Curriculum Revised
Spring Semester Curriculum 1/24/11 – 5/13/11
Sunday-Friday 30 minutes writing, 30 minutes dance is required. On the 7th day, I rest.
Monday
9-10 am Morning Pages. 3 pages of free form writing, can include my dreams to practice lucidity, fears to clear cobwebs
10:15-11:15 Drawing. Reading Material Drawing with the Right side of the brain change to Feng Shui book Feng Shui A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers and why I am changing classes.
Drawing uploads are due February 18th, March 18th and the final project is Due May 8th. Final project to be determined. Read exercise for 30 minutes, draw for 30 minutes each class.
–change projects to Feng Shui our current house
Take 5 pictures of any way that I used Feng Shui and write about how it helped me grow. February 18th, March 18th and May 8th.
Final project is final plans to be submitted. This is a two semester project. Feng Shui photographs will be due at the end of construction and along the way.
11:15 – 12:15 Creative writing. Write the first draft of my piece for that day. Reading is the little book on writing, which name escapes me at that moment. Shula’s Brother gave it to me. I just googled it and found something else also helpful How to Write With Style.
I got my next clue for next semester I will read The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White. E.B. White recommended by Kurt Vonnegut, thanks!
12:15-2 pm Break and Recess (all emailing or facebooking is to be done at this time or prior to class. Never during class hours)
2-3pm Finance and Math. Required reading for this class is Money Maturity. This hour will be spent doing the exercises in the book. Its due at 3 pm. I will post few exercises to my blog.
3:15-4:15 Fix the writing draft and upload it by 4:15 pm. The writing has 4 hours a week, plus the required 30 minutes a day. During the 4 hours of class time, I will be working on my script. This time will also be used for the production of the script. The final project is Due May 3rd. It will be a 13 minute Pilot of the show. (Ohh scary commitment, I know nothing about pilots).
4-5 pm Time to work on any unfinished creative projects of the day and answering Olia College related emails.
Yura has Class Monday nights this semester so after I put Isaiah to sleep at 7:30 I have from 8-10 pm to do any homework left over from class.
Wednesday
9-10 am Morning Pages
10:15-11:15 Dance Class Zumba
Other days Dance is open. Make sure to prepare your iPod selections. Dance can be Solo or an actual class in the neighborhood. I will have a performance piece and upload the video to the blog. Dance pieces are due March 30th and May 1st is the final. The final project is to write about that experience. Final video will be submitted with my final writing.
Thursday
School meets work. Today I start my morning going to GAS half day of school, half day of work. It turns out it’s the only way I can do two full days of class.
9-10 am Morning pages
10:15-11:15 am Finance and Math, Money Maturity
11:15-12:15 First Draft Creative Writing
12:30-4:15 work on Olia Designs. Looks like it’s a 4 hour week. I need to read that book, I think it can help me now. I literally will have a 4 hour week.
Tuesdays and Fridays during Isaiah’s nap I will work on Olia Designs as well. Tuesday and Friday 1:30-2:30 pm, Olia Designs.
Thursday nights, Yura has school so I will work on Olia College homework 8 pm – 9 pm.
Otherwise Tuesday and Friday, I am all Isaiah’s! Mama Time!
Tuesday and Friday Nap time do first draft of writing and house chores.
Weekends are leisure time. Saturday no writing. Sunday writing. If I did not do Friday writing, I do it on Saturday.
Previous Curriculum ( Drawing for next semester)
Spring Semester Curriculum 1/24/11 – 5/13/11
Sunday-Friday 30 minutes writing, 30 minutes dance is required. On the 7th day, I rest.
Monday
9-10 am Morning Pages. 3 pages of free form writing, can include my dreams to practice lucidity, fears to clear cobwebs
10:15-11:15 Drawing. Reading Material Drawing with the Right side of the brain.
Drawing uploads are due February 18th, March 18th and the final project is Due May 8th. Final project to be determined. Read exercise for 30 minutes, draw for 30 minutes each class.
11:15 – 12:15 Creative writing. Write the first draft of my piece for that day. Reading is the little book on writing, which name escapes me at that moment. Shula’s Brother gave it to me. I just googled it and found something else also helpful How to Write With Style.
I got my next clue for next semester I will read The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White. E.B. White recommended by Kurt Vonnegut, thanks!
12:15-2 pm Break and Recess (all emailing or facebooking is to be done at this time or prior to class. Never during class hours)
2-3pm Finance and Math. Required reading for this class is Money Maturity. This hour will be spent doing the exercises in the book. Its due at 3 pm. I will post few exercises to my blog.
3:15-4:15 Fix the writing draft and upload it by 4:15 pm. The writing has 4 hours a week, plus the required 30 minutes a day. During the 4 hours of class time, I will be working on my script. This time will also be used for the production of the script. The final project is Due May 3rd. It will be a 13 minute Pilot of the show. (Ohh scary commitment, I know nothing about pilots).
4-5 pm Time to work on any unfinished creative projects of the day and answering Olia College related emails.
Yura has Class Monday nights this semester so after I put Isaiah to sleep at 7:30 I have from 8-10 pm to do any homework left over from class.
Wednesday
9-10 am Morning Pages
10:15-11:15 Dance Class Zumba
Other days Dance is open. Make sure to prepare your iPod selections. Dance can be Solo or an actual class in the neighborhood. I will have a performance piece and upload the video to the blog. Dance pieces are due March 30th and May 1st is the final. The final project is to write about that experience. Final video will be submitted with my final writing.
Thursday
School meets work. Today I start my morning going to GAS half day of school, half day of work. It turns out it’s the only way I can do two full days of class.
9-10 am Morning pages
10:15-11:15 am Finance and Math, Money Maturity
11:15-12:15 First Draft Creative Writing
12:30-4:15 work on Olia Designs. Looks like it’s a 4 hour week. I need to read that book, I think it can help me now. I literally will have a 4 hour week.
Tuesdays and Fridays during Isaiah’s nap I will work on Olia Designs as well. Tuesday and Friday 1:30-2:30 pm, Olia Designs.
Thursday nights, Yura has school so I will work on Olia College homework 8 pm – 9 pm.
Otherwise Tuesday and Friday, I am all Isaiah’s! Mama Time!
Weekends are leisure time.
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Wow. This curriculum is super-impressive! You’re homeschooling yourself! Very bold to create, and very brave to publish. We’ll be cheering you on. What a superb idea.
…Do you have a nanny? If so, that is the best use of time I could imagine. I just do errands and sometimes sleep when I’ve got kiddie coverage. Maybe I should step up to the plate and achieve something, produce something, or just watch you achieve and produce.
Mood: happy
Yes I have a nanny. Sometime I feel guilty using my time away from Isaiah on something “frivolous” like myself. But then I think this is the most important work for both of us. How else will he learn to follow his dreams, if I do not follow my dreams. And isn’t that the point of this whole thing we call life?
You are on your way girl. I would not say you are sitting and watching.
Wow Olia!!! This is so exciting! I want to hear it all. I want to hear what you learn each day, about the curriculum, about yourself. I want to hear all the challenges that come up by making this committment. I want to see what it inspires you to do next. I want to hear how you stay determined as the teacher to give the student the best you’ve got, and how you, as the student, grow in leaps and bounds.
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I love this! Your curriculum is really amazing. It sounds like you’ll be doing YOU – your way. I too want to hear about your journey as you learn, stretch, grow – repeat. Pure awesome.
how can you do it with a baby, work, building the house??? What is time?
– Puzzled, amazed at the grandness of this plan. You are an uber-woman to me.