Plan for March

Homeschool plan for Bean for the month of March:

• Continue reading the Old Testament; we are currently reading about the children of Israel almost to the fall of Jericho.
• Math. This is a tough one. We did addition with carrying today, so she is more advanced than most of the curriculum we have, but not ready for the next level yet.
• Begin her much requested Ancient Egypt Unit Study. Library books should be ready for pick up by the end of the week.
• Science. Hmmm . . . I'm not loving the curriculum we have. I am going to try and suppliment with some Science experiments and art, and I have requested the science of ancient Egypt from the library. Also, my friend has a science plan / curriculum she worked out herself and we might try that.
• Language Arts: Well Trained Mind - Ordinary Parents Guide + First Language Lessons + Explode the Code book one, which she is almost finished with.
• Art - Not thrilled with ARTistic Pursuits.
  History - American History. Beginning the writing of the Constitution next week. Tomorrow, Washington will cross the Delaware.

Also plan to do a devotional with Bean every morning and would love to find a yoga tape that I can do with Bean and Sassy. That would be an awesome outbreath and yet very centering at the same time.

Looking to bring back some Waldorf this spring. I love that educational philosophy and I miss it. Though I have resigned myself to the fact that Waldorf education does not speak to the Bean, I think I threw out the baby with the bathwater when I moved from Waldorf to classical. I think the verses and ritual that I cast aside were crucial in establishing the rhythm of our day and our home and I think spring is the perfect time to bring that back.

My plan for the weekend, or during the week if I can swing it, is to write that stuff back into our homeschool schedule - establishing a purposeful rhythm to our day with inbreaths and outbreaths. I think that would help us all. I would also like to incorporate a morning walk into our schedule - which would be even more fun if we had a dog, which brings me to my last "To Do" list item of the week:

We plan to get a dog. By we, I mean me. A free 900.00 little puppy and I have to talk my husband into it. Pray for me.