Homeschool Planning – Tips, Advice, Ideas

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Ask any homeschool mom and she’ll tell you that it took her a while to find her groove when it came to homeschool planning.

It takes time to figure out how your family’s individual needs translate into a schedule.  And, what works best for you probably isn’t what’s going to work for me or the other homeschool moms you know.

Hopefully, you’re able to find the perfect plan right away, but chances are you’ll have to try a few things out and tweak as you go. Just don’t be afraid to try something new or ditch your plan altogether if it’s not working. And remember, you don’t have to follow any system 100%. Just grab some new ideas and run with it. Try it out and use what works for you and your family.

This round-up is all about sharing as many different points of view on homeschool planning as I could. So, it’s filled with veteran homeschooler advice, tips, and how-tos for planning and scheduling your homeschool days, months, and year. All from other homeschooling mamas just like you, who’ve found what works for them.

 

 

Loop Scheduling

Tauna Meyer of Proverbial Homemaker is  Using Rhythms & Routines for Homeschool Planning.  Then she schedules her children’s assignments using Task Mangement with Loop Scheduling (Free Printables!).

I’m starting with this one because it’s the way I’ve been scheduling our days since I found this fabulous idea. It was specifically designed for Tauna’s type B personality, but this type A mama has found it so freeing.

I used to be so anxious about not getting to everything on my list each day until I read what Tauna’s been doing. And, I realized that I could loop through subjects instead of planning day by day, taking those feelings of daily to-do list defeat, away.

 

Year-Round Homeschooling Tips

Year-round homeschooling means you homeschool all year without the traditional summer break. It allows flexibility of when and how long you take breaks during the year. It allows for a much more relaxed schedule and less stress in your planning.

Find out from Misty Leask of Year-Round Homeshcooling how to start Creating a Year-Round Homeschooling Schedule.

Planning a Year-Round Homeschool Year

 

Planning for Unschooling

Not sure how to plan when you’re unschooling? Let Jennifer Duncan of A Helping Hand Homeschool show you how in How Do You Plan Your Unschooling Year?

 

More Planning Tips, Tricks, & Advice

 

How We Homeschool: Our Daily Routine by Beth Napoli of Techie Homeschool Mom

 

How I’m Using Spiral Notebooks to Simplify Homeschooling by Sarah Mackenzie of Read-Aloud Revival

 

Easy Homeschool Planning for Slackers by Katie Moore of Forging Iron Hearts

 

Why You Should Plan Your Homeschool Quarterly by Lara Stoots Molettiere

 

Planning Your Homeschool Year: Free Planning Sheet Included by Cynthia Erickson Heren of Inside Our Normal

 

5 Days of Homeschool Planning Mini-Series by Andrea Townsley of All The Homeschool Things

 

How to Plan Your Homeschool Year Like a Pro  by Abby Banks of Making Room 4 One More

How to Plan Your Homeschool Year on Trello by Abby Banks of Making Room 4 One More

 

The 3 listed below are all podcasts too, so you can listen if you’d rather!

Weekly Homeschool Schedule by Felice Gerwitz of Ultimate Radio Show

Best Homeschool Scheduling Advice by Felice Gerwitz of Ultimate Radio Show

Easy Way Curriculum Planning by Felice Gerwitz of Ultimate Radio Show

 

Here’s a couple of my own scheduling and planning posts for more ideas

Preschool Planning Made Simple

Treat Homeschool Schedules Like Grocery Budgets

 

I hope you found some encouragement in this list of homeschool planning and scheduling ideas.

If you’ve got any other planning tips or tricks please let us know in the comments!

Heidi