Using workboxes in the homeschool

Adding Structure To Your Day With Homeschool Workboxes
I’m a fairly unstructured person, my husband is the opposite. He was always telling me that I needed to be more organised with my homeschool and I would dutifully write up timetables and checklists but I never followed them and I never checked off my lists. If the day’s routine went askew ...
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21
AUG
2016

Using Workboxes For High School
I have been using workboxes for about seven years. The way I have used them has morphed from the original suggestions by Sue Patrick’s ebook The Workbox System to my own version that works for my family. This year I gave up my workbaskets and moved to a workbox trolley.
The workbox ...
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13
FEB
2015

Tips For Filling Your Charlotte Mason Workbox
I have found that the Charlotte Mason Workbox is not an oxymoron even though some may think they are contradictory. Workboxes add structure, and you can still use many of Charlotte Mason’s teaching methods within that structure.
Workboxes can seem a little too schoolish for some. But for us I’ve found them a relaxed way of keeping ...
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1
AUG
2012

It’s our one year anniversary of using my modified version of Sue Patrick’s Workbox System and workboxes. So I thought I would tell you how it is going.
I must say that I still feel that this is a very worthy system.
The benefits of using Sue Patricks Workbox System include:
- Happy Children—children see their work disappear and can ...
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14
JUL
2010

I still love the homeschool workbox system-–but I have made it suit me more.
My ‘boxes’ which are really clear sleeved envelopes, have been pruned down to five or six ‘boxes’ per child.
These are the reasons:
- I found it stressed me out trying to fill all the boxes with something interesting.
- I was putting in ...
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6
AUG
2009

Well, we are now at the end of our second week using the workbox system. We are still refining it to suit our family. Next week I will work on getting our group time more coordinated.
The kids have responded well to this system. They like having it all laid out. I think the ...
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11
JUN
2009

Workbox System Homeschool Review
I love it!
Day one went really well with the new workbox system. The kids were far more focused and we got through our workboxes quickly. I found that as I checked through their work I was able to set up the next day’s folders at the same time.
A Workbox ...
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1
JUN
2009