My Georgia Life

#1 The grand scheme of our home school is ever changing. #2 I'm sure I'll have the "perfect plan" soon after they all graduate. :) This year we're going "Round and Round." I used to have a daily plan for school that would generally start with spelling and writing, move to grammar and reading, and then onward to math.  Then we were suppose to do history, science, Latin, and all the rest.  The problem was that we would get through with reading, barely make it through the math, and then either cry and fight through the rest, or just call it a day.  It rarely ended well. When I realized that we needed to make a change I decided that instead of starting each day the same we would just pick up where we left off the day before.  After a little "googling" I learned that other home school mom's have also been doing this, and that it had a name: Loop Scheduling. Who knew??? The blog I first came across gave an outline of how to use Eve...

#1 Don't take this too seriously #2 But this is seriously what I do It's multi-tasking at its peak, and sometimes it's the only way I get in my workout. Step 1 - Preparation: Load your dishwasher and shine your sink FlyLady style Flip the laundry or start a new load Make sure the kids are set with snacks or games Take a few minutes to go to a quiet place to pray (I do this first because though I never forget to workout I somehow always forget to stop and pray in the midst of my afternoon.) Gather your workout equipment including your plan of attack (I used this Women's Health workout today.) and position yourself near the kids (This sometimes takes an extra step of clearing off enough floor space to actually be able to move.) Grab your Bible or a verse written out to memorize (I memorized 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 today.) Step 2 - Begin: Read the verse(s) you're going to memorize out loud (This is why you're near the kids...so they can hear you.) Do...