If you’ve been following our school journey for any length of time, you know that we do homeschool a bit differently, and I don’t mean just because we homeschool. Sometimes we’re eclectic. Sometimes we’re unit study-ers. Sometimes we’re road-schoolers. Sometimes we’re project-based learners.
We don’t use any packaged curriculum as-is except for math, because I enjoy writing our own and being creative with resources and I may be a little bit crazy. Ahem.
We love doing school this way, but that means that there’s no one, easy calendar, chart, or plan for us to follow. We do something for a month or a unit, and then we move on, and our days might look quite different. It means I do a lot of planning over the summer, I buy random resources in advance, and we pull from the library, Netflix, field trips, etc.
It can be hard to organize, and for sure I can’t remember it all without help.
I love putting everything into charts and being organized, but I hate making charts.
That’s why I was thrilled to check out Misty Leask’s brand-new Year Round Homeschooling Planner. It’s 80+ pages of gorgeous charts, calendars, and list-pages, all designed to help you plan your school year and keep everything organized.
You’ll find everything you need inside, but Best Thing #1? The Year Round Homeschooling Planner is beautiful. The graphics and colors are done in a watercolor-style wash, and feature things like butterflies that are peaceful and calming. It’s going to be so much fun to write on these pages.
Best Thing #2: A few of these prettiest pages are done in different colors, so if you prefer warm colors over cool? No problem! Print the pages you want in your preference of colors.
Now, that doesn’t mean that there’s really only half as many pages, because in reality there are only a few done with those options of color, but I love that it’s there. Certain styles definitely spoke to me, and with this option, I can print those favorites to use.
Best Thing #3: I can print only the pages I need. The year at a glance, or the monthly pages, the pre-planning lists, or the purchasing lists – I can print whatever I need, and it’s ready to go and beautiful. I can also print copies for each kid, or make each kid a different color (that works because I have only two; if you have more, you’ll need to duplicate colors), but options are there. You know what this means? Best Thing #3.5: You don’t have to be a year-round homeschooler to use this. Just print the pages you need, and go. Need to keep track of what books you need to buy for Kid #1? Which activities are counting towards which subjects for Kid #2? Need pretty grading sheets? This will totally help you out.
Best Thing #4: After reading through all 80+ pages of the Year Round Homeschooling Planner , I can’t think of a single, solitary chart, graph, or list that I might need that isn’t in this packet. It’s all here. There’s not a single thing left for me to do besides print my favorite pages and dig in.
Best Thing #5: Right now, this beautiful planner is on sale for only $9.99! How reasonable is that for an undated planner that you can use year after year? – but after today, the price goes up to $12.99, so don’t wait.
What are your thoughts?