I feel like I just recently wrote about planning my homeschool year for 2015-16 and now I am focusing on 2016-17. Where does the time go?
It might seem early to start thinking about curriculum for next year, but I have to be honest, by February I am pretty done with the current school year!!! I need something to look forward to. I read an article in Home School Enrichment called “It’s a Wrap” by Jennifer Pepito, at Homeschooling for the Whole Family. In the article, she says “Curriculum is something I approach prayerfully and early. Although it may seem backwards to plan next year’s schooling before I have finished up the current year, doing so has been a great tool to allow my family some breathing room during the summer.” This is so true. It definitely allows me to feel like I can enjoy the summer. Although we homeschool year round, I usually don’t start anything new until August. The summer is more for catch up.
So here are some small steps that I started taking in February and now into March:
- Look at what has worked and what didn’t work (or isn’t working).
- Talk to my kids about what they would like to study the following year.
- Start researching curriculums, online classes, and homeschool classifieds.
- Build my list of possible curriculums and prices to get an idea of what my cost will be for the following year.
- 5. Start selling curriculum as we finish. (Really important since I recycle that money for the following year).
I will post on each of these steps as I go through them. Hopefully, by the end I will be ready for our new school year.
