While there are many homeschoolers who have already started their school year, I have chosen to delay our start until after Labor Day. My son has had a great time watching the other children in town go to their brick and mortar school each day. Of course his laughter will die down when we begin classes next week.

So although we will not begin classes until next week, I have been very busy planning out my lesson plans for the school year. I like to get everything planned out and ready so that I have some sort of idea what we are doing. I also needed to turn in a detailed curriculum plan to our local school district so that I am in compliance with our state laws. Preparing this was a great blessing to me as I had a guideline ready for when I began creating my lesson plans.

I have been inputting these plans into my computer and creating our learning goals for each week. However, I still like to be relaxed and go with the flow, so these will be our general guidelines. If we need to spend more time on a subject than I have allowed in my plans, then we will do just that. But the important thing is that I have taken the time to plan and prepare our year as well as I can.

Since my son has Asperger’s Syndrome, this planning is very important for his success. He needs to have a schedule and know what to expect. This makes him feel secure and helps him to succeed. And as his mother and teacher, it is my job to help him reach his full potential.

What things do you do to help your child succeed throughout the school year? Leave me a comment and share.

If you have had lots of ideas running through your head this week about how to incorporate lapbooks into your curriculum, then you will love the video I have found for you today. There are so many possibilities when it comes to making lapbooks, that the combinations could be endless. You may find that you loved one so much that you will want to copy the idea and make a second one that implements many of the same ideas. Again, the possibilities are virtually endless.

I hope that you find even more inspiration in your lapbooking projects in this video:

Are the ideas running through your mind? What will you create? Leave me a comment and share.

There are several homeschoolers that are at a loss when it comes to learning how to lapbook. Although they like the idea of lapbooking, they become overwhelmed with how to implement it in their own homeschool lessons. It is important to remember that a lapbook can be as simple or as complicated as you choose to make it. All you need is an idea and a little know-how.

Today’s video explains in great detail how to create these virtual masterpieces for your own curriculum. The process is explained clearly and is easy to understand. I hope you find inspiration in this video:

Now that you have learned the basics, what kinds of lapbooks will you be making in your homeschool this year? Leave me a comment and share.