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Homeschool Planner

For those of you who homeschool, its that time of year again. Time to start getting ready by purchasing curriculum if you havent already, organizing the classroom, and planning your daily schedule. Homeschooling is as unique as the individuals who are participating, but Id like to pass along a resource that Im enjoying and think you will, too.


Home Educating Family Publishers, Rebecca and Scott Keliher, have created a wonderfully organized planner, The Well Planned Day, that covers just about everything a homeschool mom could want in order to keep up with as many as 4 children and their academics, not to mention, dinner, bills, and a few other items.



Ill give you a little tour, in no particular order...

First were some introductory pages that were for recording family goals, etc. Since this was not a high priority for me, I opted to tape in some pages in which I created a list of all my dinner entrees to make meal planning easier this fall. Basically, I grouped the recipes by type of meat (such as ground beef, grilled meats, crock pot dishes, chicken, etc....) and I listed every recipe my family enjoys. I now have a quick reference guide to meals.



Next is a "Household Duties" page; great for planning what you want to accomplish on a daily basis as well as boxes for recording annual projects such as clean the woodstove. Just write the task in the appropriate monthly box and it will be a quick reference guide for you all year long.





One of my favorite sections is the Teacher Schedule and the Student Schedule. You actually get 4 pages of the student schedule so you can write out a different schedule for each child. If youve ever read Teri Maxwells Managers of Their Homes, youll recognize the boxes with time slots as being nearly identical. gives you the opportunity to put Teris ideas into practice, but without the color coding for each family member. However, you do get an additional column for each day of the week.



Just opposite the student schedule is a page for student information. You can keep track of curriculum purchases, student information, etc.






The main reason I purchased this planner was because of the "Lesson Planner" pages. Theres enough space to write out assignments by subject for up to 4 students. Included on this spread is a box for "Weekly Priorities", a "Dinner Menu", a "Weekly Catechism", and "Weekend Activities".  One tip thats worked for me is to write each students assignment in a different color pen. That way, its easier to note which assignment is for which child at a glance.



Finally, there are plenty of other record keeping items such as attendance and grades, but theyve ALSO included a HOLIDAY Organizer!!! I totally forgot to take pictures of that section, but its 6 pages of forms for tracking gifts, shopping, cards, events, and notes.