On Our Way…
02 Jun 2011 1 Comment
in Our Progress, Start Up Tags: CCSD, NVVA, Plans, testing
Two days ago I mailed out our Notices of Intention to Homeschool. I was happy to do it. Am I weird that I felt a little “liberated” as I dropped them into the mailbox at the post office?? Seriously, it felt a bit freeing. I’m excited to be off on this adventure. While I truly loved our experience with NVVA, the one thing I hated was all the testing the kids had to do. CRT’s and DRA’s and Achievement Series Tests, oh my!! There were times when it was just super annoying. I will be so glad not to have to deal with those any more!
In the process of preparing the Notices of Intent to Homeschool, I had to prepare an educational plan for each child. The Clark County School District is quite vague about what they want when it comes to this. My understanding is I could have put down “We are going to do 1st grade math, science, history and language arts,” and that probably would have sufficed. However, I decided to use the opportunity to outline, in detail, what I really did want to do. Make no mistake, this was done for my benefit, not for CCSD. I have to be honest, I was pretty excited when I was done with them, and I was very pleased with how they turned out. I plan on using them as a basic guide to help keep me on track.
So, we finished one of the first steps and we are on our way. It feels good. Well….until I think about everything else we have to do! But for now, I will savor this small triumph.
Quick Update
11 Aug 2008 Leave a Comment
in Our Progress, Schooling Tags: Field trips, Plans, Progress, units
It’s been a while since I have posted on here. I think it is just a crazy time of year. Most people I talk to feel that way lately. Anyway, just wanted to post a quick update on what is happening in the homeschool realm.
A couple weeks ago I took the kids on a field trip to one of our police substations. That was pretty interesting. The kids’ favorite part was getting to see and sit in the police car. My oldest even got to talk over the loudspeaker. They really enjoyed it.
Now, we are focusing our efforts on the Olympics. We are keeping track and graphing the medal count for six different countries. We are going to be learning more about China, the Ancient Olympics, and all kinds of Olympic trivia. In a couple weeks we will cap it all off with our own little Kid Olympics. It should be a ton of fun.
On Thursday, I got the official approval from the school district, so that’s good.
I have also edited and updated their educational plans.
Educational Plans
27 May 2008 1 Comment
in Our Progress, Resources, Start Up Tags: Books, law, Plans, Resources
In order to comply with Nevada Law, when we submit our Notice of Intent to Homeschool, we also have to submit an educational plan. So, with a great deal of information taken from Rebecca Rupp’s Home Learning Year by Year, I’ve completed the plans for the boys. I know this is much more detail than the school district requires, but this also serves as a great guide for me. Anyway, I thought I’d post them, in case anyone was interested.
education-plan-kindergarten1 education-plan-2nd-grade
I also went to Barnes and Noble today and ordered Rebecca’s book. Should be in next week. I’m pretty excited. Thank you to Erin for finding it for me! What a blessing this book has turned out to be!
