Behold the ingenious white-board concept I discovered through our Classical homeschool group.
I mentioned it here briefly in *this post
Here is the deceptively simple, yet brilliant concept: The grammar to-do list is written on the board, in list form on the left-for what we will cover, and then else-where on the board in actual content. And then we erase it has we go. No more ambiguity about what else I need to cover or when I should get to it…if it’s there, it still needs to be done.
Brilliant.
The second photo has the timeline cards we memorize for the week on the bottom ledge, we do those first and get them out of the way.
I can see this working for a general homeschool mom’s day- plan…list all the subjects and pages you need to get through and even things you forget to do like, “call the vet”, “drop off books at library” and then erase as you go.
I’m so doing this. Sky is going to put one up in the dining room for me, since that is where we do our homeschooling.
Embrace the force.
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This site is so cool, love reading all the blog and postings, hope to chat with you soon… :)
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I could use on of those white boards too, i have a calendar i update on my computer but it's not in my face reminding me. Now my husband has a new to do white board needed.
I have a computer print out that my husband design for me. I just print out each day's assignment and check them off as we complete them. I like the whiteboard, but my problem would be where to put it that the two "wild ones" could not reach and alter/erase things.LOL!
Dear Jen-
I wanted to send you an email rather than leave a comment but I don’t see a spot where I can do that. I’ve “stumbled” upon your site and find it quite interesting. I did have a question. We live in Central Asia and my kids go to an international school (for MK’s). My 4th grade daughter is begging me to homeschool her next year. My dilemma is, do I use Sonlight which we used for 10 years before our kids went into the school or do I switch to Classical Conversations which my dear friend here is trying to talk me into? I would like to know your take on it. We are thinking about maybe doing CC but supplementing with the Sonlight books, spelling, writing and Bible. Anyway, I would appreciate your opinion since you’ve done both.
Thank you,
Jamie Kaiser