{"id":389,"date":"2013-08-24T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/"},"modified":"2015-05-27T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T20:04:08","slug":"b-is-for-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"B is for Back to School!"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edudemic (clip art)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


<\/span>
<\/span>
<\/span>
<\/span>
<\/span>B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!<\/span>

Do you start back on the traditional school schedule? Or do you school in the summer to get some days in? Or do you school year round and take breaks throughout the year?<\/span>

Homeschooling provides flexibility in all areas (not just starting school but literally EVERYTHING) that we don’t even begin to appreciate fully. (I didn’t until my kids started taking college classes, and they were so locked in to schedules and no time off!!!!)<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!<\/span>

Do you have a command center? Regardless of whether you use charts, sticker posters, wipe and write, or clip boards for your schedule\/chores\/organizational systems, I recommend you follow this one tip first:<\/span>

Get t<\/span>he first hour of the day down pat before you try to “perfect” everything else.<\/p>\n

When the first hour of your day is good, the whole day can be good!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.remodelaholic.com\/2013\/07\/family-command-centers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!<\/span>

While we are blessed not to have to buy, buy, buy…clothes, supplies, etc., every August just because everybody else is (sometimes I do think it would be fun to go “back to school” clothes shopping with the kids though!), do pay attention to the sales during this time.<\/span>

For example, we use a lot of three-pronged, two-pocket folders for each monthly unit of work (for storage when the month is done), and those are available now for fifteen cents each vs. up to sixty cents each during the “off season.”<\/span>

Plus, I just have to get some scented markers, cool sticky notes, or other fun thing for the teacher! <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edudemic (clip art) B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!Do you start back on the traditional school schedule? Or do you school in the summer to get some days in? Or do you school year round and take breaks throughout the year?Homeschooling provides flexibility in all areas (not just starting school but literally EVERYTHING) that we don’t even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[630,628,598,634,82,632],"tags":[105,100,106,98,69,38,104,103],"yoast_head":"\nB is for Back to School! - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B is for Back to School! - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edudemic (clip art) B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!Do you start back on the traditional school schedule? Or do you school in the summer to get some days in? Or do you school year round and take breaks throughout the year?Homeschooling provides flexibility in all areas (not just starting school but literally EVERYTHING) that we don’t even […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-24T20:09:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-05-27T20:04:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/back-to-school11.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"965\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"724\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/\",\"name\":\"B is for Back to School! - Character Ink\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-24T20:09:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-27T20:04:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"B is for Back to School!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Character Ink\",\"description\":\"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\",\"name\":\"Donna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Donna\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"B is for Back to School! - Character Ink","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"B is for Back to School! - Character Ink","og_description":"Edudemic (clip art) B is for BACK-TO-SCHOOL!Do you start back on the traditional school schedule? Or do you school in the summer to get some days in? Or do you school year round and take breaks throughout the year?Homeschooling provides flexibility in all areas (not just starting school but literally EVERYTHING) that we don’t even […]","og_url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/","og_site_name":"Character Ink","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks","article_published_time":"2013-08-24T20:09:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-05-27T20:04:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":965,"height":724,"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/back-to-school11.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Donna","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Donna","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/","name":"B is for Back to School! - Character Ink","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-08-24T20:09:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-27T20:04:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/b-is-for-back-to-school\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"B is for Back to School!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/","name":"Character Ink","description":"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64","name":"Donna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Donna"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks"],"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2556,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/2556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}