How To Make Your Own Homeschool Planner

Keeping a simple homeschool and household planner gives focus to your routines and goals. It also aids record keeping and helps your day run smoothly. You can make your own homeschool tracker.

A Homeschool Organizer that looks beautiful adds cheer and motivation to your planning.

homeschool organizer The first thing you will need is a folder—or binder. A folder gives you flexibility allowing you to rearrange, add and subtract pages as desired.

Using a three ring folder makes the pages much more secure than using a two ring folder (you might have to buy a three ring hole punch also).

If you buy a clear sleeved folder you can insert paper into the front, back and spine of the folder. This is a lovely way to personalise your homeschool planner. I used paper from a scrapbooking supplies shop, some use children’s art work or their own creation. Choose something you like as you will be looking at it often.

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Make notes quickly. Find things easily.

Tab dividers are essential for quick reference in your homeschool and household planner.

Divide your planner into sections that work logically putting the most frequently used pages at the front.

For example: My week at a glance page is the first page in my folder and the yearly calendar is slipped into the side pocket. My first division is Menu planning. My next division is term planning.

Here are some suggested divisions:

Household forms—week at a glance, chores and cleaning, home repairs, budget.
Menu Planning—for monthly menus, shopping lists and recipes (slipped into a clear sleeved folder).
Special Events—Christmas planning, birthday lists etc.
Term Planning—ideas for next term, student planning.
Homeschool Lists—book lists, composer lists, field trips and nature walks.
Projects –you might be renovating a bathroom or planting a vegetable garden, so you can keep all your information together in this section.
Student Notes—keep track of assignments, skills and make notes for record keeping.

Note: This is not for storing children’s work but rather a place for planning and record keeping. See our notebooking ideas for your children’s work.

“A good system shortens the road to the goal."

Start simply and let your planner grow as the need arises.

Add Structure Not Clutter.

Do not feel compelled to add forms to your planner just to fill it up. Endless sheets will discourage and decrease your motivation. Don’t become ruled by charts and graphs but rather make the planner your slave.

Keep your planner for planning and resist the temptation to use it as a filing system for bills and birthday cards.

Re-evaluate your system removing unused forms and add systems that work for you.

Suggested Content For Your Homeschool and Household Planner.

The list below is from our Pretty Planner Pages ebook.

Household Forms

Calendar
Week at a Glance
Menu Plan
Shopping List
Birthday and Christmas List
Journal Notes
Project Planning
Password List

Homeschool Forms

Student Book Log
Read Aloud List
Planned Read Alouds and Suggestions
Books on Loan
Borrowing Record
Recommended Movies and Documentaries
Home School Expenses
Field Trips and Nature Walks
Composer List
Artist List
Copywork Ideas
Student Planning List
Handicraft List

All of these forms are available in our Pretty Planner Pages ebook for only $4.95

I put the Pretty Planner Pages together because I like my planner to look beautiful and be functional. The cheery pages motivate and beg me to fill them out. I also keep a supply of blank lined paper for notes.

Remember only start with the forms you think that you need. You can always add extras later.

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