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Starting A New School Year

August 10, 2020 By Annette1 13 Comments

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My son and I were talking the other day about when we’d start his new year.  He’s still working on finishing off grade nine due to some poor decision making, so he’s pushing hard to get things done.  But this is what we do, we talk together about how we’ll start off the new school year.  Every year is different, but every year we have the same conversation.  I suppose it’s one of our traditions, this starting a new school year talk. 

starting a new school year

What have we done?  We’ve gone camping, organized materials, set up schedules, and attended not going back to school picnics.  What kind of things do you do when your school year starts?

Camping

Last year my fellows (Dad and son) were talking about how to start the new school year and they decided that camping would be just the ticket.   They headed up and three days later I joined them.   They had time away, I had time to plan things out a bit, totally a win-win. 

Tents Set up Camping

NGBTS

NGBTS picnics… we did about three of these.  The Not Going Back to School picnics were hosted in nearby London and drew in homeschoolers from all over the place.  We’d always have a good crowd with a variety of activities to engage the youth.  Scavenger hunts, soccer games, chasing geese and looking for water critters.  Laughter and conversation filled the afternoon, people staying for just as long as they wanted to.  Free books and curriculum were often at hand…the lad and I got SO many books to read, and then in turn passed them along.  It was great!

group of girls taking groufie
Photo by Aline Viana Prado on Pexels.com

Organized Schoolwork

My son recently spent a week cleaning his room and making way for organizing his school work for next year.  I’m “NOT ALLOWED” to take pics and show you the results of his hard work. 

Suffice it to say… he has a spot for everything and even more besides. I still have my stash of materials that I really have to go through yet… hopefully, this coming week.  He doesn’t want books in his room that he isn’t immediately using so I need to make sure they are all easily accessible for when he needs them.   Grade 10 will be a busy year for him. 

books curricula

Set Up Schedules

Even though I have this section entitled Set up Schedules, I’ve learned over the years that schedules don’t tend to work well for us.  Setting up routines work much better for us.   We’ve tried making summer schedules, some of which worked and didn’t.  But mostly we’ve learned follow a routine and simply do the next thing… it’s what works best in our household. 

This coming week we’ll be working together to make a routine that will help him get his school work done in good time this year…no more working all summer to catch up!  🙂   Since we don’t know exactly what the school year will look like we’ll have to work with generalities. 

Chareen @ Every Bed of Roses shares Homeschool Traditions.

Yvie @ Homeschool on the Range shares 20 Best Educational Subscription Boxes (we let the kids choose a new one at the beginning of each school year)

Dawn @ Schoolin’ Swag shares Back to School Traditions. 

Vickie B @ Tumbleweed News shares Homeschool Traditions {NOT Back-to-School Blog Hop}

Adrienne B @ Practicalmindedness shares on Traditions that seal the heart.

Teresa B @ Teresa Brouillette shaes Homeschool Traditions.

Annette V @ A Net in Time shares Starting a New School Year.

Kristen @ A Mom’s Quest to Teach shares Homeschooling Taditions for the New Year.

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I hope you’ll stick around and follow along with the 2020 blog hop.   Visit others in the blog hop won’t you?  See how others are starting a new school year. 

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  1. Teresa Brouillette says

    August 10, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    I enjoy talking to my kids about our new school year. I like their input on what they want to learn beyond our core subjects. Thanks for being real about “poor decision making.” We’ve had a bit of summer work as well. It’s encouraging to know we’re not alone. Poor decisions can provide wonderful learning opportunities.

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    • Annette1 says

      August 11, 2020 at 12:41 am

      aren’t they though? My son has learned a ton about honesty, and living up to better standards.

      Reply
  2. Kristen says

    August 10, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    I remember when you shared about the camping trip last year. That is a fun way to start the year. I love seeing all your books. I love new books and curriculum.

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    • Annette1 says

      August 11, 2020 at 12:40 am

      It was an excellent way to do things. I hope we can find a camping spot this year but so far hubby is not having success.

      Reply
  3. megan russell says

    August 11, 2020 at 7:36 am

    The camping trip and picnic sound like fun ideas!

    Reply
  4. Chareen says

    August 11, 2020 at 9:50 am

    Picnic’s are one of our favourite things to do.

    Thank you very much for the shout out. Looking forward to reading your posts this week.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      August 11, 2020 at 9:29 pm

      thank you.

      Reply
  5. Lori says

    August 11, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    I love how similar a couple of the traditions are – talking about the year, setting up schedules, and organizing supplies. I hope he is able to finish 9th strong so he can bolt right on into 10th!

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      August 11, 2020 at 9:30 pm

      he’s doing well! I’m mostly pleased with how he has caught up.

      Reply
  6. Yvonne Billian says

    August 12, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    I like the picnic idea, that is such a great way to meet other homeschoolers. Due to the increase of homeschoolers in our are there are going to be multiple group gatherings.

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    • Annette1 says

      August 12, 2020 at 6:26 pm

      that makes so much sense! Smaller groups, variety of gatherings, good.

      Reply

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