Comments on: 10 New School Year Resolutions for Homeschoolers https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/ Early Learning. Happy Teaching. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:23:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.13 By: Gina https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/#comment-696 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:42:58 +0000 https://lookwerelearning.com/?p=1222#comment-696 I know, I had to learn if it goes off the rails we stop and do something else and come back to it later or another day. It was a hard lesson but a good one. I like to finish stuff but it isn’t about me. I think our mood dictates everything. It seems to be contagious.
The de-clutter continues. I realised I haven’t done this properly since we moved here 8 years ago and then we had the children and you know how much clutter they create.

]]> By: Selena@lookwerelearning https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/#comment-693 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:55:41 +0000 https://lookwerelearning.com/?p=1222#comment-693 In reply to Gina.

I love this list! Staying organized is SUCH a hard thing to do when children are at home all day. We need to do a thorough declutter around here as well. And I completely agree that our mood often dictates the atmosphere for learning. I was just telling my husband that it’s hard to let go when lessons don’t go the way we plan, but the kids don’t know that things have gone off the rails, so if we keep it together, they usually will too. 🙂

]]> By: Gina https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/#comment-681 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:20:58 +0000 https://lookwerelearning.com/?p=1222#comment-681 Wow! Great list. I love how you made the lap-books lovely! That is hard for us not to do, isn’t it? It prompted me to think about my own.

my new resolutions are:

1) to get properly organised before we start again next week. I am in the process of de-cluttering and re-arranging our entire house. It started with just their room and our school area but one thing has led to another. Then I am going to get their lap-books and folders organised so that I can just pick up what we need quickly.

2) Embrace my son’s wriggliness. I have brought a numeracy and a science cookery book for him. He can cook and wriggle happily and I will be happy he is learning. Win-win.

3) Make it a bit more structured and formal for my daughter who would be starting primary.

4) More handwriting. See one!!

5) Listen and take more direction from the children, as they are the actual learners.

6) Have fun with the work. When I have fun it goes well, when I am grumpy…..well, you know!

]]> By: Selena@lookwerelearning https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/#comment-679 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:05:02 +0000 https://lookwerelearning.com/?p=1222#comment-679 In reply to Nita.

I’ve heard wonderful things about Teaching Textbooks. We’ve already purchased a math curriculum for this year, but I’ll definitely look into it for fourth grade. Thanks!

]]> By: Nita https://www.lookwerelearning.com/10-new-school-year-resolutions/#comment-676 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:30:10 +0000 https://lookwerelearning.com/?p=1222#comment-676 For my 9yr old son Teaching Textbooks works wonders as a ‘Math Lab’. Using a timer has also worked well for us. O also created a list of steps for him to use to ‘Calm Down’ you could create a list for Tiger to ‘Focus’ and find 5 things for you to go over with her everyday on toold to get her to refocus herself. We do love the independance that Teaching Textbooks gives him extra practice and he really enjoys the graphics. We did use Time4Learning but he’d get distracted since it offered other subjects. But we are revisiting it next year.

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