tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post115080930026776325..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: The PlanKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1150855417718874062006-06-20T21:03:00.000-05:002006-06-20T21:03:00.000-05:00Karen,You would think that since my kids are all g...Karen,<BR/>You would think that since my kids are all grown up I would no longer be a curriculaholic. Alas, I still have this lit class that I teach. Every year I bite off far more than I can ever chew. We did manage this year to make it sort of through more Shakespeare plays than I would have thought possible (after the end of October they were reading nearly one a week), and we certainly looked at Shakespeare from a lot of angles. However, they did far less writing than I'd planned, they read none of the sonnets (although I read a couple aloud to them), and we only truly read through one play as a class. Then in the midst of the whole thing I got fascinated by Flannery O'Connor and got hung up on planning next year. Now I no longer look at catalogs, instead I end up going off on tangents based on articles I read, or lit crit books I just happen to find, or in the case of Flannery O'Connor books that get recommended to me by someone I respect. Still it's the same old phenomenon. The only thing is it now seems to cost me a little less than it used to and it's only one subject area.<BR/><BR/>And, by the way before you ever read Shakespeare with your kids be sure to read Shadowplay and read up on the Reformation in England. If you don't have time for that, hold off on Shakespeare for another year or two because when you finally do read it or maybe Joseph Pearce's soon to be published book on Shakespeare, you'll have to go back and reassess everything you've already done.<BR/><BR/>Curriculaholicism is not an easy thing to kick. I can't wait until someone produces a grandchild and I can really indulge myself in children's book purchases again.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127202199834183627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1150846100935712032006-06-20T18:28:00.000-05:002006-06-20T18:28:00.000-05:00This is a wonderful post, Karen! I am also a curri...This is a wonderful post, Karen! I am also a curricula-holic, LOL! Especially when I have all these beautiful catalogs sitting here ... But I am learning at 4real and all these great blogs how much we can do with far less. Thanks for the inspiration! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1150831733595479622006-06-20T14:28:00.000-05:002006-06-20T14:28:00.000-05:00Karen,Excellent post, and funny that I had been co...Karen,<BR/>Excellent post, and funny that I had been conjuring up in my mind that I was going to buy very little this year, USE what I have on my shelf, and stop feeling so overwhelmed by all those great "intentions" disguised as "books we should read" that stare at me from my bookshelves.<BR/><BR/>I'll be following your journey and hopefully making my own in this area as well!Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038743473739366061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1150822596250583292006-06-20T11:56:00.000-05:002006-06-20T11:56:00.000-05:00That's a good question, Jenn. (And, I don't mean t...That's a good question, Jenn. (And, I don't mean to sound as if I'm spending hundreds on stuff we've never touched.) First of all, though I love to get some new stuff, I'm pretty frugal overall. There are plenty of programs I've drooled over but have even considered because of the cost. It's just not in our one-income budget. So, the dollars limit me from the start. <BR/><BR/>But, when there is a new book/ set of books, or a science kit, or how-to tome, or what have you, I usually approach Atticus and say, "What do you think of this?" He always says he trusts me to make those decisions, and that he never feels a book purchase is a waste of money. <BR/><BR/>And, thankfully, there are plenty of used curriculum buy-and-sell boards out there. :-) <BR/><BR/>It also helps if you consider books to be part of your decorating scheme. ;-)Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.com