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Homeschool Planner

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Because a homeschool planner should be the life blood of your day, I’ve created many different ones here. Whether you are using a planner to track lesson plans, or just journaling, you’ll love the choices here.

Planners should be organized for the children you’re teaching this year. So, do not try to make your unique lifestyle adjust to something made for a classroom.

How to Choose

Whether you’ve homeschooled for a long time or you’re new you need a planner which adjusts to the way you teach.

Free Planners

First, begin with building a planner suited to your year. Because you have students of different ages, choose exactly what you need.

Do not use fluff pages stuck in your planner. A fluff page is a page you will not use. It is useless.

Build each page as you need it because these planners below allow you to pick and choose pages instead of being one download.

Daily Planner Versus Weekly Planner

Other Planners

Then, sometimes you want customizable pages or even a bit more color or glam. Below you’ll find colorful and unique homeschool lesson planners.

Lesson Planning

Also, part of what makes a planner uniquely yours are the lesson planning pages. Below, I have several lesson planning pages, lesson planning how-tos, and lesson planning tips.

Lesson Planning Templates

Field Trip Planning

Tips for Lesson Planning

Life Skills Printables

Planner Forms

Next, one of the best parts about a planner is to add forms for a specific need.

Homeschool Planner

How to Schedule & Objectives

However, the best part to any planner is the ability to organize your schedule. You’ll love the tips share here.

Planner Supplies

Too, what makes a lesson planner not only beautiful, but useful are the supplies you use in it.

Homeschool Planner Calendars

I prepare 4 types of calendars and you want at least one type of each in your planner.

CALENDAR 1.
Planning Your Homeschool Schedule Calendars

CALENDAR 2.
Two Page Monthly Calendars for Noting ALL (a.k.a Appointment Keepers)

CALENDAR 3.
Just Plain Old School Calendars (Not So Plain)

CALENDAR 4.
5 Years Holiday Dates on One Page

Planner Pages for Science

15 Gorgeous Homeschool Planner Supplies

Whether you add a bit of eye candy or consider it essential supplies, you'll love some of these ideas.

Point Taken Homeschool Planner

Free Homeschool Community Service Planning Record

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I have a homeschool community service planning form. Also, look my page DIY Best Student Planner. Also, look at DIY 7 Step Curriculum Planner and my page Homeschool Planner for more forms which easily can be used here.

One need that was real obvious to me right away was something to track his community service.

Sure he can write it down in his student planner, but “I” needed to track it too so I had a clear idea on the hours for record keeping purposes.

Free Homeschool Community Service Planning Record

I just couldn’t wait. I had to share a picture or two because I just got back the graduation party pictures and I have a new planning page that I am excited to get into your little hands also.

Updated Robertson Family Picture

At least now I have an updated family picture and loved how this one turned out.

10 Days of Plannning Homeschool Highschool Graduation

I have a few more to share with you and then the rest I want to  show you when I start my 10 days of planning a homeschool high school graduation.

HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE PLANNING RECORD

I have MUCH to tell you about what to do and what not to do when planning. Plus, I need to tell you about it when its fresh on my mind.

Mr. Senior 2013

Here is the graduation picture that I am loving. I like it the best of the “official” cap and gown ones, but he did have some taken outside too.

Graduation Picture outside
Mr. Senior 2013 Graduation Picture outside

Another project I had reeling around in my head for new followers and maybe not so new followers is to explain the steps for my planning pages. I

I want to show you what constantly is going on in my mind as I continue to build the planning pages. And I will put this new visual on my blog so that hopefully  nobody gets overwhelmed as I continue to have ideas for new forms swirl around in my head.

7 Steps to Planning a DIY Homeschool Curriculum Planner @ Tinas Dynamic Homeschool Plus1

COMMUNITY SERVICE PLANNING RECORD

Too because I realize I needed some new forms as I was record keeping for Mr. Senior 2013 through the last four years, I will slowly be sharing those as  I go along too.

Free Homeschool Community Service Planning Record. Need a way to track your teen's volunteer hours or community service? You'll love this AWESOME form! Click here to download it.

So here is the latest form for your highschooler. Too, some states require more intensive record keeping and so if you are doing anything to give back to your community and you need to track it for your children because it counts as school, this form will work for you.

It is a 7 day week because a lot of times community service is done on the weekends too. I have 2 slots on each day which is just enough room to jot down the total hours or time spent and a simple note for the type of service. Then a total for that week is at the bottom. Use the larger box at the very top for the total monthly time spent.

If you need more room and there was a specific community project or you are doing something different each week, then use the long dotted line out beside the week to make more notes for  the project.

By keeping this a monthly form, you can print off as many or as few as you need. In other words, you may not be doing something for the whole year.

I have a bit of color creating withdrawal lately so this satisfies my color craving for just a short time anyway. I LOVE color and hope you do too.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE COMMUNITY SERVICE RECORD

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You’ll love reading these other tips about high school. 10 Days of Planning a Homeschool High School Graduation, 3 Ways to Homeschool the BIGS (a.k.a. Older Kids) and How to Grade a Homeschool Unit Study for an Older Child (& high school assessment).

Luv ya, hope you like the new form and our latest family picture.

Hugs

 

Updated Holiday reference pages for curriculum planner

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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,

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

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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

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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.

Free Homeschool Editable Progress Report Card for Teen

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.

How to Get the Free Homeschool Progress Report Card for Teens

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Begin building your free 7 Step Homeschool Planner below.

You’ll never go back to downloading one planner that may fit your needs this year, but not the next.

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color” Begin building your planner.

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

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!