The question for today is:
What do you, the homeschool mom, do to get refreshed and ready for the upcoming school year?
I know I am excited to read what other homeschool moms do, but for me I start out by taking some time off from school. No school work for the kids, no textbooks, nothing. I take the kids to the park, they play with others while I sit and talk with moms. We just have a nice relaxing time and enjoy ourselves.
I will eventually start looking for curriculum for the next year. (usually I start that before we even end with what we are using at that time) I pray and ask God to help lead me in the right choice of curriculum for all of my children. I ask myself how did things go in the past year and do I need to change anything. I order as many homeschooling catalogs as I can and I search like crazy on the internet reading reviews of curriculum available.
I also like to talk with veteran homeschoolers to get their advice and opinion on different curriculum. Veteran homeschoolers always have a wealth of information that they are willing to share. Again, I pray and ask God to help me plan what He would have me teach and how to teach the kids.
I will then order my curriculum as I feel at peace with it and then take time during the evening after the kids are in bed asleep to look through it and make plans.
By this time, I am excited and ready to get the school year started!
Since last week was the first week of Homeschool Village, I came across some great homeschool bloggers. One was Sue at The Homeschool Chick. Awesome lady! Be sure to check her out as well as others who post to Homeschool Village!
