Unless you have organizational genes most of us weren't born with, you could use a bit of help organizing your homeschool and your home this time of year (or, any time of year, right?)!
The same smart minds who created The Old Schoolhouse magazine, which was featured here on Freely Educate over the weekend, also created The Schoolhouse Planner in answer to homeschoolers' continual quest for organization.
Their 247-page ebook is cram-packed with more forms that you'd ever want to take the time to create (or find) on your own. My favorite feature is that the forms are editable; that is, you can type right onto the forms and then print them out (as many as you like, of course). Or, you can print the forms blank and fill them out by hand.
This is how I use The Schoolhouse Planner: in our little homeschool, the children and I (the teacher) each have a three-ring binder we use for school. My binder is a large one; the children have 1" binders. I print out forms for each child's binder, as needed, and forms for my Teacher Binder. Sometimes, I print the forms out blank and sometimes I type in the information before printing the forms. Forms that are for occasional use or annual use are put into page protectors then placed in the binder; the other forms are simply hole-punched and inserted into the binder.
It's not accurate to assume The Schoolhouse Planner contains only forms. It has much more. It's big. Here are the contents:
• Calendars in various forms – yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily
• Lists of holidays and places to record special days in your family
• Planners for your homeschool – in various styles to meet your individual needs
• Pages for both long-term and short-term homeschooling goals
• Curriculum planning forms
• Evaluation forms and test score recording sheets
• A through-the-Bible in a (school) year schedule
• Forms for recording Bible memory and other memory work
• Logs for recording books read, movies and documentaries viewed, etc.
• A field trip planning form and recording log
• A sample science lab sheet and nature study sheets
• A place to record extracurricular activities
• Outside classes, co-op, and support group information and recording sheets
• Household planning forms
• Daily, weekly, and monthly household schedule charts
• Grocery, menu-planning, and food logs
• Various budget and financial planning forms
• Garden planning sheets
• An appliance and electronics inventory sheet
• Vacation planning ideas
• Address and telephone records
• 12 “homeschool must-know” items, one for each month of the year
• 12 essays from some of our favorite authors in the homeschool community – you absolutely won’t want to miss these!
• 24 easy main-dish recipes from some top homeschoolers around the nation
• Forms that are appropriate for preschool – graduation
• A 12-year planning form, so that you can plan your child’s school career from beginning to end!
• 2-page monthly calendar with BIG blocks, providing lots of room for writing in details each day
So, do you want one? The Old Schoolhouse has offered to give one planner away to a reader of Freely Educate. If you would like The Schoolhouse Planner ebook (value: $39), just leave a comment below and I'll have Random.org once again choose a winner for us.
Rules? Just a few...
- Be 18 or older, please
- One entry per email address and per comment
- You must leave a comment in this post to be entered (note: If you are reading this through the email subscription, you need to visit FreelyEducate to enter the giveaway)
- The winner needs to claim their prize within 2 days or another winner will be selected
- Deadline for entries: Thursday, August 14, noon CST
Let me know if you're interested by leaving a comment below!
This giveaway is now closed! Thank you so much to the entrants and thank you especially for your comments. ~ Lori
I can't seem to get organized to save my life! You'd think that would be a must with 5 kiddos, and a grandchild to boot, but somehow I still manage to avoid it. lol Please enter me in this giveaway. Good luck everyone!