Planning 2008-2009: The Day
Phew! We’re done with the planning.
I created an outline for our school time to follow. I have a copy on my school clipboard, in the back of my view school binder, and three-hole-punched as the first page of said binder.
Now, spending hours thinking and planning about doing something, I need no incentive to do and I perceive no trouble in doing it. However, I need to make using that plan as smooth and effortless as I possibly can, because it takes great mental strength and determination for me to actually follow-through. So, I have stream-lined everything in my binder. I pull the binder out, put it on my lap, and go from there. The only things I have to get from the bucket as we go along are the Bible story book, the TATRAS notebook, and the math manipulatives. It has worked remarkably well for me the last month, and I am very pleased with it.
School Binder Contents
cover – orange cardstock; printed cover sheet: Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life; The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 9:10; Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty so that, in Christ, a student is better able to know, glorify, and enjoy God.
binder pocket – stickers
pocket folder – copywork, coloring pages
tab – plans
pages – day outline, mental muscles sheet, term, year, calendar, big picture
tab – opening
pages – A Mighty Fortress, Apostle’s Creed
tab – chants
pages – days & months, Books of the Bible
tab – catechism
pages – ~10 Q&A per sheet, green circles on pages through Q51, blue circles on pages through Q75, green flag on Jaeger’s page, blue flag on Hans’ page
tab – Bible
sheet protector – 4 most recent Sunday School memory verse cards
pages – each passage on own sheet, green circles on Jaeger’s passages, blue circles on Hans’, green flag at Jaeger’s current page, blue flag at Hans’ current page.
tab – math
pocket folder – worksheets; Decimal Street, 100-chart
tab – art
pocket folder – 5 Basic Elements of Shapes page, free-hand shape copying pages; blank paper
pages – lesson instructions
tab – studies
pocket folder – coloring sheets; paper ruled at bottom half (created with Startwrite)
page – lesson outlines
back binder pockets – my completed pages (copywork, drawing, coloring, nature)
back binder cover – school outline
