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Welcome to Day 3 of the 5 Days Back to Homeschool Blog Hop.

Today we are discussing homeschool planning!

I have to admit that I don’t plan anymore!  And I feel like a FREE woman!

I used to be one of those over organized stressed out homeschool mamas that would get her panties in a HUGE wad when we were off schedule!

I would plan everything school related right down to the minute.  I literally would spend all summer long making these perfect plans.

After 7 years of being a crazy homeschool mom, I learned to be much more relaxed.

Amen!

Oh, don’t get me wrong.  I am still pretty organized and have a pretty Mommy Homeschool binder.  I just don’t have lesson plans written down.

There’s absolutely no reason to label my pretty binder because it’s the coolest one in the house and everyone knows it’s Mommy’s.

I love it!

And I have really cute dividers, too!

My dividers in my CUTE Homeschool Binder:

    1. Attendance – just to roughly see how many days we do school for my own benefit.
    2. Calendar – monthly and yearly – I write field trips, etc.
    3. Unit Study – my plans and printouts for the topical study we are working on.
    4. Borrow/Lend – this has really helped me over the years to keep track of what we lend out and borrow from other homeschool families.
    5. Student- I have a divider for each child.  I include credits, grades, educational objectives, and course of study.
In the beginning of the school year I write a rough draft of where we should be   before Christmas in each subject with the knowledge that I will have to alter the requirements.  Right before Christmas, I review my tentative plan and alter it to meet my expectations by May. Most of the time, I write their assignments on the big dry erase board the night before. There has been times when I have seen my children work on their assignments before breakfast because they wanted to finish up early. The older ones usually know what I expect.
Last year was the first year, I utilized this approach.  And it was a success!
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