We started homeschooling year round. We just take a break whenever life intrudes lol.
I use Dawns File Crate system with a twist. I have 3 archive boxes & a couple of presentation protector folders.
1st box - Weeks & Folders labelled Weeks 1- 36 I put two folders in each hanging file. I put all our lessons for that week in the folder.
2nd Box - Has Daily Hanging Files & Folders Day 1 - 20 (4 weeks worth)
3rd box - Is another Daily one for the next lot 1-20 (another 4 weeks)
about every 6 weeks I organize and sort the next lot of stuff into the folders for those days (taking the two final weeks of days to the side).
I avoid naming anything by Weekdays (Monday etc) everything is jst duly named week 20 - day 2 etc.
The presentation folders contain stuff that won't fit into the 36 week schedule (like SOTW lol) so for SOTW the final few chapters left over, I sort by chapter into a presentation folder, these are to do once we have finished the 36 weeks.
Once we are nearing the end of our curriculum, I start planning the next one. So I still do the 36 weeks, we just have those as "formal" and the rest as "informal"
I take time off whenever we need it.
We also follow a kind of loop system. So only when we are finished with day 1 fully, do we move to day 2, this mean when life intrudes it may take us a few days to "do" day 1. I don't just let it fall off, forget it and move to the next day
I've been meaning to write up a proper post about my lesson planning for a while but I never get time to do up the pics to explain it properly. But hopefully that isn't too confusing, and has helped some
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