When finished, click on the graphic to go to the next page for more options on this STEP.

 This Step Is the Largest Part of Your Planner

Take your time choosing which layout fits you the best THIS YEAR. Your needs change each year so should your pages.
Look at my post How to Choose the BEST Homeschool Lesson Planning Pages THIS Year  if you’re confused about what kind of homeschool lesson planning page you will need this year. I rounded them up and explained them on this one blog post so you can see the differences.

4 Options. Choose ONE!

General tips to understand how to use my lesson planning pages.

Sample Page of best how to use this page. Though I have it divided into 3 sections and it fits well with 3 students, this page can certainly be used with a larger family.

Simple divide one or more sections evenly. This is doable because normally with your youngest children, you do not need as much room to write.

If you have a PreK/K they can share one area divided into two. Give the bigger areas to your older students. I have not put names on the smaller narrow column that is first because you may want to write more than one child’s name  in that column. You decide. Me? Since I have only 3, I use one section per student.

Curriculum Pages for Planner

The planner page is organized just enough to help you because I list the subjects out for you.

The skill subjects are MATH and LANGUAGE ARTS. The 4 sub categories of Language Arts are Grammar, Reading, Writing and Spelling. They are listed on my form under Language Arts

The content subjects that most of teach our children together on like Geography, Science, History, Foreign Language, Bible and Art share one box since those subjects rotate during the week. For example, we do history one day and science the next.

That box at the bottom of the form for content subjects has enough room to write or lesson plan what you want to do for the day. There is enough room because you do not do content subjects every day. Like mentioned above, they are normally rotated.

Option 1. “The Original” (The one I’ve used most often). It has subjects filled in as explained above and you write in lessons numbers as you do them.

This will make your planner the thinnest because it uses one page per day for all kids.

Remember print front/back or double sided. Do not waste any of your paper.

Option 2. Because some years you need GLAM and COLOR

You ask for it and I took my time making it, but the Glammed Up version of the free Option 1 above is here. It is in color.

Glam It Up Package – Ultimate Homeschool Planner

My lesson planning pages are my signature style and I wanted to share these things that I tweaked on it.

• It is all in color. Oh yes, yippee.
• I have spaced the writing lines more evenly.
• Too, I have added columns to the content area in case you want to break down and jot your notes for each subject in a more organized way.
• I left a space at the bottom for notes in case you wanted to expand on one subject or if you just wanted to jot down some comments.
• At the top right, I added 4 boxes that can be used for a quick list or for a to-do column. In addition, if you live in a place that requires more stringent record keeping, the columns allow for you to track by weeks.
• At the far right at the top, I kept the lesson number but made them bigger.
  Also, every 5 lesson plans, I changed the color of the Lesson Plan Numbers so that you could easily see when you covered a typical school week of 5 days.
• Under Lesson Plan, I put a space for the date if you want to pen it in.

A few things I did not change because they have worked timelessly over the years are:

• It is still ONE lesson per PAGE planner. I do not care for weekly planners that take up one or two pages when I need more room to write. Weekly planners have their place, but in homeschooling, I find we need more room.
• It is still undated. This means it will be a ONE time purchase.
• Too, you are never behind on an undated planner because you school the days that fit your family. Just fill in the dates as you go.
• It still has a space to use with 3 kids. Again, not because I only like three kids, but that seems to fit the space best. Remember, if you have younger children, you can easily divide off the sections to include them. The workload will vary with the ages of your children, so two children could easily share one space.
• The basic subjects that are the same year after year are filled in too.

Ultimate Homeschool Planner is a 190 page download and it is a starter PACKAGE.

It includes:

• 1 Unique Cover
• 1 Inside Title Page
• 4 Tab Top Dividers
• 2 Attendance Forms (one with semesters and one without semesters labeled)
• and 180 Lesson Planning Pages with the subjects filled in & 8 Photo Pages

All pages are in full color and undated.

Guess what? You can get it for just $4.99.

Look at my Main Shop Page for pictures of each form too and a more detailed description if you need it. (I know you want to see lots of pictures of it.)

Option 3. Like the Original above EXCEPT it is Editable. It is only 2 pages. This means you need to fill it out and print how many pages you want. You type in your own subjects.

Option 4. It’s like the original above EXCEPT it’s editable AND it has two pages PER day. The main difference is that tracking is done by day and week AND your planner will be thicker.

This is good for states that require more record keeping or require tracking the week of school that you are in because you need to track school weeks.

Too, some years I needed a two page spread for each kid just because we had way more to do.

Because this will make your lesson planning pages area twice as thick, I would make one for half the year and then bind it. At the middle point in our school year, I would bind another one. Some years I made two half years at one time. You decide what your needs are this year.

But most years, I just needed quick reference and the Original always worked when I wanted to bind one planner.

If you want more flexibility in your lesson planning forms, then check out these other purchase options for editable lesson planning pages.

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Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives for Homeschool

On this STEP 3 choose goals/objectives for homeschool you will choose pages and forms to help you meet your goals and objectives.

Curriculum Pages for Planner

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5 Options. Choose one or more!

 About goals, objectives, and scope and sequence.

You have to have objectives otherwise where would you head?

This is where you put your plan which are your goals to accomplish for the year. I have some links here that I have used over the years.

I normally place this to close to the front of my planner. By putting the objectives closer to the front I find it is easier to review them from time to time and at the end of the year.

Homeschool Planner

Also the purpose of a scope and sequence is for you to decide what concepts to cover {scope} and sequence {in what order to cover them}.

Instead of learning instantly how to lesson plan and understand the learning process, you can follow one already made. Use it as “guide” so that you can see what other similar curriculum providers are teaching at that time.

Placing these in your planner gives you an idea of what concepts are being taught which grade. Then you decide what works best for your learner.

 Option 1. Add Scope & Sequence

Scope and Sequences we have added to our planner:

My caveat: As a seasoned homeschool mom, I want to assure you that if you are new to homeschooling please know it’s NOT the curriculum that teaches the child. We are not teaching a curriculum, we are teaching a child.

No amount of Godly curriculum will do us any good if we do not have the “hearts” of our children. It is by example, persistence and cultivating a love of learning that instills the passion for “more learning”.

So please do not get so caught up in standards that you forget that each child is “unique” and a gift. ADJUST to that child’s needs but use these scope and sequences as “tools”. DO NOT become enslaved to curriculum or testing.

Option 2. Add Your Goals and Objectives

Option 3. Add General Goals

This form is more geared toward general goals for your homeschool, personal, health, and spiritual. This more sweeping view allows you to make more general goals.

For example, it would be absolutely appropriate to write down under the Homeschool box: Survive My 1st Year of Homeschool. For me, I am focusing more attention to my health. My boys have been real good about their health, I just need to be sure I make more time for myself.

I labeled one box Personal Goals because there may be something you might want to accomplish that is private or maybe something like financial.

You decide what you want to write there as I left that title more general.

Visual person that I am when I see the goals written down, I am reminded of them.

Plus, when you look back at the end of the year, it shows you made progress no  matter how tiny the step. There are 2 color choices here.

Objectives at a Glance Goals
This is another form for objectives in broad strokes and it is a 2 page spread where you jot down objectives by month.

It has January to December for you to jot down general goals and view them on a 2 page spread. I have found that as my kids got older, I wanted a more general form and this is also good if you have an only child because you don’t need as much room to write.

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Option 4. Four Quarter Planning Sheets.

Look at how I created this from.

• It’s divided into 4 quarters or 4 pages with three month calendars on each page.
• It has a box at the top right to pen in whether you follow an academic or a physical year calendar.
• So that the calendars can be used over and over, pen in the day of week so your calendar is current year ready. Note: (Not that you would do this, but remember the first of the month doesn’t always begin on Monday or Sunday. I know you know that, but you’d be surprised how giddy you can get when filling in a new form.)
• Because you can choose when to begin your homeschool year, you determine which months are your first quarter, your second quarter and etc. Just put an X, highlight the quarter or place a check at the top right section. I love the flexibility of determining which months are which quarters.
• On the calendar highlight or circle the dates you want to reach certain objectives, goals or projects and
• then use the lined box to the right of the calendar to write down your thoughts, plans or objectives.
• At the bottom of the page or the end of the quarter is a place for evaluation.

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Option 5. Easy Goal Setting.

Sometimes, I have more broad goals and not something that fits into exact educational objectives. I just like having the options each year. You know how I feel about that. Too, sometimes I know, for me anyway, I tend to write down all that I want to do and have few reminders of what not to do for the year.  So the section I call “less of this” is just as important to me as I want to keep setting realistic goals each year.

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This is STEP 2 Choose CalendarAppointment Keepers.

I keep homeschool planning calendars for reference, appointment keepers or two pages per month calendars and the holiday reference pages on this step.

STEP 2 Choose CalendarAppointment Keepers

On this step I keep 2 of the 3 calendars here which I create each year.

You need ALL 3 different types of calendars in your 7 Step Homeschool Planner.

Important Update: All of my forms begin July to June..

• The first set of calendars here on STEP 2 are regular calendars (reference calendars) for reference purposes.
• The second set of calendars here on STEP 2 are the 2 pages per month Appointment Keepers which have bigger boxes for writing dates.
• The third set of calendars are on STEP 5A which are the calendars for planning your school year.

Curriculum Pages for Planner

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4 Options. Choose one or more!

  Option 1A.
Reference Calendar. Academic Year.

Important Note: ALL of my academic calendars begin in July and end in June.

This doesn’t mean you have to school that way or that you begin and end your year then either. It does mean that you can pick up on my forms at anytime you begin your year. Please see my post 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner – Top 5 Questions Asked Are Answered about questions you may have.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2026 to 2027

Purpose: Serve as a yearly school calendar overview or to glance. These are NOT for tracking or planning school weeks. {Grab Year Around Tracking Calendars here.}

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NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 to 2028

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Purpose: Serve as a yearly school calendar overview or to glance. These are NOT for tracking or planning school weeks. {Grab Year Around Tracking Calendars here.}

Option 1B.
Reference Calendar. Physical Year.

Option 2A.
Two-Page Per Month Calendar.
Academic Year. 12 months

Purpose: More room For Tracking Important Dates.

I use classical fonts on the calendar. Too, if I am going to use a calendar for the year, I want a calendar that inspires me each day, i.e. I have to have color.

If you do not track school weeks, {which is real easy record keeping even for states or countries that don’t require it} then use those areas to either write notes, special events for that month or a to-do list.

Tracking weeks that you are in school is the easiest or the very basics of record keeping.

Though I don’t have to do anything here in Texas, I feel it’s important to be accountable because as your children grow and enter high school, it becomes important.

So I went ahead and added a box for that because I want to reflect my experience in my forms which helps you to be better organized.

Academic Year 2026 to 2027

Important All of my forms for the academic calendar begin July and end June. So this is a full 12 months. 

July, 2026 to June, 2027 – Two pages Per Month Calendar.

And another color choice.

Next Academic Year 2027 to 2028

Important All of my forms for the academic calendar begin July and end June. So this is a full 12 months. 

And here is the second color choice which is chartreuse.

Option 2B.
Two-Page Monthly Calendar. PHYSICAL Year

January, 2026 to December, 2026 – Two Page Monthly Calendar. Pastel

*Note physical year calendar, and at the top of January, it has a place for noting when you start school and end school.

You can use this calendar to add to your diy home management binder, my DIY Unit Study Planner or to your 7 Step DIY Homeschool Planner.

Option 3.
Long Range Planning.

Option 4.
Major U.S. Holidays 5 Year on One Reference Page

Purpose: To help you fill out your calendars and notate holidays you wish to observe or to note for planning purposes.
Two color choices!

 5  Years on ONE reference page.
Years 2026 to 2030

*Note: This is not all of the holidays but I have listed major ones. Also, this page can be used on one of the blank pages you may have if you used the two page monthly calendar spread.

Since multiple years are listed in column forms on one page, this is also a great reference tool for long-range planning.

Subscriber Freebie | 2026 to 2030 Colorful Printable List Of Major Holidays (5 Years One Page).

You may want to print one of each color and put at the back and front inside covers for easy reference.

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