Homeschool Planning | WHY AM I SO BAD AT THIS? | Check out my new planner to hopefully help!

[@darleneklinger8585]

I, too, am working on better planning. Using different curriculum for subjects, so looked through each book for how many lessons and days. Some are for 25 weeks and 4 days a week, some 30 weeks and 5 days a week. Some subjects I am looping, or rotating, each week. Such as financial literacy 1 week, next week character building. Sometimes there is so much you want to cover, but not everything has to be daily or each week. You are not alone in the struggle. We want so much for our kids. We will do our best and also not overwhelm them, or us. Good luck!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@darleneklinger8585 yes!! I want to do it all!! It’s such a tough balance.

[@enjoyinglifewithsuzie375]

I'm a backwards planner. I write down what we did for the day as we do them or at the end of the day. I love Mardel Planners! I bought one a couple years ago. It was great however I felt like I was spending too much time distracted with it in trying to make it pretty. lol. I now just use a regular spiral notebook. Helps me stay on task with my ADD. I think the planner just had too many distractions for me. One of my kids will be starting high school and I'm going to have him do his own planner. His handwriting is scary so I'm going to have him type his daily schedule of what he did in some detail so I can have record of it for his files.

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@enjoyinglifewithsuzie375 that’s so interesting! And I see what you’re saying about the planner. I’m definitely going to figure out this year if it helps or adds the chaos! 🤣

[@michellebatac1336]

I do more goal oriented planning. For example, I have a running list of needs for each child to achieve and the only real planning I do is evaluation of this past year if they met this goal or need work and does the curriculum need changing or continued working through. From there I can go through how much day to day actual work needs to happen. Some subject don’t need a full year and some subject need all year plus summertime. I don’t use a planner but instead a checklist. We go through each thing they need to do and they choose the days (with me telling them how many days each needs) and they are then in charge of each daily assignment since most is open and go curriculum we use or just read the next chapter kinda thing. That’s long but hope it helps.

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@michellebatac1336 oh that’s so interesting! I will have to think about this! Thank you for sharing!

[@reclaimingwonder]

New subscriber here! I love homeschool planning, but I tend to be really loose in my planning so I wouldn’t actually say I’m very great at it 😅 it’s a strange combination of loving it but not being good at actually doing it!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@reclaimingwonder that’s funny you say that. I really like it too… but am NOT good at it. 🤣🤣

[@stephaniekaferlein8532]

I love the Simple Plan planner. I buy the undated version. I am not great at the planning, mostly I reverse plan. My favorite part is the planning section where you can plan out each term. It does help to keep me on track. Hope it works out well for you!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@stephaniekaferlein8532 🤞! It’s got to be my year! 🤣

[@heathercox5801]

Good luck! I wish I could plan, but every time I plan something, there is always something else that comes up and messes up the plans. That is how it has been all my life, so as long as I don't plan, things go the way I want them to. It's like reverse psychology.

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@heathercox5801 omg! I love that way of thinking. 🤣 Perhaps my lack of planning IS my planning! 😂 That’s what it is… I just need to remain flexible. Thank you!!

[@heathercox5801]

@@Making_Homeschool_Happen some people may not like it, but it works for me.

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@heathercox5801 I think it’s great. And I feel like so many new homeschoolers would feel a little better knowing they don’t have to plan things so much.

[@storybookschoolhouse]

Loved this!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@storybookschoolhouse thank you! I’m a bit of a mess sometimes. 🤣🤣

[@YasminB-u9d]

I am terrible at homeschool planning because I have and see so many terrific resources that I want to use in some way, but trying to squeeze them all in leads to disaster.

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@YasminB-u9d 🤣🤣 SAME!! Maybe this is part of my problem as well. I want to do ALL THE THINGS.

[@faithfullyinfertile]

I am type A/very organized just like you! :) I choose curriculum that is basically open-and-go because I don't want to have to plan anything. It is just too much to manage. I will choose a curriculum that does require some minimal planning if you want to do some hands on learning, which my kids love. Story of the World is one as well as Gather Round unit studies. But I take time to plan the year. Choose the activities. Make a document that puts it all out on a spreadsheet that I can glance over. I write any supplies needed. Then, for me, the curriculum becomes open-and-go. :) But majority of the curriculum I use it is a matter of turn the page and do the next lesson!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

@@faithfullyinfertile thank you so much!! You’re definitely doing a much better job than me. 🤣 This is so helpful!

[@Making_Homeschool_Happen]

Anybody else have trouble with the planning part?? 🤦‍♀️