I’m going to continue organizing and adding things here over the next few weeks. Going to try and get the Vintage Library Collection at least started beyond what I already have. Then over the next month or two as I put together next year’s curriculum I will be updating as I finalize each kiddos individual lessons, family subjects and our schedule. So stay tuned…
I know I said I would update. The thing is for some reason this homeschool year has been chaotic. So I’m not going to go into much detail and whatnot. I did however want to show y’all what our weekly schedule has been for the most part. It’s typically a 4 to 5 hour day depending on their level. Though sometimes we are done earlier. The youngest however is typically done between 45 minutes to an hour. This schedule more so reflects the older four kiddos, while the bottom one reflects the youngest.
I want to apologize for the lack of updates. I know I promised. Over the last 8 months there have been a lot of changes around our home and family. Some good and others not so much.
My father was diagnosed with a health issue in August of last year and just recently had surgery. Although he’s getting semi back to normal he still has a ways to go.
Then finally my youngest nephew, Booger has come to stay with us and has joined our homeschool. So we are now homeschooling five boys all with different learning struggles. So I have not forgotten just been busy.
Thank you all for understanding!
Had to take the kiddos to their annual checkup. I always get slightly nervous with questions around schooling. Not that I’m ashamed or afraid of anything. It’s just that some, not all, judge heavily on things they don’t understand or don’t approve of. It could be simple ignorance, but that is easily corrected with answers and references. Thankfully, we were assigned a wonderful doctor that was homeschool friendly.
After Dino had his checkup, we were asked if we had any other concerns. So I brought up Dino’s behavior, meltdowns and such. So with all the checked boxes… It was nice to get confirmation that Dino is autistic and if need be we can get further testing to see where he falls on the spectrum and sign up for occupational therapy as the need arises such as if his behaviors or meltdowns start interfering with his daily routine and whatnot. So far we have it down to a science with him. The doctor said it was definitely better he’s homeschooled so that he can be in an environment suited for his needs.
Handyman got his inhaler updated and then his anxiety spiked at the mention of getting a shot. So we’ll have to wait to ease Handyman into getting his next booster shot at his next appointment. Handyman completely shut down after that. This only seems to confirm to the doctor that homeschooling to be the best thing for him. Since this is the same behavior and anxiety he displayed in his previous public school.
Bookworm had an ear ache that he only mentioned it until last night. It turned out he had an ear infection. We also got confirmation that due to the accident he was in 2019, that the few minutes that he was was unresponsive, he now has poor recall of some short and long term memories. Last year, when we had to reteach him how to tie his shoes was the major reason I wanted this confirmation. So with that the doctor said homeschool seems to be working with his memory issues and ADHD. So he can have one on one help and have a more repetitive schedule. This way he won’t fall behind. Which is wonderful to be acknowledged because for the 2021-2022 homeschool year I had to go back to the basics with him to get him almost to the level he should be.
Nothing really changed with Muscles. He still has dyslexia and ADHD, but with his anger issues and meltdowns have only slightly gotten better. In general it was probably best for them to be homeschooled so they can have individual help and focus they require.
Well this is our last week for the 2022-2023 homeschool year. Five whole days left! Then it will be summer break until July 10th when we once again begin. It seems like such a long time ago when we first started this journey, and now it seems to be just a blink of an eye some days.
I’ve been stressing myself out over next year’s curriculum and have come to the conclusion. That I need to branch out and take control by creating what my kiddos need instead of trying to bend curriculum schedules and materials for the boys. So in June I am doing a full overhaul of the curriculum and schedule.
Not only will I be rearranging our curriculum, well the only curriculum technically being used for next year will be for language arts and math. For the rest of the subjects, I will be using a mixture of old or vintage educational books along with newer up to date books as well to give the boys more well rounded lessons. I’ve done a lot of research working all this out. One thing I plan on implementing more of is the Charlotte Mason method of notebooking. We did it for a short time about a year ago. I’m hoping this coming year will be different as we use it for more than one subject.
Anyways look forward to the next post about what I will be using and some alternatives I have for backup.
Homeschool Aunt Chaos 