The Monk and I have finally started to hit a really great groove. It took some time, but we've discovered that if we start a little later in the morning (around 10) and that if we work pretty hard, then we can finish up around 1. Which is nice, but it has left me feeling as though I am missing something in providing him with a well-rounded education. That we are not doing enough (which is probably a leftover piece from my public school days, but I can't seem to shake the feeling). That being said, one night over dinner during parent/teacher conferences, the family decided that we needed to bump things up a bit since we now had a pretty solid routine. So, in the next few weeks we are going to be adding more to our day.
The Monk already does morning pages (which is really nice, because it gets him into his desk and allows him to start getting focused for the day), but I don't think that there is enough to them, so I've decided to add more by the way of calendar pages as well (I took them from here and re-vamped them to our needs). We have also decided that we needed to add more to our curriculum in general, so as we start 3rd grade in May (yea, I know, but I teach year round and we take LOTS of days off, so we don't really follow any specific set school schedule), we are going to add in some Spanish (The Hubs and I already speak it, so we need to get the boy on board), as well as specific Spelling and Grammar courses. I need to build our curriculum up slowly, but, hopefully, but the time May rolls around, I'll be ready to introduce the new and improved lessons to the boy. Whoo hoo!
The Monk already does morning pages (which is really nice, because it gets him into his desk and allows him to start getting focused for the day), but I don't think that there is enough to them, so I've decided to add more by the way of calendar pages as well (I took them from here and re-vamped them to our needs). We have also decided that we needed to add more to our curriculum in general, so as we start 3rd grade in May (yea, I know, but I teach year round and we take LOTS of days off, so we don't really follow any specific set school schedule), we are going to add in some Spanish (The Hubs and I already speak it, so we need to get the boy on board), as well as specific Spelling and Grammar courses. I need to build our curriculum up slowly, but, hopefully, but the time May rolls around, I'll be ready to introduce the new and improved lessons to the boy. Whoo hoo!