Homeschool Calendar and Calendar Notebook

I HIGHLY recommend having calendar time in your homeschool. As a kindergarten teacher it is an easy and effective way to get in so many skills in a short amount of time! To set up my calendar I used ideas from 1+1+1=1 (Also another AWESOME resource homeschool or no!) and Confessions of a Homeschooler.

For the calendar notebook I used ideas from Mama Jenn. Each child has a 3 ring binder. The pages are in page protectors so they can use dry erase markers. We do calendar time together but then Christian and Thaddeus can work in their notebooks while Juliette has her math lesson. Then Juliette moves into independent work followed by her calendar notebook time while Christian has his math lesson. Thaddeus can listen along with Christian's lesson or work in his work boxes at this time. He usually chooses to listen in though. =) It is an easy way to keep everyone engaged in meaningful activities while allowing some individual time for new lessons.

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Calendar.html
http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2010/03/preschool-corner-calendar-time.html
http://mama-jenn.blogspot.com/2010/02/our-calendar-notebook.html