While it looks like homeschooling 2 kids is going to be a rather short experiment, I did find what looks to be an awesome planning tool this week, Homeschool Manager - http://www.homeschoolmanager.com. The app is super HTML5, which I have a definite appreciation for… it is a joy to use, and laid out in a clear and intelligent manner. I’d love to see the ability to have a recurring schedule, but their tech support - which was both fast and friendly - assured me that I can drag and drop tasks from one week to the next. I originally got this more for my son, who is very schedule oriented, but I think he may end up back in regular school, so I’m not sure if I’ll get to keep using this. My daughter is extremely self guided in her learning, and seems to excel that way. A schedule might actually hamper her learning, and so far she’s jumped several grade levels in reading by doing her own thing, and with the help of phenomenal apps like Smarty Ants http://www.smartyants.com and Nessy http://www.nessy.com.
I may still try to use the Homeschool Manager to handle grades and what not, as well as for her reading log. Anyway for anybody homeschooling it’s worth a look, they’ve obviously worked hard on this app and as it’s HTML5 it should work across devices.
| Home | About |