Tried & True Homeschool Planning Tips

[@GardenMinistry.]

My kids are the same! They thrive off having schedules and they have a checklist of what needs to get done daily, this helps them stay on track and know whats expected of them. As always your tips are so helpful and appreciated. I hope your family is having a great year so far Lauren!

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

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[@pajamamama5965]

Thank you! I appreciate the tips and the encouragement. This is my 14th year of home schooling. For me personally it's emotionally and mentally challenging to start up I want to hang on to summer as long as possible. My girls do independent study as much as possible and I consider Myself to be more of their tutor for their difficult subjects.

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

14 years! That’s pretty amazing! What an accomplishment!

[@pajamamama5965]

@@thepracticalhomeschooler Thank you! Definitely by God's grace. I home schooled my son for 5 years then he went to private Christian school. After that I home schooled both of my girls now going into 7th and 8th. I didn't want to do it in the beginning and my husband forced me to LOL

[@budgetnutritionist]

I love your planning methods!! So simple and practical! Some of the more complicated plans like "reverse planning" have never made much sense to me. 😂

[@AshleySmith-w6z]

Hi! Love your videos this will be our first year of homeschooling my 6th and 3rd grader curious what do you use for teaching Spanish?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

Currently Duolingo and while my kids like it, there are some things I don’t love. So looking to switch

[@melisasantiago5420]

Are you able to share the templates you used?

[@homeschoollifemom]

We are the same way. I just check in now and then to make sure we are on track to finish around the time I want and we finish our books unless we did a curriculum switch because it wasn’t working.

[@Built_Resilient]

I’m getting ready to start our first homeschool year and I’ve loved your videos! Thank you so much! I was wondering what you do with their individual daily schedule pages? Do they have a binder or folder, pinned to the wall?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

I will laminate them once we know we don’t need to make adjustments (page protectors until then), and then they keep them with their textbooks.

[@advantageacademychartersch1685]

Love your planning tips. We have moved our entire district to a 4-day work week. What are you thoughts on a 4-day work week? Have you tried it?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

I’d love to do a 4 day week. We do 4 regular days and then Friday is always a lighter day and we usually do a fun outing that day too

[@Maria_O]

Simple planning really is so freeing.

[@katiebaker6574]

Love it! Simple and effective. Do you use creative fabrica to create your printed schedules?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

For those, I’ve always used canva. But CF does have some really cute homeschool planners that are part of the teacher club card.

[@ivyduncan1]

What do you use for Bible each morning?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

This year we’re doing Apologia Who Am I? And a devotional by Louis Giglio called indescribable

[@Homeschooling.with.Ginger]

How’s the baby?

[@thepracticalhomeschooler]

She’s great! We’re loving her so much and she gets plenty of cuddles and snuggles from her sisters 🥰 thanks for asking!

[@nicoles9223]

​@@thepracticalhomeschoolerI'm so glad!!