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Year 2023 Homeschool Planning Schedule Beautiful Form

September 23, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Today I have the 2023 homeschool planning schedule for your homeschool planner ready early.

My homeschool planning schedules allow you to plan your year whether you homeschool year round or not.

The planning schedule begins January, 2023 and ends December, 2023.

Year 2023 Homeschool Planning Schedule Beautiful Form

Even if you started later in the year, you can use the schedule because it is twelve months.

Remember, I create both academic and physical year calendars.

Although the homeschool planning schedule calendars may seem similar to plain calendars, let me assure you they are not.

Three Different Homeschool Calendars

And I create three different types of calendars each year.

The three different types of calendars I prepare each year are.

Regular calendar for reference. I normally put two or three in my planner.
A planning schedule like I have today which I create both an academic and physical year.
Then the two page per month calendar for tracking appointments.

Also, you need at least one of each type of calendar in your homeschool planner.

However, you want to know best how to use it.

Homeschool Planning Schedule

Here are some features and sections it has.

12 months on one page so if you school year round, you can still track;
is a calendar where highlight weeks you plan to homeschool and mark out weeks you take off;
is used to track each day and total weeks by writing down; and

it has a comprehensive key box at the bottom of the form for you to note things like first day of school, holidays, quarters, and goals for days and weeks to homeschool.

Look at my samples below in how to use the planning calendar.

School Year 2023-2024 Homeschool Planning Schedules Beautiful Forms

Finally, having a plan to begin your homeschooling year with sets you up for success.

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Free Colorful and Beautiful 2023 Printable School Calendar on One Page

September 17, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Today I have the colorful and beautiful 2023 printable school calendar on one page for your homeschool planner.

The 2023 printable calendar one page form today is used for reference purposes.

And the homeschool planning calendars are to be used for tracking your homeschool days and week

The last type of calendar which is the 2 page per month appointment keepers are the two pages per month.

Free Colorful and Beautiful 2023 Printable School Calendar on One Page

They have bigger boxes for writing appointments.

Because the reference calendar today is used for everything in your planner like planning and referencing you’ll want to print a couple of these for your planner.

Homeschool Calendar

I print one or more in the front of my homeschool planner and I print another one or two toward the back.

This allows me to easily put my hand on the calendar.

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Again because it’s a reference calendar, you want to print several and place it throughout your planner.

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School Year 2023-2024 Homeschool Planning Schedules Beautiful Forms

September 5, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Today I have the 2023 to 2024 homeschool planning schedule for your homeschool planner ready early.

Sometimes having both the current homeschool schedule and marking the next school year in your planner can be helpful.

My homeschool planning schedules allow you to plan your year whether you homeschool year round or not.

The planning schedule begins July, 2023 and ends June, 2024.

Even if you started in August or September, you can use the schedule because it is twelve months.

Remember, I create both academic and physical year calendars.

Although the homeschool planning schedule calendars may seem similar to plain calendars, let me assure you they are not.

Three Different Homeschool Calendars

And I create three different types of calendars each year.

The three different types of calendars I prepare each year are.

Regular calendar for reference. I normally put two or three in my planner.
A planning schedule like I have today which I create both an academic and physical year.
Then the two page per month calendar for tracking appointments.

Also, you need at least one of each type of calendar in your homeschool planner.

However, you want to know best how to use it.

Homeschool Planning Schedule

Here are some features and sections it has.

12 months on one page so if you school year round, you can still track;
is a calendar where highlight weeks you plan to homeschool and mark out weeks you take off;
is used to track each day and total weeks by writing down; and

it has a comprehensive key box at the bottom of the form for you to note things like first day of school, holidays, quarters, and goals for days and weeks to homeschool.

Look at my samples below in how to use the planning calendar.

Finally, having a plan to begin your homeschooling year with sets you up for success.

Other Homeschool Planner Resources

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How to Get the Free Planner Schedule

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4 Colorful and Editable Homeschool Lesson Plan Templates

August 29, 2022 | 3 Comments
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If you’re looking for an editable homeschool lesson plan template for your homeschool planner, you’ll love the ones I have for you today.

I have four colorful and editable homeschool lesson plan templates.

Planning can be stressful and if you have a guideline or framework to follow, it gives you a direction.

4 Colorful and Editable Homeschool Lesson Plan Templates

And if you prefer to plan by paper and pen but not write the same subjects over, templates have a huge time savings advantage.

In addition, you also can save printing cost when you print exactly what you need by having a two page spread.

5 Advantages to a Homeschool Lesson Plan Template

First, look at these advantages to an editable homeschool lesson plan template.

Planning is very flexible because your subjects can change from week to week. Adjust your templates through the year as needed.
Long range planning is easier because you can type in topics for each quarter or semester and add to your planner.
By having your lesson plan template separate you can submit your lesson plans to a shared file with your children. Use the templates as a checklist if you’re training your children for independence.
Each child can be assigned their own two page spread if you use more than one color.
Or use one two page spread to see all of your learners on one page. You decide the layout.

Also, some moms prefer to set up their template for the year and then laminate it.

In addition, not all lesson planning templates have the same editable fields.

So be sure you’re looking at which boxes can be edited.

Homeschool Lesson Plan Template

Also, you decide if you want to use regular paper or cardstock.

Personally, I prefer to use regular paper especially if I’m going to prepare my whole homeschool planner.

You do not want to print for a year using cardstock. Your planner would be way too thick and unusable.

If I am printing for a glance for the year for my kids, I would print two pages on cardstock.

Too, you don’t really need an expensive printer. I’ve always a mobile or smaller version of Canon.

Next, look at these five lesson planning templates.

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Lesson Planning Templates

The first template is the confetti color choice.

The columns across the top allow you add what topics or subjects fit your needs.

Too, the side column can have text added in.

You can read more about it here at 4 Editable Homeschool Planning Pages to Ease Planning.

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Next this color choice is Gems color choice..

The text you add in across the top is white.

In addition, like the confetti, it has large editable fields at the bottom.

Too, you can read more about it here at 4 Editable Homeschool Planning Pages to Ease Planning.

Editable Homeschool Lesson Planning Pages – Gems Color
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Third, is another color choice I love and that is Robin’s egg.

Like the other templates there is a space at the top, sides and bottom for you to add your text.

Editable Homeschool Lesson Planning Pages – Robin’s Egg Color
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Last, I have the Mink Over You color choice. And it’s editable top, sides and bottom as well.

You have many color choices.

Editable Homeschool Lesson Planning Pages – Mink Over You
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What do you think? Are you ready for your new homeschool year?

Free and Fun Homeschool Planner Stickers Back To School Craft

August 15, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Today I have a homeschool planner stickers back to school craft. Whether you do this craft for your homeschool planner or do it as part of your homeschool year, it’s fun.

You can have your children prepare their homeschool planner stickers back to school craft as a first day activity.

There are two ways to create your own homeschool planner stickers for your planners, notebooks, and wherever else you want to put them.

Free and Fun Homeschool Planner Stickers Back To School Craft

First, you or your child can draw them using some fun pens and markers to get a nice watercolor look.

Second, I’m showing you a simple tutorial for creating stickers using free clipart if you prefer not to draw them.

Also, I have a ready made sheet for you which has some basic stickers you can use to dress up your planners or notebooks.

The stickers are perfect for adding color and reminders for things like library trips and co-op meetings.

Choosing the Best Sticker Paper

Before we get started though a quick overview about paper type is needed.

There are several types of sticker paper to choose from and you want to be sure to pick the one that fits best with your intended use.

Look at these different sticker paper types.

Matte Sticker Paper. This is inexpensive and works perfectly for planners and things that won’t get wet or be exposed to much use.

This type of paper is also a better choice if you are going to hand draw your own stickers.

This is what I used for both the hand drawn and printable stickers I’m sharing today..

Second is the Clear Vinyl Sticker Paper.

It’s just a bit more expensive, but these are nice if you want to print stickers and not have the white border around them.

Last is the Waterproof Vinyl Sticker Paper.

It is the cadillac of sticker papers.

This is the type of paper you use if you want waterproof stickers to put on things like water bottles.

I love these and we had so much fun creating them.

Doing a quick google search for watercolor school clip art gave us some great ideas for our stickers.

How to Make Hand Drawn Planner Stickers

One of the best tools to making your own hand drawn stickers are fine line pens.

They give a nice crisp outline for drawing.

They are fantastic to use in your planner or other writing even if you don’t consider yourself an artist. Using these will take your art to a new level.

Next, double ended alcohol markers give your stickers that hand drawn artist look.

Also, the markers give a very saturated water color look when using the brush tip.

Now, look below to look at some of these sticker supplies.

Supplies For Hand Drawn Stickers

You will need:

Use a fine line pen to draw a basic shape, a globe, beaker, apple, whatever you need.

Here you can see how much better of an outline I get with the fine line versus a regular marker with a small tip.

Fill them in with the brush tip of the alcohol marker.

Add labels to identify activities to them if you like, such as co-op, library, science labs, etc.

You can either cut them out around the outline or line them up in rows and use a paper slicer to cut them out in squares.

If you want to just use clip art for your stickers, follow these directions below.

How to Make Clip Art Planner Stickers

Here is the easy list of supplies.

Sticker Paper
Computer and Printer
Scissors or Paper Cutter

Open your word processing program and choose insert from the menu.

From the drop down choose Insert then Image.

And either upload from the computer (if you already have clip art downloaded you would like to use), or search the web.

In the search bar type in keywords you would like to find, either broad like school, homeschool, office, etc. or specific like paint, computer, and so on.

This will bring up clip art right in your side bar like this.

Double click the image you like to insert it on the page.

Resize it and move to the upper left corner.

Copy and paste the image to make as many as you like. Repeat with all images you want to use.

If you want to add words to your stickers go ahead and type directly under each picture before you drop to the next line to insert another row.

Fill your page with stickers, you don’t want to waste space or your sticker paper.

Print on to your chosen sticker paper. Then cut out by hand or slice with the paper cutter if you made your stickers in neat little rows with spacing between.

Now you can make all the planner pages you get here truly YOURS by adding special stickers.