How to Plan Your Homeschool Year
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Check out my Year-at-a-Glance up close here: homeschool101....
Here is my thought process for creating my homeschool Year-at-a-Glance document. I make a general schedule for my kiddo for the whole year; this helps me see how things are going to fall into place and where I might have any gaps. Please let me know if you have questions!
A quick tip for filling in your page. When you type Lesson 1; press control enter and it will give you a cross in the bottom right corner. Grab that cross and drag it to Week 36 and it will automatically fill it all in for you. I am hoping this tip works for you!
Maree K I was just wondering. I haven't used Excel in forever. But, I was sure there has to be better/faster way to fill in all those darn boxes. Thanks for sharing this tip.
I just found this today, two years after it was published, but can I say it is THE MOST helpful year at a glance homeschool planner I have ever found. SO simple and easy to use! Thanks!
Jen L. You are so welcome! Better late than never! 😊
Agreed!!!
I love seeing the thought process of other homeschool moms while they're doing their planning. Thanks for sharing these with us!
I LOVE your ideas! I have been looking AND looking ANNDDD looking for "how to" videos on homeschool planning! Thank you!
I hope it will be helpful for you! Let me know if you have questions or would like to see anything specific!
i know I'm pretty off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream new series online?
Thank you for taking the time to do this video! Great help and your not the only one whose brain thinks like "that". I would love to have a spread sheet like this as well as a blank one to write my notes and such. Happy homeschooling God bless you
Four years later and this video (all your videos, actually) are SOOOO helpful! Thank you for making this easier for me. Definitely overwhelming at first, so thank you for breaking it down!
You are so welcome! It definitely gets easier... you just have to start somewhere! 😊
I am so glad I found you! I taught high school for nine years, took a break to stay home, then taught private Pre-K for two years, part time and now I’m a first time homeschool mom. I have curriculums on the way, and I sat today to plan but wanted different ideas and THIS is totally how my brain operates. I have never had to create my year at a glance since the schools did that for me, and I had taught for so long it was second nature. Getting ready to start the planning process using your tips! Thanks a ton!
You are welcome! Best of luck in your new adventure! :)
This is our first year homeschooling and I am so happy to have this. I've been struggling trying to figure out how to make everything work and this has been really helpful! Thank you!
You are welcome! I hope it is helpful for you!
No your not the only one that’s thinks this way I live this way! Color coordinated everything and prep everything as much as I can at least the things I have control over to make my life somewhat easier!!! You got me in the club of organic coordinated minds lol
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing and showing us step by step, definitely makes so much sense now and shows me it doesn't have to be complicated!
I'm so glad you found it helpful! Planning can be so overwhelming... I feel like I have a little advantage since I was a teacher in a past life, but homeschool planning is still different. Good luck, you can do it!
This how I do my planning as well. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE how you figured out Handwriting to do opposite Writing with Ease! That just knocked down a wall in my brain!
I have been homeschooling for 8 years. This is the best at a glance planner I have ever seen. I have done similar things... but this is so clear. Thank you!
I just wanted to thank your for this video and the spreadsheets. I am a new homeschool mom and I had no idea how to plan for the year. I was actually feeling a little overwhelmed until I came across to this. You made it so easy to understand. Thank you!!!
I'm so glad it was helpful for you! I hope you have a great homeschool year!
@@MeganPhillips Thank you and you too!
You are soooo amazing for sharing this gold with everyone for FREE!! This is made so well and really helps to lay everything out. We normally roll with the day and can't finish a chunk of weeks at the end because we did not plan. This helps so much!!! Even if we get off track it will be easier to see where we are and how far off.
You're so welcome!
You can go into the settings of your sheet and set the title row to repeat automatically on each new page. It’s been a few versions since I did it so couldn’t tell you exactly where but it was in format.
Hi Megan, I just wanted to thank you for sharing this information. I have been using your Year at a Glance for the last 3 years. It works so very well for our family!
You are so welcome!
I plan very similarly for the main outline of the year, but for some reason I never thought to put it all one one excel spreadsheet instead of a single page per subject!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I used your ideas and created my own template in Excel tailored to our specifics. I love it!!! I've had much trial and error finding the right planning systems for our school year.
This has been so helpful! I spent 4+ hours last night recreating your spreadsheet with the info for my child’s curriculum. I usually have a loose idea of how many lessons I need to do per week for each subjects, but with all that life throws at us it’s easy to get lost along the way. I also like that w/ Excel I can just add rows or cells if we get behind. Thank you so much for this video!
Oh, my goodness!!! This is what I have been looking for!!! You just made my life so much easier! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Thank you so much! This is AMAZING! We are starting homeschooling next year. I am trying to start planning and figuring stuff out and I almost spent $80 for a website to plan my two son's year for me!
You are so welcome! I love to change things up to fit our needs, so FREE is always best for me!
I love your planning set up! Thank you for all these resources!
You are welcome! I hope they are helpful for you!
I did read the comments but I may have missed if someone has already said this: Rather than repeating the header in your settings you can set it to print automatically on each page - I can check where it is exactly if you don’t already know
Thank you so much for this video! I'm in the process of trying to sort out our upcoming school year and I am overwhelmed since I only have about ½ of my curricula in my hands right now! I'll definitely have to try this out in Numbers and see how it works for us.
Praise to God Almighty your schedule is great, I'm a first time homeschooling Mom and I would like you to send me your lesson planner. May God Bless you and your family.
Thank you for sharing your printables! 😊
Thank you for creating these documents and putting them up for free!
You are so welcome! I hope they are helpful for you!
I am loving this idea! Question is... What happens if you get behind? Or ahead of schedule? How do you adjust then? Do you just cross out each box as you complete it and ignore the dates.
If we got behind just a bit, I just crossed out and rewrote the page numbers... if we would ever get severely behind I would have to reprint my document... my brain wouldn't be able to handle it! :) It really is meant to be a guide so it can be used flexibly. I just like the know before the year starts approximately how long we need to get each subject done and approximately how much we need to complete each week.
Thank you so, so, so much for this! Your video and sheets are unbelievably helpful!
you are terrific! thanks for the tips!!!
You are so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful for you!
just found your videos! this is our first year homeschooling and have already picked out my curriculum...this year planning has been so helpful! I have liked and subscribed! thank you!
I love your work thank u so much may god bless
Thank you. So helpful
Great video! Thank you 👍🏾!
Glad it was helpful!
This is ammmmmazing!! Thank you for sharing!! Finally something I feel I can use! :)
This is great!! I'm so happy I stumbled onto the video!! :)
Love this planning style! :) Happy homeschooling :)
Love your organization ideas!
Can you do a video on Excel? And how to use it for homeschool moms. Thank you this is very helpful.
I should! I was actually just thinking about that the other day. I LOVE Excel, but everything I learned, I learned from watching over my husbands shoulder. I always thought it was the most ridiculous program ever until I realized some of it's capabilities. I might try to do a how-to on this whole document from scratch if people think it would be helpful.
I saw that you have a new video up about this, so it might answer my question, but I want to make the subject headlines every 6 weeks instead of every 12. How can I do this? Thanks for sharing! I started to make my own, but I was so confused that I remembered you had one that I might be able to tweak. ;)
You have great videos. My year will be starting on Nov 1 and I am so grateful that I found your page. I have successfully recreated this spreadsheet and it will help tremendously. I am considering doing it daily instead of weekly so that I will have more discipline. Have you ever done it that way?
This was very helpful. Than you for making the video.
Thank you so much! I have been homeschooling for a few years now, and this is one of the most helpful schedules I've seen. I have tweaked and tried many and I think this is "the one!" Do you have a link to this document so we could edit it for our own schedules? Or a blank copy of the excel document?
Hi Tiffany! Thanks so much for watching! I really like this document still and am planning to use it again next year with no modifications... that never happens to me! I THINK (I hope) I just added an excel document on my blog. It should (key word) be shareable on Google Docs so you can download it to your device and edit to fit your needs. If it doesn't work, will you please let me know and I'll try something else! It's all the way at the bottom of the page with the bright pink NEW! next to it.
homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
This is so very helpful! I was curious...you mentioned learning styles when talking about history. Would you mind elaborating on what categories of learning styles you use? You said reading for one week and timeline/interesting facts for another. Thanks so much for this video!
Hi! I'm going to try to link to the PDF of Diana's Lesson Planner. Page 2 explains how she incorporates all of the different learning styles (she uses 8 of them like Body Smart, Word Smart, People Smart, Logic Smart, etc.) into the curriculum. She gives tons and tons of options so you can pick and choose what works best for your child. I hope that helps! If I didn't answer your question, please let me know and I"ll try again! :)
www.dianawaring.com/files/indepth-lesson-planner-introduction-sample-history-revealed-diana-waring.pdf
Megan Phillips this is awesome!!! Thank you sooooo much!!
Hi. Your honeschooling thoughts are great. I mean i havnt seen anything like this before.
Is it possible to send me a editable file as i would love this yearly planner where i can add my kids subjects in.
Lubna Shaheen the link to it is in the description.
Oh I love your organizing ideas - I come from an accountant background/business owner and excel spreadsheets are my thing; I work from home. BUT I don't come from a teacher background so I'm a little fearful and am considering HS this upcoming year due to some public school issues. I really like the idea of a 4 day week. My son will be a 3rd grader. Approx how many hours a day does this schedule look like for your older child? I have no clue how long lessons should be taking total each day.
Thanks Tiana! My hubby loves Excel so I've learned a lot just from watching him! :) My son will be a 2nd grader (working at a mostly 3rd grade level) when we start back in July. I'm not sure we've ever spent more than 3 hours working on school. We run a pretty flexible schedule so I don't map out 20 minutes for math, 10 minutes for grammar, etc. We just do what needs to be done. If I feel like he's getting overwhelmed or spacing out, we take a break or change of scenery. You can totally do it! I would encourage you to just enjoy the summer with your son and then start slowly in the fall. Remember, it doesn't have to look like a classroom in your house, this gives you the ability to do what's best for him and if he's coming off of some PS issues, it might take a while to adjust. Sorry, I hope that doesn't sound preachy since I obviously don't know your situation! I'd be happy to help if you have other questions!
Megan Phillips oh my goodness thank you so much for your encouraging words. I CAN do this and I WILL make it happen!! My son deserves better than the PS experience he has had so far.
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Thanks for sharing this helpful tool. This coming fall will be my first time homeschooling 3 kiddos and I think this might just help save my sanity. Also can you tell me the names of the curriculum you are using so I can see how you have chosen to break up the lessons?
I know this is an old video, but are you still using this method of planning? What happens when you need to bump things forward if you don't get them done? Is there an easy way to do that in Excel? I've started using Homeschool Planet but I still need a way to see my year at a glance.
Hi Sarah... the short answer to your question is... not really. I don't plan out all 36 weeks in advance now. I set goals for the year (actually fall semester and spring semester) and then write down what we do after we do it. I call it "planning from behind". Our schedule is just waaaaay more relaxed and flexible than when we used to plan this much in advance. IF you use this, you'll just have to manually shuffle things around if you need to. It's pretty easy to copy and paste or just cross things out and move them around.
I'm new to homeschooling my daughter she is behind in communication social skills and language
So helpful
Glad it was helpful!
I am trying to download your year-at-a-glance file but it is not allowing me to save it and type information into the calendar. I get a message saying the document is protected. I really like the format and all of your organization tips. :) Thank you for any help!
Hi Michelle! I'm sorry I missed your comment! I've updated my blog with a downloadable Excel file for the Year At a Glance. This should be MUCH easier than trying to do it through Google Docs. Please let me know if you have any problems with it!
homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
hey is that a nourishing traditions book? I love that book..actually most of you book choices! lol
It is! And thanks! :)
Do you account for short weeks? I noticed you did Math U See every week the whole lesson for a week but what if you only have a 2 or 3 day week? Also how do you account for if you get behind? I am using the crate system also with the idea that we can adjust as needed. I think having everything mapped out kind of defeats that benefit of the crate system
We school 4 days a week so I really try to plan errands and such for our off day. We haven't had any short weeks, so I haven't had to deal with it yet. :) If someone was sick or something came up, we'd either make up on our regular off day or probably on a Saturday to stay on track. I'm only using the crate system with my oldest. My preschooler is working at her own pace so I didn't want to split everything out and then have to reshuffle it all the time. In my opinion, having the crate system and mapping everything out go hand in hand. It's worked well so far for us, but it's only been 4 weeks and we haven't had any hiccups yet. :)
Do you use this with multiple kids? If so, do you have a year at a glance that includes EVERYONE?
Yes! If you visit my blog, you can download the same document for Multiple Kids. On the bottom of the spreadsheet are "tabs" for 2, 3 or 4 kids. If you need more kids than that, let me know and I'll get it to you directly. I use one line per kid and merge the cells for shared subjects. Hopefully that makes sense! :)
homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
When will you have out the 2021-2022 calendars
Good question! I usually start thinking about next year in March, so I'll definitely put it on my To Do list!
This is so great!! I am starting my first year of HS next year and am in the beginning stages of planning! Do you have a link to this document so we could put it on excel and edit it for our own schedules? Or a blank copy of the excel document?? Thanks so much!
Hi Julie! I missed your comment earlier... I think I just got an excel document added to my blog if you are still interested in using this schedule. It's at the bottom of the page with the bright pink NEW! in front of it. Thanks for watching!
homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
Would you share your excel file?
HI, do you still have this year at a glance spreadsheet available? I didn't see it on your link? Thanks!
I do! It's on my "Printables" page. If you scroll down, it's about the third thing.
homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
From the TG&B page . New to homeschooling and just started couple weeks ago. We are doing Math U See and now I think I did it wrong. We do 2 lessons a week but I’m confused on the unit test ?? In the test book I ripped out the test from each lesson ?? That’s wrong ?? Help lol
Would you mind sharing where you found info about reading journals?
This is the one we've used on and off...
www.notconsumed.com/how-to-make-your-own-homeschool-reading-curriculum/
Hello! I visited the link, you've mentioned "Year-at-a-Glance" . /I am not from England/. And I have some qwns. In this plan you've written there are only pages. I mean MATH week 2 - pages from 11-12. But on the basement on what TEXTBOOKS do you plan aaaaal the lessons ? This is more important I think. Where did you get all the information? And do you follow the governmant core corriculum? Thank you
Any thoughts on updating this video since switching to The Good and The Beautiful?
Hannah Hutchins It's on my short list, I promise! 😊 We are in the process of selling our house and probably building new, so everything else in my life is pretty much on hold. 😂 I really hope to get some stuff updated now that we've switched almost completely to TGTB!
Hi Megan! I know this is a couple of years old but I wanted to reach out to you and ask how you’re doing your Year at a Glance now that you’re using TGTB? Do you have a spreadsheet on it yet?
Hi! That's a great question! For the first time EVER, I'm not pre-planning for Language Arts! With TGTB, it's just too hard to plan it out... but I'm OK with that. We are just taking it a day at time. I'm actually using it as more of a tracking document this year and filling in the lessons we finished at the end of the week.
Megan Phillips Thanks so much for getting back with me so fast!! Are you doing everything else the same? All I did with Language Arts (on your Year at a Glance form) is put 4 lessons per week spelling (5 min) Phonic Cards (5 min) and Poetry memorization. It’s more of a reminder for me so we don’t get too much off track!! Thanks again for all you do to make my planning so much easier! I incorporated the crate system last year and it was SO MUCH SIMPLER for organizing their daily stuff! Take care and God bless!! 😊
I'm trying to plan out everything else about the same... it's really become more of a guide than anything. (It's amazing how much my planning has changed in only 3 years of homeschooling!)
When you say your brain doesn't work like everyone else's... are you talking about different learning/thinking styles or saying that you have different cognitive abilities? I know I say all the time that my brain works differently than everyone else's because I'm on the autism spectrum. I also know there are other things like ADD/ADHD that makes someone cognitively different. So I was wondering if you, too, had one of those or something similar.
How do you add the color where the grid lines still show/print?
Leslie Keel Highlight/select the boxes that you want affected then up on tool bar you will see a little paint bucket with mini spilling click on that or the arrow next to it for a different color.
What is your blog name?
My blog is homeschool101.wordpress.com/
Let me know if you're looking for something specific!
do you have that page to share?
Yep! It's on my blog... homeschool101.wordpress.com/printables/
Scroll down to "Year-at-a-Glance"
thank you
Thank you for taking the time to do this video! Great help and your not the only one whose brain thinks like "that". I would love to have a spread sheet like this as well as a blank one to write my notes and such. Happy homeschooling God bless you