Focus.
That's the word that I'm embracing for 2019. The last two years have been so stressed and hectic and, yes, chaotic for me. But I have hope that this year will be different. We are finally moved into our new home and I am striving to create a routine that works for all of us.
My oldest elected to go to a private high school. It was a rough start, but I think she has settled in. She loves her classes, anyway, and I think her teachers love her, too. I've continued to homeschool my oldest boy, and this month, we'll be starting classes with our first homeschool co-op. We're excited about the once a week classes. And, of course, my youngest is still too little for formal school, but we focus on a lot of reading, educational toys, and just building our close relationship through not really one-sided conversations.
This year, I've simply tweaked the colors of my bilingual resolution chart. Because really, the layout is just right. I've been making them every year for the last five years and we've been diligently filling them out each year. I've loved adding them to each child's homeschool binder for the year, simply to give them a reference if they later want to look back.
The chart includes several sections to help you guide your children as they think about all the challenges and blessings of the last year and focus on how they'd like this next one to be different. I think the chart helps empower kids by helping them think about their own control over their education and life choices. And last year, I added a new section in which kids can write down their own word to concentrate on for the year.
Even if they don't, I still think it's important for kids to set goals and try to work toward them. And this chart is simply a tool for them to use in this effort.
So if you'd like to use this printable with your own children, you can download it free below. The file contains both an English and a Spanish worksheet.