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Homeschool Planning – Using an Erin Condren Teacher Planner

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As a homeschooling family, I feel like I am constantly
thinking about planning.  We school year
round as well.  Add to that, that we are
still kind of new (this will be our first year reporting to the state) and I am
a jumbled mess of trying to do everything “right.”

For the past several years, we have ordered the Sonlight
curriculum.  I absolutely love this
curriculum, and its literature based approach to homeschooling.  Having all of those books to read every year
has been an amazing part of our homeschool experience so far.
The problem that I have is the Instructor’s Guide.

 

Now, I love the Instructor’s guide for all of the wonderful
information they provide.  However,
schooling year round means that I end up re-doing most of the lesson plans,
which isn’t exactly what I want to do after spending so much money!
For the past couple of years I have been scouring Pinterest
for planning printables, as well as creating my own printables to make
my homeschool planning a little easier.
 
For this next year, I decided I wanted to try using an actual
planner for homeschooling.  I have seen
so many people online using wonderful homeschool planners.  I started researching the different ones
available (there are quite few), and realized that they weren’t going to be a
great fit for me.
 
I felt like they had so much information it was overwhelming
to me.
 
Instead, I wanted a planner that was simple enough for me to
use, and something that I would actually continue to use throughout the year.
 
When I heard that Erin Condren had a teacher planner, and
that some people were using it for homeschooling, I had to try it.  I love my life planner, and thought this
might be a good compromise between the amount of information in the homeschool
planner, and something relatively basic for me to use.
 
I realize that the teacher planner is for public school
teachers, and there are several pages that are not applicable to
homeschoolers.  However, I think that I
have figured out a good way of utilizing those pages.
 
What I really like about the planner is how pretty it
is.  I love the different quotes that are
found throughout the book.  I love the
quality of the paper, and how big it is.
I know a lot of people don’t like a big planner, but I like to have
plenty of room to write, and write, and write.
And this planner gives me that!
 
I liked the planner so much I decided to do a little video
for it.  I know, video is not something I
have ever done on the blog, so please excuse the quality.  But, it is something that I thought would be fun
to do, so if you feel like taking a look more closely at the planner, or how I
am going to be using it this next year, feel free to watch. 


 

How do you plan for
your new school year?  Do you use a
homeschool planner?  Make your own?  Or have you adapted a teacher planner for
your homeschool?
 
If you would like to get $10 off your first order at Erin Condren, you can use my referral link.  Just sign up for an account using my link, then they will e-mail you a code that you can use with your first order!  When you use this code, I also receive a $10 off coupon for a future purchase.

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  1. Mimi Rothschild says

    July 16, 2015 at 11:40 am

    Plan of homeschooling is very important and I think it is a good planner. I appreciate this types of plan. You know I get some good thinking by watching this video clip. Thanks

    Reply
  2. Chari says

    July 13, 2015 at 2:00 am

    So glad you have found something to help you on your homeschooling journey! God bless!

    Reply
  3. Kandi says

    July 11, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    What a great planner! I don't homeschool but I could easily use this as well!

    Reply
  4. Brandi Davis says

    July 11, 2015 at 1:02 am

    That planner looks awesome! I'm slowly making my way to using planners.

    Reply
  5. Marissa D says

    July 10, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    While, I'm not a homeschooler, I love planners! Just the process of trying to plan and organize calms even…. now I have to learn how to stay calm when the plans don't happen… Oh well, one step at a time.

    Marissa

    Reading List

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  6. HungryForGod (Andi) says

    July 10, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    learning to use my planner

    Reply
  7. Caroline @ In Due Time says

    July 10, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    I hear so many good things about this planner! So glad you like it. I love my google calendar 😉

    Reply
  8. Jelli B. says

    July 10, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Oooh! I'm not a teacher but I want one of these! Looks so pretty. I've heard wonderful things about Erin's Life Planners but never heard of the teacher planner. Thanks for the heads up.

    Reply
  9. Marie says

    July 10, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    This is a nice planner!! Love it.

    Reply
  10. Jolleen Ruiz says

    July 10, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    I REALLY like that planner. Although we don't homeschool, that would be very helpful for me with our busy lives!

    Reply
  11. Christine Smith says

    July 10, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    wow, thanks for a look at this planner and the coupon. I like looking for ideas too but find it sometimes overwhelming! I have some planning and printable boards on Pinterest that you might like 🙂
    https://www.pinterest.com/becomingcsmith/

    Reply
  12. Jessica @ Barefoot by the Sea says

    July 8, 2015 at 11:02 am

    I think I might have to get one of these for the new school year! Your video was super informative, thank you and great job!

    Reply

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