Having TOG in my hands inspired a flurry of new plans. It also gave me a neat and tidy structure to work within. TOG consists of four units which are each 9 weeks long. So, I’ve decided to do my planning in 9 week chunks.
My challenge in the past has been in being “ready” for the coming week. My solution is to plan the full 9 weeks out and have everything inn a “pick up and go” format. That way I’ll really reduce the amount of time I need to spend each week in preparation.
I decided to creat folders. 9 of them for each child. In these folders will be all of the paperwork they’ll need for the week.
So far I’m just working on our TOG papers, weekly planning sheets, and science sheets. Here’s what I have for my eldestwho wil be doing Rhetoric level in TOG:
Her TOG Student Activity pages are on the upper left, her directions for science (to go along with her United Streaming video) are on the right. Her TOG Planning is on the bottom left and her Weekly Check-list (for all subjects) is on the bottom right.
I’ll add other subject areas in the next couple of weeks. I’m planning on printing off everything I’ll need for each week and I’m really looking forward to having Right Start math sheets ready to go, maps printed out and ready to use, and templates for notebooking waiting for us.
Sigh. Doesn’t that look lovely? It’s kind of like a work of art. Once I have all of those folders planned out I’ll be able to sit back and look at nine complete weeks of planned school. It’s a beautiful thing.
