![]() Wanda takes a break for about 10-15 minutes (usually petting the cats), while I prepare for the next lesson. Seesaw: add pictures of the pages of the Beast Academy practice book she completed (or pictures of our Mindset Mathematics activity) It varies a lot from day to day, but generally it takes about 45 minutes. For Beast Academy, we do problems until we feel done, which sounds a bit absurd, but it works. Monday-Thursday we do Beast Academy, Fridays we do an activity from Mindset Mathematics. ![]() Seesaw: link to video we watched, or a picture or note about the activity Common choices are Cosmic Kids Yoga, GoNoodle, doing belly flops from our trampoline onto our giant crash pillow, or going in the backyard and jumping rope. I ask Wanda what she wants to do for a little exercise. Seesaw: on Monday, add a picture of the Want to Learn list If it's Monday, we spend some time at the whiteboard to write a list of things she's interested in learning and doing over the week. She weighs in with her thoughts and opinions, and we settle on our plan for the day. I then verbally tell her a rough idea of what's in our day: the lessons I have planned for us and the order we'll do them in, any special things we'll be doing. I say, "Good morning, Quercus Prep!" and Wanda runs over and we have a warm hug. Our official day starts when I ring our school bell. Seesaw: link to CNN 10, link to It's Okay to Be Smart, picture of the book we read We then move to the couch and snuggle up to read something together, this week it's been the fourth Percy Jackson book. This is when I might do some last-minute lesson planning and review our schedule in Tick Tick.īy around 7:30, Wanda has made her way to join me at the dining room table, where we start by watching CNN 10, and sometimes follow that with some It's Okay to Be Smart. ![]() I gently let Wanda know that it's wake-up time, make myself some coffee and fix her breakfast, and settle in at the dining room table. On the left is the completed task list in Tick Tick from today, on the right is the fresh list we'll be using tomorrow. Tick Tick lets me create recurring items, so I don't have to add things like "math" or "exercise" every day, they're automatically there. I've set up this list during my lesson planning. Tick Tick, a calendar-based to-do app that I look at to see what lessons we'll do that day.Wanda's dad and grandmas have access, and like seeing what we're up to, it helps everyone feel connected. Seesaw, which is where I record what we're doing, and tag each update with the subject covered.Through the day, I'm using two apps on my phone: I'm not worried about her "falling behind." Those sparks of inspiration are gold, and I'm happy to push some or even all of this routine aside to let that learning happen. Sometimes it's an idea for a story she wants to write, or a big scientific question she has. Having a sense of what to expect from each day, while also knowing that we have the flexibility to shape each day into what feels best right then, seems to be what works best for us.Īs I mentioned in my post about lesson planning, I'm ready for my picture of the day to be drastically redrawn into something entirely unexpected if Wanda's interest is piqued. I don't think of what we have as a schedule, but rather a predictable rhythm. ![]() 6 min read Our vintage perpetual calendar (a gift from a kind woman), and our beloved vintage, apple-shaped school bell.
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