I’ve got a plan!

A few weeks ago, I spent a Saturday with some girlfriends from co-op.   So, what did we do on this glorious mom’s day away?  We planned out our homeschooling journeys for the year!   What could possibly be more fun?  

So, we have a schedule for our unit studies.  I’m posting it here for a few reasons. 
1.  I like to put my nose in other people’s schedules, so I’m guessing other people would like to put their noses in mine!
2.  To help me stay on track.
3.  Because I haven’t posted in a long time, and I need to post SOMETHING. 

We’re using units from Five in a Row Volumes I-III, Homeschool Share, and Literature Pockets (Folktales and Fairy Tales).  You may want to see notes at the bottom to make sense of my secret coding. 

August
6- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel  (LB)
*Little Builders Field Trip
13- Armadillo Rodeo (NB)
*RODEO!
20- The Salamander Room  (LB)
*From Milkweeds to Monarchs Field Trip
27- Butterfly Lapbook

September
3- Berlioz the Bear (LB)
10- Amber on the Moutain (NB)
17- The Bee Tree (NB)
*Honey Farm
25- The Three Little Pigs Theme Pocket

October
*Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
2-Billy and Blaze (NB)  & having a COWBOY Birthday Bash this week!  Yee-haw!
8- Paul Revere’s Ride (NB)
16- A Chair for My Mother  
*Fire Station
22- The Finest Horse in Town (NB)
*Horse Farm

November
5- The Duchess Bakes a Cake (NB)
* Turtle Photography Field Trip
12- Goody O’Grumpity (LB)
26- Wombat Stew (LB)

December
 3- The Rag Coat (using HOAC’s Lapbook) + the FIAR lessons
*Quiltmaker’s Hall of Fame Museum
10- The Gingerbread Man Theme Pocket & Gingerbread Baby
*12- Gingerbread Jamboree
17-  HOAC Who is Jesus? Lapbook

January
7- The Big Snow
*11- Animals in Winter Field Trip
21- Pirates (LB)

February
4- Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett (I will write this unit when the new book is released)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Theme Pocket
11- The Valentine Bears (LB)
Valentine Party with Co-op
18- HOAC Dental Health Lapbook
25- Who Owns the Sun (LB)

March
3- Maple Syrup Unit
7- Maple Syrup Field Trip
10- Andy and the Lion (NB)
17- That’s What Leprechauns Do (LB)
 24- Little Red Riding Hood Theme Pocket
 31- Grandfather’s Journey (LB)
Begin Here’s a Little Poetry Unit (continue into April)

April
7-Little Nino’s Pizzeria (NB)
*14- Pizzeria Field Trip
15- Mama Panya’s Pancakes (unit hasn’t been written yet,)
21-Storm in the Night (LB) 
28- The Parrot Tico Tango

May
5-Truman’s Aunt Farm
*12- Fly, Creep, Crawl Field Trip on Insects
13- BEATRIX POTTER (NB)

June
16- The Story of Little Babaji
23- Dinosaurs (LB) 2 week study
*Dino Exhibit at Children’s Museum

*denotes field trip

LB = We’ll be making a lapbook using the resources posted at Homeschool Share

NB = We’ll be making a notebook using the resources posted at Homeschool Share