It can be very reassuring to have lessons organized for months in advance, and that is perfectly fine- if you recognize that it’s just there as a framework. The reason for this is pretty much the same as for #4. Don’t plan your lessons too far in advance. (And I will interject here how beneficial it is to leave your Fridays at least partially open for makeup work.) 5. I can’t count how many times I’ve freaked out over the fact that A, B, and C weren’t completed on such and such a day, so I frantically attempted to shove them back into the schedule so we wouldn’t be “behind.”Ĭan I tell you what a freeing feeling it is to know that if you don’t get something done, it’s okay? Tomorrow is another day. What can be more detrimental to the peace of your homeschool than when you set up a timeline that will never realistically work? One thing we all need to accept is that life happens in the midst of homeschooling. I mean don’t write dates or even specific days on your daily lesson plans.īelieve me, you’re only setting yourself up for failure. No, I don’t mean don’t take them out to dinner… snicker…sorry. If they completed Chapter 9, we knew Chapter 10 was next. If they finished with Lesson 3, we all knew they’d move on to lesson 4. Unless you’re skipping all over your kids’ books, is it really necessary to write the page numbers that have to get done every single day? I’ll admit, I used to do that, but I realized it was a waste of time because I knew that each day my kids would just pick up where they left off. Don’t waste your time writing what page numbers need to be done. Why burn daylight repeatedly writing something that won’t change? 3. I can refer to that list anytime my brain freezes and I forget… hey, it happens, right? Rather than writing those four items over and over and over again for each day, I write it in one place- the inside cover of the notebook, and that’s it. Out of everything that we do, those are the subjects that get done daily. Many homeschoolers have some activities that they do every single day without fail. Don’t keep writing your daily activities over and over again. And hey, when you’ve got a bunch of kids to plan for, it pays to keep the cost down in every way imaginable, right? 2. To me, homeschool planning doesn’t have to be pretty. You too? Then this is for you: 5 Steps to a Super Simple Homeschool Lesson Planner 1. The ones that don’t get all giddy over homeschool planners because they’re too busy breaking out into hives at the mere thought of them. So today, I thought I’d reach out to all of the other homeschool moms. Super-size families and fancy schmancy just don’t mix. Me? It makes me want to forget everything and take a nap. You see, as a type-A homeschool mom I can fall into this sort of thing all too easily. and then I splash some water on my face to bring myself back down to earth. I get all ready to invest in a fancy planner, rubber cement, and some crafting scissors…. Video upon video abounds with crafty mothers showing how they’ve dolled up their homeschool planners with glitter and washi tape. There are hundreds of beautiful lesson planners available to us homeschool moms. And as crucial as organization is to me, there’s just one more thing I need… simplicity. As a mom of 11, saying that organization is important to me is a bit of an understatement.
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