Looking for a simple homeschool lesson planning solution? Download these FREE printable homeschool planning pages today!
PLEASE NOTE: I use a different planner now…
Although I no longer use these planning pages, you can still download them below. Be sure to check out the homeschool planner I now use and why I absolutely LOVE it and won’t need any other planner…ever!
I had been on the hunt for some homeschool planning pages and I couldn’t find quite what I was looking for, so I created my own. I still used my old planning sheet for my kindergarten lessons, but once my oldest reached second grade and I began covering more subjects, I knew I needed something better.
Plus, since we were using the Sue Patrick’s workbox system and I wanted something to help with planning what went into each box (in our case bag). Be sure to check out how we tweaked the workbox system so that it worked for us and allowed us to NOT have tons of shoe boxes all over the place!
The homeschool planning pages that I created helped us know exactly who needed to work on what and in what order!
Weekly Plans & Assignments
My Weekly Plans printable page included all of my daughter’s subjects. I love that I could see everything that is planned for the entire week on a single page.
The little boxes on the printable are for the corresponding workbox number. For example, if I wanted my daughter to do her preposition work first on Monday, I would put a 1 in the box beside it. I would do this ahead of time so that I could quickly reload their bags as they complete their work. (The download includes a blank Weekly Plans page so that you can write in your own subjects if desired.)
Weekly Planning List
The Weekly Planning List is a list of three things!
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Extra supplies that I would need
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Things that I still needed to do to prepare for the week
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Books/videos that I will needed to check out from the library
I included three columns for each list so that I could keep ONE list for ALL my kids on ONE page. The first column was for my 2nd grader, the second was for my kindergarteners, and the last column was for my preschoolers.
Monthly Calendar
The blank monthly calendar basically helped to give me some sense of direction. I made a rough plan for the year so that I can see what was coming up so that I can plan activities/crafts/fieldtrips, etc accordingly.
So, how does this actually work?
You may be wondering how my actual planning process works. Well, each summer, my goal was to have all the lessons planned out through the month of December. We normally took a break in December and I would use that time to get my plans for the rest of the year completed.
Next, I would use my Weekly Plans page to record all the assignments for the week. As I went through the lessons, I kept the Weekly Planning List handy and I jotted things down on the appropriate lists. This helped to minimize the things that I needed to try to remember and it helped to keep all my lists for the week in one place. As I obtained a needed supply/book or I completed something on the to-do list, I would check it off.
Once I completed the Weekly Planning List for that particular week, I gathered all the worksheets and printables needed for that week for all of my kids and I put them, along with the Weekly Planning List inside a manila folder labeled with the appropriate week. This ensured that I had everything that I would need for all the kids for any given week all in one place.
Once I had written all the assignments on the Weekly Plans page, I would go through and put numbers in the boxes for each day to correspond with what box (bag) I wanted the assignment in. I made sure to have all the boxes (bags) assigned at the start of the week so that each day as the kids were completing their assignments/bags, I could begin to load them for the next day. All the Weekly Plans pages were kept in a notebook, except for the current one, which was kept in plain view so that it was readily available for me to refer to.
Am I still using these planning pages?
After using these planning pages for quite awhile, I moved to the Weekly Homeschool Planner because I loved that it was an editable pdf. Since I would be teaching most of the subjects over again as my kids got older, this allowed me to create the lesson plans for one child and simply tweak them a bit in years that followed for my younger kids. I liked not having to redo everything year after year.
Now, I use an online planner and I’m certain that it is the last homeschool planner I will ever need! Love, love, love it! It has everything that I loved about all the other planners I used in the past, but it allows me to do SO MUCH MORE!
However, if you are looking for some basic printable homeschool planning pages? Look no further!
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Thank you so much Whitney!!
Suzanne, thank you so much for your kind words!! Hopefully the pages will work for you!
You are so very welcome Christy!!
Bridget, so glad that the system is working for you!!
You are very welcome!
Thank you so much for taking the time to express your gratitude! I really appreciate it! 😉
*~ Jenn*
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Thank you so much for being so willing to freely share. For the 2013 school year we are going to join the adventure of homeschooling. I will be teaching four from preschool to high school. I my search for resources, it’s not often I come across materials this wonderful at a price that I can acually afford. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart. May God rain down blessings for you generosity.
Thank you so, so much for creating these and sharing them with us!! Thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome Nic! I hope that the printables will be helpful for you!
Hi Mama Jenn, thank you for your generosity. These must take so much time and it is a real blessing to have access to such great materials. I have homeschooled one of my children, but l have always felt on the back foot and overwhelmed. I really need help to get a system going and this will go a long way to achieve that end as I start with our three year old in January.
You are welcome! 😉
thank you!
Meredith, I am hoping to pull together a “day in the life” post, which will answer some of the questions about when we do what!
Hi Mama Jenn, what about times? I’m trying to wrap my mind around everything and get myself organized, but when do you do what? It doesn’t take much to confuse me! Thanks for your help 🙂
Demetria, glad I was able to be of a little help! It does take time to figure out what will work best for you and your family!
Awesome planning, and thanks so much for sharing! I am working on creating a new planning system for our family. We started back to school this past Monday and I’ve been tweaking away at Google Docs and templates and such but no success. Thankfully, looking at your blog post has helped me determine my needs a bit better.
I noticed the same thing! I apologize that the link no longer works. I actually went in and deleted the link and updated my version of the planning list so that it could be downloaded. Hope that helps!
You are so welcome! Glad you like them!
Thank you Thank you Thank you for moving your planning sheets, they are SO nice!
Thank you for doing that!
Hi, I am interested in your weekly planning list. The one with your supplies, books, and to do list. I followed the link to Karin’s at Passport Academy, but it said the link was not valid. Is there a download for this? I would LOVE to have it. Thanks in advance for all you do.
Hi Amy! I am planning to have the files moved off of 4shared and over to my website before the month is up…if not sooner! I will post on the blog about it once it gets done! Hope that helps!
I would love to have your planning pages but apparently the website charges now? Any ideas of how to download them otherwise? Thanks!
You are most welcome!!!
Thank you, Mama Jenn!!
I LOVE YOUR FORMS! Thanks for sharing and I’m flattered I inspired you in some small way!
Sure Laura! I will see what I can come up with for you! 😉
I was wondering if you could design a “prayer” page so that I can put those pages in my homeschool binder? I really like the fonts that you used on the weekly planning pages. I do not have that font – stylistic SF – and I do not know where to get it.
So glad that you will be able to use them! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this! I do a home daycare and am trying to do an hour of pre-school activities per afternoon for my non-nappers. This will be perfect for planning my weekly themes.
More Than A Mom
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Glad you like them! When I saw the font, I knew I had to use it…somehow! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your planning pages! I love the font you used. 🙂
Thanks Ginger! It’s called Stylistic SF.
Mama Jenn…LOOOOOVE this schedule! BTW, what font is that?
Yup, I love, love. love these. I have been using them to plan and I feel more organized than any other year. We only start school Monday so I will have to see how they work in action but so far I am very, very pleased! Thanks for sharing!
Great job with the Weekly Plans sheet! It is a perfect addition to my homeschool planner & calendar. Thank you for sharing!
Great planning sheets! I think these are the best I have seen.
Love, love, love these! Thank you!
Tam
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Hi Loni,
I just tried clicking the links and I was able to access the downloads and I can see that others have been able to download the docs as well. I am not sure what the problem could be. (In case you haven’t already, you will need to sign up for a 4shared account, which is free, in order to access them.) Perhaps you just need to refresh your page and try again. Hopefully that will help!
Jenn
Hi, I would love to download your planning sheets. I can not access them? I click on the link and it tells me it can not find the page… could you help?
Thank you!
Hi, I would love to download your planning sheets. I can not access them? I click on the link and it tells me it can not find the page… could you help?
Thank you!
THANK YOU!!!! These are exactly what I needed! I love your format. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing. I have been meaning to write a post on my own scheduling and lesson planning. I enjoyed reading yours. I can certainly improve mine.