going to need it for college and homeschooling so that I can get away from my little computer desk. This will be especially important if I can pull off getting Melissa and Lydia in the same science, history, and art so that we can do half our schoolwork at the dining table to provide ample workspace for them. I will also have more flexability with being able to do lessons at a friend's house or relative's, or if we decide to go on a family vacation somewhere at a time that isn't a scheduled school vacation.

OK notes all done, you can now stop ignoring me LOL Hopefully Jordan doesn't figure out how to erase this blog post after she scribbles all over my notebook page.