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Jen Merckling

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May 23, 2018

Free Homeschool Planner — a Long-Range View

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Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

I love seeing the BIG picture!  When I sit down to chart out our plans for the school year–I always start with long-range planning.  Over my 14 years homeschooling, I’ve established an important planning routine.  It basically goes something like this…Choose my curriculum, start locating books and resources, identify goals, and finally–plot it all out in a long-range plan.  This process really helps me feel confident and ready for the new year!  So let’s get dreaming and creating a plan for your school year!  My free homeschool planning guide will help you see the big picture and stay organized!

Get Your Free Long Range Homeschool Planner!

Subscribers to my weekly newsletter have access to my free subscriber resource library, and by joining today you’ll receive an instant download of my 19 page Homeschool at-a-Glance Planner (the perfect guide for planning out your homeschool year) as a “Welcome and Thank You!” gift!

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What’s Included and How do I use it?

Homeschool at-a-Glance Planner includes pages for recording your curriculum choices, resources–and probably my favorite…a book tracker!

Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

After deciding on curriculum, I like to go through and see what extra books are required.  Instead of purchasing them as a large bundle from the curriculum publisher, I’ve saved a lot of money by writing the titles down and searching for the books in my library and on Amazon.

Long Range Planning Pages

I use the Year-at-a-Glance page for keeping track of main ideas and concepts we will be covering each month.  For some subjects or curriculums, you may just be putting chapters, units, or lesson numbers here (curriculums like Saxon Math, which mix lots of topics).  This is a great time for you to think about how many total lessons or units are in your curriculum–and then how many you will need to cover each week to finish the curriculum by a certain date.  Be sure to think about busy times for your family, where you may be covering less material–Thanksgiving through the New Year is always crazy at my house!  And build in some cushion–you may need extra time if the material is challenging (or the flu bug takes over your house)!  (One of my Year at-a-Glance pages has blank lines so you can add in your own subjects!)

Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

Quarter at-a-Glance Planning Pages

I created pages for planning the quarters so that you can get a little more focused and detailed–but still have a nice “wide lens,” view of your homeschool and goals.  You may want to fill these out just prior to the next quarter, because we all know even our best laid out plans will need tweaking as we go through the year!  You’ll find 4 pages with the quarters broken into specific months, and also one page left blank for you to fill in specific months that might better suit your homeschool schedule.

Month at-a-Glance

I love being able to see the big ideas and specific units for the entire month–and I hope you’ll love it too!  This is something I like to do as the new month is approaching–not a year in advance!  I’ve also included a page to help you get organized for the upcoming month!

Special Days and Events

The Homeschool at-a-Glance Planner also includes pages for planning field trips and holiday celebrations!

Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

Goal Setting

Another thing I’m so excited about in this planner are my pages for setting personal goals for your child–and personal goals for your homeschool!  This past year, my big goals were to take a weekly nature walk, have a weekly poetry tea time, and do a monthly field trip.

Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

Enjoy!

I hope the Homeschool at-a-Glance 17+ planning pages will bless you and your family as you map out your homeschool year and adventures!  Thank you for being a valued subscriber!  You can also find the Life. Unimaginable Home+School Planner (27 pages) in my Subscriber Free Resource Library!  It has great pages for planning out your weekly plans (and managing your household tasks)!

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Subscribe today and Get Started Planning With My FREE 17 Page Planning Guide!

Subscribe to my weekly newsletter--filled with valuable tips, updates, and resources for homeschool moms ! You will receive an automatic download of my 17 page Homeschool at-a-Glance, Long-Range Planner! Plus, Subscribers have special access to My Free Resource Library! (Please read my Privacy Policy and Disclosure.)

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Much Love,

Jen xo

Sharing my free homeschool planner and how I use it to map out my entire school year! A great resource for keeping track of curriculum, books and materials, and student goals! Long range lesson planning will help you see the big picture, stay on track, and get organized!

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