Scheduling

I'm trying to be more creative and flexible with our activities. Running just exactly by the schedule seems to strip some of the fun and spontaneity out of our day. A loose schedule is good and helps us to stay on track, but if that schedule gets too strict, I believe we miss out on great spontaneous learning and the fun that comes with the variety of it.

Today, as a new activity, I took down our December calendar (it's our first day back to school today) and had G put up the January one. It is a pocket calendar so he had to find each number and put it in order on the calendar. I think this will be a great once-a-month activity for him. It seems so simple. Why did I not think of this before? I was probably too worried about staying on schedule. Silly, silly me.