Homeschool Planner

Updated Holiday reference pages for curriculum planner

June 2, 2013 | 1 Comment
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I have been moving along nicely trying to get the whole planner moved over to my new blog and creating the headers for each page. The header above is the new one for the blog page Step 5a. I think they tell more what each has on it for new visitors. What do you think?

So far I have these pages completed on my blog for the planner;

7 Step Curriculum Planner – Please Read First

Step 1. Choose A Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step 2. Choose Calendar/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives About 99% done.

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages

Step 5a. Choose Unique Forms JUST for You

In between I am still working on updating my printables. I updated the reference pages for holidays and I have 2 color choices. I really like these pages because it has 5 years of holidays on one page. No, it doesn’t have all of the holidays on there and I have been ask why this or that one is not on there, but it has the major holidays so it works for me. I find it real useful for planning purposes in my planner. Download your copy below and I will have it up on my blog soon.

Download Orange Lime Luv here

Download Turquoise Lime Luv here.

Hugs and love ya,

5 Days of Tina’s 7 Step DIY Curriculum Planner: Day 2 Academic School Year Pretty Calendars

May 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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The real reason I didn’t want the academic school calendars on the front of the curriculum planner anymore is because now I can add lots more color and different designs since they are a separate page. Mix and match is so much more prettier and unique. Today, I have 3 academic school calendar pages. Too when these pages are not laminated but put close to the front of your planner like right behind the cover, it allows you to circle holidays you want to observe and important days to your family.

These are school calendars only not the school planning calendar pages. There is a big difference. The pages today are for reference and noting important dates. The pages coming tomorrow are for actual school planning.

Remember too my pages are made for year around homeschooling. My pages start with July and end with June. Even if you don’t start school until August or September and end in May that is fine. This is the one you will use. Keeping the form from July to June allows greater flexibility if you decide to start later and end early or vice versa. Here are 3 color choices for the Academic Year School Calendar.

Download Green Chevron Luv Here.

Download Lemon Luv Here.

Download Red/Orange Luv here.

Here {excuse the font on my website-I am updating and my site goes a bit bonkers as I clean it up} is the calendar page if you want to grab the two page spread appointment keeper and a black/white page of a 2014 or 2015 calendar to use for long range planning purposes. The 2 page spread appointment keeper is toward the front with all of my pages under a tab Calendar. This way, my planning, my calendar for the school year and appointments are all kept together. Any black and white pages for long range planning or calendars for reference I put toward the back of my planner. That is just my preference because I tend to plan for next year at the end of the present year. So that is my planning preference. You may want all those types of pages up close to the front of your planner. You decide.

Tomorrow, I updated the Year Around Planning School Calendars and have those coming! Isn’t this fun? Hitting you with all the forms at one time instead of spreading it out all summer. Plus you never know when I get my wild hair day and have another form I need. It allows me all summer to simmer on it.

Hugs and love, simmering

If you missed Day 1: Free Covers of 5 Days of Tina’s 7 Step DIY Curriculum Planner - Click below

If you want to get started now on your curriculum planner for next year, click below to go the main website page.

Free Homeschool Editable Progress Report Card for Teen

May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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I have an editable progress report card for a teen. Also look at my page Homeschool Planner and my 7 Step Curriculum Planner for more homeschool planning forms.

I had planned to share all my graduation ideas with you by now too. But, I cave, I am totally a sobbing wimp. I have embraced the full meaning of homeschooling with heart.

Free Homeschool Editable Progress Report Card for Teen

You just can’t homeschool and teach your son from his first tiny baby step, to his first hold of a pencil, to his first feel of a car steering wheel and come away unscathed.

I need to look at all of this project graduation objectively instead of how I feel now.

Too, you know how up/down this past year was with the hubby.

So I savor every precious moment of life and I get spikes and shots of overflowing feelings when I get ready to write.

Stay tuned as I know I will eventually share but I keep myself reined in about project graduation lest I sound like I have totally lost it and possible unsound words make their indelible marks on the world wide web.

Enough of that. So what does this have to do with what I am sharing today?

Well I did want to share this picture with though it’s a tad bit out of focus. Tiny was on the other end but I do kid friendly pictures.

But, this was the day Mr. Senior 2013 finally got his driver’s license. What a patient kid when all of that stuff hit us while I was in the middle of teaching him to drive.

After that jubilant day, the fun day came for insurance.

The insurance company gives a discount for good grades in school and needed a current progress report.

Oh yippee, I needed another form and figured you would need one like this too sometime or the other.

Since I need something a little more official looking than the pretty progress report (Option 16)

I already have on the site which is basically used to satisfy reporting for those that live in countries/states like this, I put this report together. It really acts as our final report card too.

The sample above is what eventually will go on the site. I left what I could on it from when I used it last year and added a few notes to explain how it is set up.

It is editable and I am in love with it. It worked just perfectly when I sent it to our insurance guy.

The only parts not editable are the comments and the signature which are normally done hand written.

Now that I have confessed all about Mr. Senior 2013, if you have a senior this year give him or her a hug today. You he or she needs it.

Still in the homeschooling trenches with you as I have two more sweet sons to go.