Developing a plan for the school year

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In this episode, Elizabeth and Bonnie discuss submitting a “learning plan” if it’s required in your area, particularly if socratic discussion, literature based, organic learning is what you are after! Paralleling that idea is the fact that most of us want a “plan” - to feel like we know where we’re headed for the school year. It keeps us on track, helps us set goals and define our year.

It’s important, too, to have a record of what you do, for your own sake, but also as insurance if your approach to homeschooling is ever called into question. But in order to develop a plan, and keep track of what your family does through the year, it needs to be SIMPLE!

What is a learning plan, how do we create one?

How do I do this and not go crazy?

I don’t understand what they want of me, how do I figure out the “lawyer-speak”?

I don’t have to submit a learning plan, but I still want to create an outline for the year?
1:47 - When following a State/Provincial Learning Plan
2:59 - What is a Learning Plan?
6:07 - How do I prove that I've met the requirements?
8:33 - Sample #1 - Year Overview DuoTang (View on YouTube or Instagram)
13:03 - Importance of a plan/Sample of a School Year Outline
19:57 - Sample # 2 - Weekly Records
24:22 - How to create a portfolio from your personal records
27:06 - How to file school work
28:55 - How to decide what to cover in a year
32:27 - Do you think about more than one year at a time when planning?
35:06 - End of the year records

I developed this blog post to share the resources we talked about on the show:

planning your year when you have a socratic/organic/natural learning approach
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