But with me working on-call as a Doula, I really feel strongly that I needed to provide an organized system that would allow for continuity between myself or Damon in guiding and mentoring our childrens educational path. I do not know if this system will always be one we use, but I do feel its the correct path for right now.
We have decided to use the Work Box System. It really looks like it will be a great fit for this year! Heres our current set up:
Heres a close up of the boxes, 5 for each girl this year.
Right now Daunikas boxes will rotate. She'll have Math, Reading, Art, Science, Community and Values
Auroras boxes are fixed. Numbers, Letters, Colors, Community and Values. An example of Math would be some of the many math manipulative's and workbooks that we have this year. We are also using Saxon math. We'll see how that goes. An example of our community boxes include learning about places we frequent - the post office, library, grocery stores, etc. We'll explore map making, reading maps, and how we fit into our community. Values is probably the most important thing we'll study all year, every year. There is nothing more important than passing on our values to our children. This month we've been working on 'Kindness'. Its working REALLY well!!!
This system works like this: The girls will use the below chart to figure out what they 'need to do today'. Each girl has 5 clothes pins with numbers laminated and hotglued to them. They will direct their own learning by picking what order they wish to do their boxes in and when they complete a box they will move the number pin to the 'All Done' side of the chart. They are super excited to get to use their chart already!
Heres an example of the notes they'll find on the curriculum...
More updates coming...................... SO much to do to start in a week *falls over*
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