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Free 2016 to 2017 Year Round Homeschool Planning Form

May 19, 2016 | 11 Comments
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Getting prepared to speak at the convention in Atlanta has me so giddy, I can hardly prepare my planning forms. Well almost, because it would take an act of nature to keep me from getting my forms ready for the 7 Step Homeschool Planner. I always manage to make time for them.

Today, I have the second color choice and I luv it so I named it Color Luv because of my obsession for color. I hope you find color luv addicting too. My form is the free 2016 to 2017 Year Round Homeschool Planning form.

Keep in mind, even if you choose not to homeschool year round, this planning form, which is VERY different from a calendar will still help you to track and plan your homeschool year.

I have all 12 months on it, which means you can start on any month that you begin homeschooling and move forward to plan your year.

Remember, I have plain calendars (okay, they are not so plain, but I mean just calendars) on Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers. The calendars and 2 page spread appointment keeper are for appointments and have more room for writing.

The form today is to plan your homeschool year with days off, teacher planning days and holidays to take off. It gives you a glimpse of your homeschool year.

Because this form is not a calendar but more of a planning tool, I keep it each year at Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You!

If you need to see how to use it go to that step Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! to look at my sample copy.

Download Here Free 2016 to 2017 Color Luv Year Round Homeschool Planning Form.

By the way, here is the other free color choice, Powder Puff of the 2016 to 2017 Year Round Homeschool Planning form if you want a second color in your planner or you may want to use one to print off like a draft to plan/jot on it and use another color to print and put in your planner for your actual schedule that you will follow. That is what I do.

2016 to 2017 Tender Curriculum Planner Cover Store @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus — 2016 to 2017 Tender Curriculum Planner Cover Store @ Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus

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Did you notice how beautiful this free form blends with the Tender Homeschool Cover? Hot Hot!

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

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Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

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5 Year Holidays List (2016 to 2020) Homeschool Planner Page

April 12, 2016 | Leave a Comment
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Today, I’m updating the 5 year holidays list to include the years 2016 to 2020. The permanent page for the 5 year holiday list is kept on Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers.

Curriculum Page for Planner

This has been one of the most handy reference sheets I have used in my 7 step homeschool planner, blog planner, unit study planner and my free student planner.

Basically, this one page (or two if you want both color choices) fits in any planner.

I created this handy reference page because everybody plans differently and having a heads up notice of holidays and observances helps you plan not only your homeschool day, but to plan your year.

In addition, another way I use it is to plan my long-term homeschool schedule. Having one page to look at 5 years worth of holidays and observances keeps the pages and calendars I need in my planner to a minimum.

Also, some people like to write their own dates on their calendars, like I do.

The bottom line is that this one page holiday page is streamlined and can be used for planning short-term or long-term.

Grab your free copies below!

Download Passion Pink and Turquoise Gem.

Hugs and love ya,

Did you grab my other recent free planner updates?

Free Homeschool Academic Year Calendar – 2016 to 2017
Free Homeschool High School Planning Sheet (and pssst help for high school too)
Free Scope and Sequence Divider Page – Free 7 Step Homeschool Planner

Begin build your FREE and UNIQUE 7 Step Homeschool Planner!

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color”

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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Ultimate Homeschool Unit Study Planner – Which Lesson Planning Pages to Use?

March 20, 2016 | 6 Comments
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Ultimate Homeschool Unit Study Planner - Comparing Two Different Lesson Planning Pages @ Tinas Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I am excited today about sharing an update to the Ultimate Unit Study Planner and about explaining how best to use the different types of lesson planning pages that are included in it.

There is a reason it is the Ultimate Unit Study Planner because your homeschool journey changes each year and so should your planner.

New Beautiful Unit Study Planning 2 Page Spread

First, look at the new lesson planning page below, which has been added to the other two that were already included in the unit study planner.

Like I mentioned, your planner needs to change and be flexible. That is why this new lesson planning page was created.

For example, when I first started doing unit studies I was using the multiple level planning pages below (more on that in a minute) because I had multiple ages.

Now, I am down to homeschooling one and I see a very different need.

Look at some of the reasons why you would use this newest lesson planning.

You have an only now and don’t need as much room to write.
Each day has two lines so that you can jot down for one child.
Also, I see this lesson planning page mixed with the other detailed one I already have if you want to use it for an older child. Tip: Print off some of the original lesson plannings pages and mix with this one.
Also, I have the need again to track activities on the weekend because Tiny is doing high school level work now.
The weekend notes would also work for those states that have stricter record keeping and where every bit of learning, including weekend activities,needs to be tracked.
Because it only has two lines per day, there is a useful Note section on the far left to jot down whatever you need to track for the week. For me, I will be adding my objectives, lists of supplies for our unit study and books among other things in the note section.
In addition, this lesson planning page can be substituted in the free student planner for an older child.
If you are using unit studies and adding them to your present curriculum, you may not need as much room to write activities. This is the perfect lesson planning page to add your curriculum planner if you’re gradually adding unit studies.
A huge change in this lesson planning page too is that it is a month at a glance. Print off 1 (2 page spread) for each month. Can you say thin planner?
Also, this lesson planning page would works for a seasoned veteran, who doesn’t need as many detailed lesson planning notes and just needs a guide now.
This works too for those Type B personalities who want to see a few notes or who just need a framework.

As you can see, it is a very versatile lesson planning page that took me months and months to create based on homeschooling my only now and an upper grade child.

Now, look at the other lesson planning page.

4a Lesson Planning Pages subjects filled in @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

The original detailed lesson planning page has some very useful advantages that can’t be overlooked either:

It is divided into three sections, lower, middle and upper grades.
It is for tracking work for multiple ages of children.
On the far right, I listed subjects for you to check off as you cover them in a unit study. Most subjects are covered naturally and there is a place for you to do that each day.
This is the one I used most when I had multiple children.
Too, this lesson planning page is EDITABLE. I actually have two versions. One lesson planning page, I don’t have you guessing which subjects to cover, I add them. The other page, allows you to add in your own subjects because as your children get older, you will have a few kids doing upper grade work and some doing lower level work so it gives you more flexibility.
This lesson planning page is better for detailed lesson planning and it is a week at a glance, i.e. more room to write.

You know me and my need to see all this jibberish laid out visually, so I did this quick comparison to show you the obvious differences in the lesson planning pages.

Just remember you get all of them in this planner.

3 Types of Lesson Planning Pages for Unit Study Planner @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

I also added a new cover so that brings the color options to 4 for covers. And of course I had to make some matching note and journal pages.

The Ultimate Unit Study Planner is just what you would expect from an ultimate planner, which is to have everything you need in it as your homeschool changes.

Don’t forget:

it is also undated, which means you can use it year after year
has plenty of room to write on for the detailed lesson planing page
has one template that has editable subjects
has forms to track objects and assessments
has 14 sets of pages to plan a unit study. Not only do you have lesson planning pages, but you get detailed pages to help you plan each unit study.
unit study tracking page
80+ pages with printing instructions and sample how to use pages

I hope you like the new lesson planning page added, the new curriculum cover and the new note pages!

You can grab it here and don’t forget as you’re building it to add the many free pages here on my site to it. Look at this post 10 Things to Include in Your Homeschool Planner – Because Paper Planners Rock!! to see some of the pages in my planner.

2. Ultimate DIY Homeschool Unit Study Planner
$5.99 Add to cart

I hope you like this new lesson planning page! I am so stoked to use it.

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10 Things to Include in Your Homeschool Planner – Because Paper Planners Rock!!

March 8, 2016 | 4 Comments
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10 Things to Include In Your Homeschool Planner - paper planners rock @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus — 10-Things-to-Include-In-Your-Homeschool-Planner-paper-planners-rock-

{Note: This is my ultimate unit study planner in the photo above with multiple cover choices.}

Homeschoolers by nature are do it yourself type of people and the homeschool planners we use are no different. I am pretty fussy about mine, which is why I created the free 7 step homeschool planner. And today, in sharing 10 things to include in your homeschool planner, it’s all about making your planner unique and as creative as you want it to be.

Your Homeschool Needs Change Each Year – So Should Your Planner – Build It!

Look at some of these ideas and the best thing is that most of these things below are free here on my site.

1. Field Trip Tracking/Planning Forms.

Whether you want to track field trips for the year or need to plan them for a group, grab these forms.

Grab the field trip reference chart too so that when planning you stretch yourself to think of places (other than the museum or zoo) outside of your comfort zone.

field trip tracking july to june TDHP 6.1.2013

2. Inspirational Quotes.

Inspirational quotes are tiny power packing nuggets of energy.

They give me a boost when I feel like falling off the homeschool wagon. Grab some of them to sprinkle throughout your planner and use it for the front and/or back of your planner.

Free Quotes for homeschool planner back cover @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

3. Planning Schedule.

I say this often, but there is no need to try to plan your homeschool year by writing in tiny boxes on a calendar or using the same calendar where you write down appointments.

School Year Around Planning Form @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You need to have a separate page where you keep your school schedule for the year and track it too. You can grab one from the link above (or Step 5a) or grab this current one above from my blog category for organizational printables, which has all my current ones.

4. Calendars, of course, BUT pretty ones.

No need to give up style when you homeschool. Pretty colors for calendars, please and I have them.

You can choose from academic or physical year calendars each year and I normally give you about two or three color choices each.

Free Academic and Physical Year Calendars @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

5. 2 Page Spread Calendar – Appointment Keeper

The calendar above is for reference, but of course there is no way I am writing around those tiny numbers.

I create and use the two page spread calendar appointment keepers each year and keep all appointments on those pages.

By the way, I have the new year up already, which you can get on that same page.

2016 2 page per month physical year - Dreaming @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

6. Holiday List – 5 Years Worth

I love this page because it is a great reference for long term planning and I update it each year. I have several of them spread out throughout my planner so I can access it quickly.

Holidays Listed 2015 to 2019 passion pink 300x375

Holidays Listed 2015 to 2019 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus. Over 200 Free Curriculum Planner Downloads and Growing 300x

7. Important Dates.

Everyone tracks differently and I like to keep one area where I can look at a glance at important dates, whether they are blog related, personal or homeschool.

It’s just the way my brain thinks.

Home Management Binder amd Free Important Dates Printables @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

8. Lesson Planning Pages – well of course, BUT . . .

Lesson planning pages come in MANY different forms and I have seen many of them. However, I prefer room to write and prefer daily lesson planning pages.

Undated pages, that is too. Just fill in the current date and move on to the next page instead of feeling like you are behind if you can’t school a day or two because life happens.

I have many different choices of lesson planning pages here on my site.

The link above is my main page with free lesson planning pages where you can learn about the basic differences, but I also have my unit study planner and glam it up pages lesson planning pages.

Glam it Up Package 600x @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

4a Lesson Planning Pages subjects filled in middle school

9. Journal pages

Then plenty of places to write down your thoughts, funny moments and yes even doodling is allowed in planners.

Grab plenty of journal pages because I have so many of them.

10. Swoon worthy DIY (yes they’re editable) tabs.

Then because I made my curriculum planner a whole DIY project, even the little things matter like tabs.

Glam It Up Homeschool Planner s @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Planner

I hope this list gives you an idea of the small, but practical and beautiful things to add to your own homeschool planner.

Are you ready to start building your own homeschool 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!

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!

Hugs and love ya,

Ultimate Homeschool Planner – It’s HERE! Glam It Up Package

July 31, 2015 | 6 Comments
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Glam It Up Homeschool Planner. Beautiful color pages, awesome detailed and timeless! Scoot by to grab it @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Planner

I can’t believe my newest baby is finally here. For months and months I have been working on the ultimate homeschool planner.

I know it’s a shameless plug calling it the ultimate homeschool planner, but I am absolutely in love with my newest planning pages.

ULTIMATE HOMESCHOOL PLANNER – SHAMELESS!

Creating it took me longer than I wanted to, but that is all my own fault.

First, I have never been good with accepting *just okay* and I know I do it to myself when I want it ~~perfect~~ working perfectly.

Mostly, though my heart has to be in my planners. This year my heart has seen some major changes like the move of Mr. Senior 2013 to New York and Mr. Awesome 2015 graduating.

I am not so tough to tell you that I have had many tears, though they have been happy ones, it is still quite an adjustment for me this year.

It took me a while to ~~feel sorry for myself~~ adjust to my new year.

Putting my heart back into my planners, I got excited about the new year by creating this brand spanking new and beautiful homeschool planner. I can’t wait to use it this year.

First, this is something different than what I have now. It is a package.

No, not complete package like most people might think because I don’t believe in boring planners with tons of matchy matchy pages and given to you in one huge download.

My purpose in making this Glam It Up package is to give you just a few pages that are matching and that will jump start you to create the perfect planner.

It is not my intention to make every page you may want because then the power to create what you need each year leaves you.

The strongest feature of the 7 Step Homeschool Planner is to empower you to choose exactly what you need and to avoid one download of only match-y match-y pages that are both boring and possibly useless.

Like me, you want your planner to stay unique and to build it with the needs of your children in mind each year.

With a basic framework, like the Glam It Up package, you can still add both free pages and forms you purchase at each step to create an awesome planner. Be sure to grab one of the 2 page per month awesome calendars.

Ultimate Homeschool Planner is a 190 page download and 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 today 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.)

Glam It Up Package
$4.99 Add to cart

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• Downloads are INSTANT. When you pay, you will receive an email with a download link INSTANTLY. Depending on your internet connection, the email could be just 30 seconds or so, or a bit longer. The point is it will be soon, not a week later,etc.
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7 Step Homeschool Planner

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

It will all now be 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.

What do you think? Have you made your homeschool planner yet?

Hugs and love ya and hope you love this planner as much as I already do.

After you grab the glam it up package, grab other forms you need this year:

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color” AND FREE

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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Free 2016 to 2017 Year Round Homeschool Planning Form

Download Here Free 2016 to 2017 Color Luv Year Round Homeschool Planning Form.

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

5 Year Holidays List (2016 to 2020) Homeschool Planner Page