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5 Year Holiday Reference Page (7 Step Free Homeschool Planner)

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Grab your free 5 Year Holiday Reference Page for years 2017 to 2021 which is part of the 7 Step Free Homeschool Planner. Click here to grab your choice of colors! @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Today, I’m excited because I did a color change for the 5 year holiday reference page as well as updating them to the years 2017 to 2021.

For a few years, I have done a passion pink and turquoise color. But today, I have named one purple-licious and aquazoom.

I normally try to get these 5 year holiday reference pages done by the first of the year, so I was a bit behind this year.

But these forms are used to help you plan not just your homeschool year, but vacations and days off of your school year.

By looking this far out, it helps me to decide when I want to take a family vacation.

I generally print several of these for my home management binder and my free homeschool planner.

Grab your color choices below or grab both of them.

Click here to grab the Purple-licious 2017 to 2021 Holiday Reference Page.

Click here to grab the Aquazoom 2017 to 2021 Holiday Reference Page.

If you’re ready to start putting together your homeschool planner, be sure to grab one or both of these updated holiday reference pages.

And if you’re ready to begin building your free homeschool planner, click below.

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!
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2017 New Year New Goals Free Printable (Get It Together)

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2017 New Year New Goals Printable @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

For several years I have updated my More of This and Less of This free printable. And this year is no different.

Today, I have ready the 2017 New Year New Goals Free Printable.

I love this form because it not only reminds me to keep goal setting simple and not pen in a lot of goals so that I can reach them, but more importantly, I remind myself to have Less of This.

It’s important to remind myself that some things I need to let go. I didn’t want to just have pie in the sky goals, but to be reminded to homeschool and live simply.

I can only do that when I let go of things that are not working either at the end of the year.

For some years, the goals have been to be less critical of myself, or to be less harder on my kids or to be less judgmental.

I hope you enjoy the form!

DOWNLOAD HERE 2017 MORE OF THIS AND LESS OF THIS FREE PRINTABLE.

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Homeschool History Copywork William B. Travis Quote

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Today, I have the first activity to go with our Texas theme which is homeschool history copywork, a William B. Travis quote.

Copywork is a valuable skill way beyond the elementary years and I have continued copywork for my boys all the way through middle and high school.

Even at the middle and high school years, it’s still important to model writing that stirs the emotions. So copywork is not just for struggling writers.

Homeschool History Quote by William B. Travis for studying Texas or The Alamo Unit Study @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The value of copywork goes beyond just copying the words, but it is memory work, learning history through sayings from people of the past and comprehending important events from the past.

In other words, if I can tie in memory work, history and language arts to a topic, it makes our unit study more complete and appealing.

For an older kid, copywork shouldn’t take the place of a well-researched essay, but it can be a segue to it. For my boys, copywork can be a brainstorming session and every good writer wants an abundance of brainstorming ideas.

As long as you don’t make copywork babyish, teens normally end up still enjoying it.

Using a cursive font for older kids is another way to have them practice and read cursive.

Today, Tiny read The Travis Letter – “Victory or Death” and then did some easy copywork.

Grab this first activity for our newest homeschool history unit study – The Alamo below.

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Also, grab Homeschool History The Alamo – 17 Free Resources.

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World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank

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I have some World War II homeschool history resources. Also, look at my post World War II Hands-On History – Make Ration Cakes.

One reason we love homeschool unit studies so much is that when life happens, we can always pick up on unit studies where we left off.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I didn’t mean to wait this long to share the rest of the minibooks for our World War II homeschool history unit study, but after moving again, we just put the lapbook and unit study on hold.

World War II Homeschool History

So today, I’m sharing the last three minibooks, which are the Manhattan Project, vocabulary words with a pocket and a few facts about Anne Frank.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 1 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 2 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I created the words flash card style. This means that your child can just memorize the vocabulary and then for self-testing, just fold in half on the dotted line.

Manhattan Project, Vocabulary Words and Anne Frank Minibooks 3 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

There is so much to cover in this topic and Tiny has read more on this topic than any he has done before but I know we have to cut it off because he is almost ready to scoot onto our next topic.

More World War II Activities

Because we do our unit study and lapbooks too as we plod along, I never have lapbooks in one giant download.

I also do it this way so that you can grab just the parts you need instead of downloading minibooks you may not need.

World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II Homeschool History-Manhattan Project,Vocabulary & A. Frank
World War II lapbook and homeschool history unit study.


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World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression

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Our World War II unit study has been a fun start to our slow start to our year.

Free 5 Causes of War and The Great Depression minibooks for a World War II homeschool unit study and lapbook @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Because there are so many subtopics to consider under this time period, this unit study has been about painting broad strokes.

World War II

Like all unit studies, you can only cover so much material though it seems like you want to cover it all. Covering too many details can set us back in our unit study because the main points can get obscured.

So today, I have two more free minibooks, which are 5 Causes of World War II and The Great Depression.

There can be numerous causes to World War II, but highlighting about 5 of them for kids at the high school level is a great start for broad strokes.

Too, The Great Depression could be a unit study by itself, but by tying it in here to this time period, Tiny gets a larger picture of how life was back then.

Remember like most all of my minibooks, I give you choices because I like choices. So I have two minibooks, but they come in two choices. One minibook has facts in it and the other minibook is blank to allow your child to fill in his own research.

I offer these two choices because sometimes time is limited and you can decide to use one minibook filled in and one blank minibook, or both blank or both filled in.

Lapbooks are just small nuggets of quick facts and this one is no different.

We are almost ready to start adding the minibooks to the lapbook, but in the meantime we store them in a ziploc bag until we are sure we don’t want to create anymore.

More World War II Hands-on Activities

Because we do our unit study and lapbooks too as we plod along, I never have lapbooks in one giant download.

I also do it this way so that you can grab just the parts you need instead of downloading minibooks you may not need.

World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II Homeschool History: Minibooks Causes & Great Depression
World War II lapbook and homeschool history unit study.

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