(Ok, any head smacking from the team must be held until the end of this post)

It’s that time of year. I must come up with a list of things needed for next year, examine what worked or what didn’t work. I am in the zone of planning next years homeschool. Hey, the catalogs are hitting my mailbox, I start reading with gusto! Before I know it I don’t think I am teaching vocabulary this year.  I might want to look into that.  So I start researching vocabulary anything. Remember I am in the zone, not seeing the vocabulary tree in front me.  It took about 2 days until my mind finally said, “isn’t there vocabulary in Illuminations?”  (Ok insert the head smack here.)  I don’t need a vocabulary program, maybe a vocabulary notebook to remind me that we are learning it within Illuminations.

So I pray as you start your lists and evaluations for what to do next year that you won’t miss the “tree” and get lost in the homeschool planning.

This post is part of a series by Stacey Lane on her experiences with Illuminations. For the first post in this series, click here!