Summer & homeschool

So, for the summer I'm going to attempt to stick to this schedule I found on pinterest for the girls. 

It's as follows:

Super Summer Schedule

Make Something Monday
Try a new recipe, craft, build something etc.

Take a Trip Tuesday
Movie, Museum, Hike, Park, Outing etc.

Wet & Wild Wednesday
Swimming, Water park, Splash Pad etc.

Thinking Thursday
Library, science experiments, research, learning websites etc.

Fresh and Fun Friday
Do one of the fun things we found on pinterest

It sounds like a ton of fun. Really for the kids. I doubt it's going to work out every week, but it's a great guideline to get outta this house or at least movin around the house!! This is something I would like to do and would like to stick too.. Maybe writing it down will help me stick with it? 

The new schedule will be keeping me pretty busy during the day.. but in the coming weeks I plan to start preschool for my 3 year old. If you don't know already, I'm homeschooling her. My approach is a mix between traditional and unschool. Which sounds ridiculous.. but that's the beauty of Homeschooling! I can do it however I so choose! I really like the idea of structure. I like work sheets. I like doing things at certain times of the day. I also like the idea of letting the girls pick their subjects. Allowing them to learn from life experiences.. Letting them learn about caterpillars and butterflies by observing the butterfly life cycle themselves. I want my kids to be able to learn how they want, when they want, and what they want to learn at the pace they  want to learn it. Not every child is meant to learn sitting at a desk for 12 hours and then coming home and filling out a bunch of home work sheets for another two hours. I want better for my children.

Yes, I may do book work. Yes, I will give direction. Yes, they will be graded on things.. progress tracked and noted. But if my kid wants to take a day, week, or month to learn about the solar system.. then we are learning about the solar system. I just really want them to have the freedom to learn how they need to.

So anyway, for preschool we will be working on our colors, numbers, and alphabet... Amoung other things. I really think preschool should be called life. If your interested you can actually download teacher guides and other helpful things for free. You can download content and skill guidelines for preschool-8th grade.
http://books.coreknowledge.org/home.php?cat=314

Give Credit where Credit is due: Rockin' Schedule http://www.remarkablehome.net/2012/06/super-summer-schedule-free-printable.html

Facebook pages for like minded homeschoolers/parents to check out:
Kicking it unschool
https://www.facebook.com/KickingItUnschool?fref=ts
Free your kids
https://www.facebook.com/freeyourkids?fref=ts