Homeschool

This 19-page Homeschool Planner Workbook was written for me to use in our homeschool. By the time I finished creating it I had burnt up several hours and I decided to save some of you the trouble by making it available. 

• I start the book with four pages of questions to analyze your homeschool year. These are similar to the usual goal-setting questions but made specific to homeschooling.
• The next two pages are laying out the subject you want to teach and the book/methods you want to teach those subjects.
• There are 4 pages to write books you want to read, and books you have read as you go.
• Then comes the memorization and field trip goals.
• The final 3 pages are to be printed every month. There are two goal-setting questions for each month, a habit tracker for your ONE thing to focus on for the month. The next page is to review your month. Analyze what worked, what didn’t work, what you have coming up, and the systems you changed to make things easier. I give you a place to rate your month just as a way to look back over the year. The final page of this section is to check in on your subject list. To see what you need to teach that month to meet your yearly goal.

I’m looking forward to using this in my homeschool, and I hope it makes yours easy too. If you need it printed and bound I recommend Family Nest Printing! They’ve done work for me in the past and it was BEAUTIFUL! (note: just remember to print pages 16-18 as many months as you plan to do school) You can get a discount if you use the code SUNSHINE

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I started our own nature study group and would print off scavenger hunts, but I discovered they were all really general. I decided to make some that are seasonally appropriate, in order to make sure we can maximize the fun. There is nothing worse than losing your scavenger hunt because you can’t find a bloom in January. These can be printed off in color or black and white.

This set also includes nature color wheels. I recommend printing them off on cardstock and then clipping clothespins to the edges. These are going to need color print.

This 59-page printable Book of Centuries journal covers from 6900 BC – 2090 AD. Keeping a book of centuries over several years allows your students to visualize how history fits together and to keep a record of what they have learned. This method of learning is compatible with and encouraged by Classical, traditional, and Charlotte Mason learning styles.

I struggled to find a bound Book of Centuries on Amazon that wasn’t missing pages, so I decided to make my own printable version. This can be 3 hole punched and put into a three-ring binder, or spiral bound to make a heirloom version.

The benefit of having your timeline in a book is it reduces wall clutter. It also allows your student to personalize their book with what they remember, which gives them personal connections.

Based on my research it is best to keep one book from Kinder – 4th and another 5th- high school. This gives your students time to learn what it looks like to keep a timeline, and then a chance to create an heirloom version of what they are learning. Personally the kinder- 4th drawings my students have created are the cutest things I’ve ever seen.

When faithfully kept, the global connections my kids have made as we study various continents have been so much fun to watch.

Personally, I like the “Timeline” version for Kinder – 4th, and the “Book of Centuries” for 5th – the end of High School.

I recommend printing it on 28-pound paper. If you send it to the print shop use these directions. “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound laminated first and last page.”

For a cheaper version “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound with protective clear covers”

The cheapest version of course is self-printing, 3-hole punching, and putting into a 3-ring binder.

Can be used alongside my  “Around the Ancient World” curriculum