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Free Homeschool Academic Year Calendar {2017 to 2018}

December 21, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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I’m always excited when I can start planning early for the next school year by having a new form and today I have the first free homeschool academic year calendar for the 2017 to 2018 school year ready.

Just as a reminder, I keep the choices for this academic year calendar form on Step 2 each year and I normally try to give you 3 smokin’ hot choices.

Curriculum Pages for Planner

Don’t forget this is JUST a calendar for you to glance at the school year and make a few notes at the bottom.

I also make a planning your school calendar which gives you room to plan your school year.

It is found always on Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You.

Look below at the picture (sample from previous year) below so you can see the fine, but huge difference between just calendars like the one I have today and an actual planning form with a calendar and room to plan your year.

This is a PLANNING calendar from Step 5a. So you want to get BOTH types of calendars.

Also, this calendar today is not for writing appointments because you can grab a huge 2 page spread for noting appointments on Step 2. Choose Calendar/Appointment Keepers. The current 2 page appointment keepers are kept there.

Look at a picture below of a 2 page spread calendar, which gives you room to write appointments.

I hope these pictures make it more clear that the calendar I have today is just that. It is perfect for glancing at the year and for reference in your planner.

Save it and print off as many as necessary when you print your planner.

I always have two or more spread throughout my planner. I put one close to my lesson planning section, one close to the front of my planner and sometimes I even put on in the back so I don’t have to hunt very long for it.

Grab your free copy below!

Grab your free 2017 to 2018 Academic Year Homeschool Calendar here which I named Serene.

And if you want to begin building your FREE 7 Step Curriculum Planner, start here.

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You!

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!

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7 Step Free Homeschool Planner – Top 5 Questions Asked Are Answered

November 4, 2016 | 3 Comments
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Today, I am taking time to answer the top 5 questions that I get frequently about the 7 Step free Homeschool Planner. Look at my pages Homeschool Planner and 7 Step Curriculum Planner for more forms and ideas.

I always, always appreciate your questions and because I don’t like you having to wait a long time for answers, I am rounding frequently asked questions here.

7 Step Free Homeschool Planner

And because I have a method to my madness, I hope these answers help you.

ONE/ What if I begin my school in a different month than when your printables begin in July and end in June?

I understand you may begin your school in August, September or even October, however, that is not when you begin to plan.

When setting up my organized system many years ago, it was and still is my goal to help you stay organized.

This means that generally, like most teachers, we should begin our planning months before we start teaching our kids.

However, because you get a full 12 months, it doesn’t matter when you choose to begin your school.

You can still use my forms by just starting on the month when you begin to plan.

By maintaining one month to begin (July) and one month to end the year (June, my system stays uniformed as I create hundreds of free forms across the 7 steps for you.

This would not be possible if I created forms to begin a year with May, June, August, September or even October because there is no way I could give you so many wonderful options.

TWO/ Do you create other sizes like A5, personal or mini pages?

No.

Most of my audience, like me, wants all the room they can possibly get to write down lesson plans.

My planner utilizes as much as I can get on a regular size page and still leaves room for coil binding.

I can see when you have only one child, you may not want all that room and I have a Unit Study Planner that has a unique lesson planning page which would work well for one child, but it is regular paper size.

THREE/ What if I don’t have a fancy printer? Can I still create this?

Absolutely!

I have used three very different printers over the years and the least and most inexpensive one does just as great of a job as my fancy HP one I had albeit the smaller one takes a bit more time.

Right now, I am still using the portable CANON PIXMA iP110 Wireless Mobile Printer I used when we moved overseas.

I still love it and have changed the way I do things.

Before we moved, I had an office in my house.

But when we traveled and stayed in different hotels in different countries, I got use to plugging up my printer anywhere I was sitting at and have loved the flexibility of moving around.

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FOUR/ I’m having problems with my download.
Some of the numbers or boxes are missing. What causes that?

Most of the time, when your download is not printing correctly, it can be traced back to a problem with reader and browser compatibility.

Too, it may be because you use the default reader for the MAC or for a smart phone.

Adobe is a universal reader and Chrome a universal browser.

It’s always best to print from your tablet or laptop as phones can cause hiccups.

Maybe one day technology will make it all possible with no hiccups.

FIVE/ Do you recommend a binding machine or products for binding the planner?

Though I love all the easy binding machines now offered, the whole foundation of this planner is a DIY project.

This means using things that are easily found or relatively inexpensive, which is coil binding.

It shouldn’t take buying fancy office supplies to do that.

You certainly can invest in cool products, but again, my goal is that this planner can be made by anybody with minimal products to purchase.

Are you ready to begin building your 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner?

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Hugs and love ya,

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2018 Two Page Per Month Calendar For Your Homeschool Planner

November 3, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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Rolling out my first color choice, which is glamorous for the 2018 two page per month calendar, I’m excited to have it out so early.

If you’re like me, you want to have calendars for at least two years in your planner.

Curriculum Pages for Planner

Too, keep in mind all of the options for the two page per month calendars are kept here at Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers.

Today, though I have what I call the glamorous 2 page calendar. It’s glamorous and beautiful, which is how I like all my forms.

Look at these details to see what you get.

Two Pages Per Month.

25 pages.
Like my academic year 2 page spread calendars, you get a full year with this download.
You can use this calendar to add to your home management binder, my forever blog planner or to your 7 Step Homeschool Planner.
12 months. Begins January 2018 and Ends December, 2018.
Color Calendar
Digital .pdf download, you print.
Boxes are bigger on a 2 page per month spread so that you have more room to write important appointments for both school and home.
Purchase one this color and purchase one another color for your second planner.

TOS

Important: READ THIS FIRST.
Before you email me asking where your download link is or tell me that it is not working, read this to ensure that you get your pretties timely and that you don’t pay for something and not get it.

• All my products are digital. You will not receive a physical product for anything in my store. A digital physical year calendar does not mean a physical product or calendar.
• Downloads are INSTANT. When you pay, you will receive an email with a download link INSTANTLY. Depending on your internet connection, the email could be just 30 seconds or so, or a bit longer. The point is it will be soon, not a week later,etc.
• The email with the download link will go to the email you used for paypal. If you used your husband’s paypal, your downloads will go to that email. Please check that email and your spam before emailing me telling me you can’t find it.
• Please put my email tina @ tinasdynamichomeschoolplus dot com (of course substitute the right symbol for dot) in your address/contact list so that your product does not go to spam.

MY GUARANTEE: To treat you like I want to be treated which means I know at times technical problems may cause glitches, so I will do everything possible to make your experience here pleasant. I value your business and value you as a follower. I stand behind my products because they are actual products I use and benefit from too. Though I cannot refund purchases after you have been given access to them, I will do what I can to be sure you are a pleased customer.

You can grab it today for .99.

Hugs and love ya,

If you want to see the other options for the two page per month calendars, then go to STEP 2.

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7 Step Free Homeschool Planner Inside Page – Color Choice Miss Ya

September 23, 2016 | 1 Comment
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Today I have a colorful choice for the 7 Step Homeschool Planner Inside Page. This color choice is named Missed Ya because it has been a while since I shared some of my favorite color combinations which are orange and pink.

7 Step Homeschool Planner Inside Page

I started creating a few choices for an inside title page because some of you wanted a place to write down your name since not all of the covers on Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover have a place for your name.

In addition, I created this title page with several different lines at the bottom so that you can add your favorite quotes, your vision or even if you want to share your mission right there.

You can decide whether you want to jot down notes straight on the colored lines and alternate with the white or just use the colored lines.

Also, with all of the color on this page, it will go well with many of the free cover pages on Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover .

Even though I created this page to use as an inside title page, you can use it for a main cover on your planner or you can use it for a back cover too. If you use it for a back cover, a good idea is to laminate after you write on it so it will add durability to your homeschool planner.

You decide how and where you want to place it.

I hope you luv it as much as I do. I love all of these forms!

Download-here-this-beautiful-page-for-the-inside-of-your-free-7-step-homeschool-planner

Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You!

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!

Hugs and love ya,

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How to Choose the BEST Homeschool Lesson Planning Pages THIS Year

August 17, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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Your needs change each year too and so should your homeschool planner, which was/is my absolute and driving inspiration as I build my 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner. And it's also why I share it with you. Click here!

Through the years the needs of my children and myself have changed; I’ve created homeschool lesson planning pages to meet those needs.

Your needs change each year too and so should your homeschool planner, which was/is my absolute driving inspiration as I build my 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner. And it’s also why I share it with you.

Today, I want to share some tips of how to choose the best homeschool lesson planning pages each year so that you make a great fit. After all, the right tool can make the difference between a useful or completely useless tool.

And of course, the best way I learned the difference between lesson planning pages is to compare them. I rounded up my lesson planning pages and put them here for you to compare.

Look at these homeschool lesson planning pages I have created and used at one point one or another and my explanation a my homeschool journey has unfolded.

I am hoping it will help you to decide which homeschool lesson planning page you need this.

One// Timeless, classic and working hard!

Traditional Lesson Planning @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You can find this lesson planning here.

This is the best working horse of a lesson planning page and the one I used for many years while the kids were young.

It is what I call my original lesson planning page because it was a breakthrough from the traditional ones I thought I was forced to buy.

Look at how I created it:

to be a daily (NOT A WEEKLY) workhorse because I needed room to write.
to use with 3 or more kids. Remember that unless you have 4 high school kids, not all of your kids do the same amount of workload. So add a line at the bottom and divide the bottom area for space for your younger kids who do not have as much of an academic load to jot down.
because it is not a weekly glance, the planner is thinner when you utilize front/back printing.
to write down content subjects at the bottom because content subjects don’t have to be done every day and you want to teach your kids together.
also it is NOT dated. You fill in as you school. No erasing or no feeling that you get behind with a dated planner.

Two// Flexible, beautiful AND colorful.

180 Lesson Plan Page @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You can find this Glammed Up Option here.

Then when I realized I would be using this for many years, I decided to do a Glammed Up option because I love pretty planners.

Besides when I look at something year after year, it has to be bright, cheery AND a workhorse.

Homeschool Unit Study Lesson Planning @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You can find this lesson planning page as part of my Ultimate Unit Study Planner.

Three// Whoa girlfriend! Relax.You got this!

Then as I ventured out and started creating my own lesson plans and relaxed, I realized I had other needs then. So I created this next lesson planning page.

Look at how I created it.

Weekly spread with room for fewer notes since I wanted to relax a bit.
But, I added the subject boxes to the right so that I could keep myself accountable and to see that I was doing more school than I realized and which activities fell into which school subjects. I also maintained a way to check boxes at the top to see where we were at during the year as far as weeks, days and quarters,etc.
Also, I made this so it could be used with multiple ages and where I could divide the lesson plans by ages NOT the kids. This allowed me to pick from lower grade lesson plans and higher grade lesson plans.
I think this works great with a more relaxed approach and even with unschooling because it gives you a place to jot notes and then check subject boxes that match those notes.

You can find this lesson planning page as part of my Ultimate Unit Study Planner.

High School Planning @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Click here to download the free High School Planning page.

Four// Oh heck, high school. Yikes!

Then as life would have it, can you believed we finally reached high school planning? Then I had to start high school planning.

The beauty of this form is that you can print it alongside any of the other forms for the other grades your children are in.

So you can pick and choose one of the above AND this one.

Too, I used my free Student Planners at this point too. This helps you to balance some of the planning when your teen is involved.

Extremely flexible homeschool lesson planning @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You can find this lesson planning page as part of my Ultimate Unit Study Planner.

Having experienced many seasons of homeschooling, I am now down to homeschooling one child. My needs again have changed and this is the next lesson planning page that I have been using.

Look at how I created it.

This is a monthly glance for a more relaxed view on lesson planning.
I love it because you can write notes for one child or multiple.
It has one line per day for emphasis more on journaling than detailed lesson plans for each homeschool day.
It includes a space for the weekend especially when you need this for a state where you are tracking hours or it’s good for a high school child where you want to track credits.
It would also work well for unschooling or relaxed school where you don’t need as much room for detailed lessons plans
It still has a place for objectives and it has a place to write in the week instead of Lesson 1, Lesson, 2 and etc.

I hope the fine and subtle differences between these lesson planning pages will help you to choose lesson planning pages will work for you instead of you conforming to a system that isn’t working for you.

Which stage are you at? Remember too, that you can mix and match lesson planning pages too. SO worth creating your own UNIQUE planner with my pages here.