Come join Kathy as she discusses how to select and plan for your electives for the year. She offers targeted questions to help walk you through the choices, design your own or purchase, how to do each of those options well, etc. She then dissects her visual way of planning out each child's schedule for the year and how to schedule each book you will be using. New to homeschooling or a veteran, hopefully you will find some new ideas and be encouraged! 

Referenced in the podcast:

Yearly Reflection Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17098286

Weekly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297186

Yearly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297292

Charlotte Mason Notebooking Series: 

Nature & Science Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17097740

Language Arts Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17097994

Social Studies Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17098589

Productivity for the Homeschool Mama: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16076678

Some references for elective studies online that I have used: 

Formerly Enrichment Studies, now Music in our Homeschool: https://learn.musicinourhomeschool.com/l/products

Cathy Duffy reviews: https://cathyduffyreviews.com/

Amazing Art studies: https://ahumbleplace.com/

CM Plenary: https://cmplenary.com/picture-study-resources/

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Come join Kathy as she goes over some targeted questions to help you select and plan for your core curriculum (English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math) for your homeschool year. Go through any curriculum you already own, how to search for new curriculum, and how to source options for purchase. Be encouraged. You can do it! 

Reflection Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17098286

Yearly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297292

Weekly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297186

Cathy Duffy reviews: https://cathyduffyreviews.com/

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Have you wondered what weekly scheduling looks like for other homeschoolers? Join Kathy as she discusses the difference between traditional, block, loop, checklist, relaxed, or unschooling weekly schedules. Follow the show and auto download episodes...please leave me a review on whatever platform you listen on. 

First episode of the series, yearly scheduling options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297292

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Come join Kathy as she lays out the yearly scheduling options before you as a homeschooler. Have you ever wondered what traditional, year-round, calendar, sabbath, loop, or block scheduling look like? Tune in each week for our planning series. Next week, weekly planning options! 

Productivity for the homeschool mama episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16271999

Biblical Concept of Rest Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e4-the-biblical-concept-of-rest-planning-for/id1779201708?i=1000679083593

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Come join Kathy for the final episode in our Charlotte Mason notebooking series. What notebooks can be found in Charlotte's volumes and how were they kept in her Parent's Union schools? This episode investigates the social studies notebooks, including the Book of Centuries, Citizenship notebook, as well as the Table of History, Century Chart, and the Calendar of Events. We also deep dive into Charlotte's scaffolding of history teaching. Check out the first two episodes in the series to learn about Language Arts notebooking and the beloved nature journal.

Charlotte's volume Ourselves: https://amzn.to/4jIzXKt

Home Education: https://amzn.to/3YZVeXA

A purchasable Book of Centuries: https://amzn.to/4iORSxU

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Come join Kathy as we reflect on this ending homeschool year. Take out your journal, grab your favorite beverage, put on some calming music and look back with some guiding questions on the year coming to an end. This will prepare you for the upcoming planning episode for the next school year. How can we look ahead without compassionately analyzing the year coming to a close? Take a listen! Share with a friend...do this together! 

My episodes: Multiple Intelligences: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16762324

Who's Your Squad: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16506958

Self Care: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16587107

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Come join Kathy as she dissects Charlotte Mason's philosophy through her words and practices for language arts notebooking. Kathy also goes into various other subject notebooks as well as a few Charlotte suggested for the mother to keep. Join us in two weeks for the conclusion of the series going over Social Studies notebooking in a CM homeschool. 

The Living Page by Laurie Bestvater: https://amzn.to/3GA1kYj

Episode 19: Notebooks that I keep: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16545241

Charlotte's volume Ourselves: https://amzn.to/4jIzXKt

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Come join Kathy as she unpacks and explains Charlotte's quotes (and use of in her PNEU schools) of the nature journal. Walk through the scaffolded approach that was used in the Parent's Union for these journals and what else was included in them. Come back next week to continue the series with Language Arts notebooking that Charlotte Mason used and wrote about. 

My notebooking episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16545241

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Join Kathy as she delves into the pink moon of April. Where does the moon get its light? What is it reflecting and how does this impact our homeschooling journey every day? What light are you reflecting? Leave a written review after listening! 

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Do you and your family get sick around season changes? Join Kathy as she discusses why, and then goes through some practical advice: supplements, herbal remedies, and external aids like essential oil diffusions and herbal baths, to make this seasonal change your healthiest one yet! 

Episode 21: Spring Journaling episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16845857

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