Monday, May 23, 2011
Homeschool and Homemaking Planner
I have been doing quite a bit of research and reading about homeschooling and home management. Next year will be our first official year of homeschooling. There is so much information out there to help but it ends up confusing me as to what will work. I prefer to have everything in one place, one calendar, one notebook etc. From what I have seen most of the time there is a separate calendar for each of the following menu planning, appointments and important dates, lesson plans, etc. Some track on the computer others have forms. I would like to have everything on one calendar and use a combination of a binder and notebook for everything else. Does anyone have any insight on how it might work or not work having everything on one calendar?
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This year was my first real year of homeschooling - it had formerly been done by my husband as I was working full time. I knew I needed a lesson plan book but all of the traditional ones didn't work for me teaching one student in each of four grades with five to six subjects apiece. The one I found that I've used all year is fantastic. I haven't used it for meal planning but there's a large-scale calendar in it that could easily be adapted in that direction. I've used it for lesson plans, appointments, notes, grade records, etc. Here's the link that I used when I bought it (for $9) but it's out of stock there now (http://www.teachersparadise.com/c/homeschool-teacher-plan-book-p-1299.html). It's on sale at Amazon for upwards of $40 but keep your eye out for them to reprint it. It was very popular.
ReplyDeleteI am not especially organized, (understatement) but I like having a wall calendar. On it go important dates and the kids' outside the home classes (art, etc), etc. I use Google Calendar for meal planning/ home management, when I am doing those things. For homeschool planning I use a homeschooling blog for record keeping, plus I create a calendar from Ambleside online (or, this fall, Age of Triumph). I can't have all these things in one place really, because it gets too crowded. Imagine a day on a calendar filled with everything from what chapter to read in which book, math, history, music, latin,projects, classes, which day in your cycle you are, which room in the house to clean and what you're having for dinner!
ReplyDeleteThat might work with one of those day planners.
http://www.helpformothers.org/calendar.html
ReplyDeleteHer homeschool planner has worked for me for years and hoping that the full planner will do as well as beginning to adjust the school year to the liturgical year. this is made for at home homeschooling moms. Regards of phase of homeschooling, Well Trained Mind, Core Knowledge, Letters of Grace, Tapestry of Grace it has worked for me and helped me to stay classical. Now to just wrap my head around the $20 shipping!
Alicia in New Zealand
Thank you for the suggestions. Since Pic Pic will only be in kindergarten I think I am going to try to build my own. Hopefully I'll have it figured out before all three are homeschooling.
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