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The Well Planned Day 2011-2012

A Family Homeschool Planner by Rebecca Scarlata Keliher

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I had been eyeballing this planner all summer.  I would have purchased it on sooner, but I was apprehensive on spending the $24.95.  Dumb I know.. I had a perfectly good planning system I have been using since the dawn of time.  WHY use a different one?

I was in Mardel's during their 20% off back to school sale, and grabbed one.  I am really glad I did.

My old one was off of the "A Garden Patch of Reproducible Homeschooling Planning & Educational Worksheets" CD. (check it out HERE)  I bought the CD of this and would print off a "weekly planning log" for each child, then fill out their stuff on each page; then hole punch the pages and put in a notebook.  This is and was a great way to do it.. but I would find those pages ALL OVER my house and car.  My older children would take them out of the notebook.. and not put them back.  **The Garden Patch CD has TONS of other reproducible papers that I still love and use.

Household Finances Household Duties page..

Class plan

This is the spot where you an put a photo (I don't have one).. name, height, weight, strengths, challenges, goals, and what I love all the info on the books they are using.

Student Schedule

I wish we could keep one of these.  This year our homeschool day was turned around because I'm taking #4 to speech at the public school..

Dinner Menu

I love this Dinner Menu section.  It's on every weekly plan page.  I do all my planning on Sunday night.  Whatever I have in the house, is what I plan for dinner this week.. if I don't have it, I put it on the shopping list.

Shopping List!

This has perforated pages so that you can easily tear it out to take it with you.

Attendance Report

Monthly Field Trip & Enrichment plans

Field Trip & Enrichment activities

Overview of a planning week.

Big Calendar to plan out your month

Planning week filled out.

I really like that this holds all of my kids stuff in one place.  If I actually used it for EVERYTHING it would do that would be good too. If you are looking for a all in one planner… check this one out!

I get asked a lot.. "What curriculum do you use?"  I use a variety of stuff.. but here's what we are doing this year.

This is #2's little world.  We tried something new this year.. his biology book is on his laptop.  I'll let you know how that goes.

• Bible: Biblical Manhood
• Math: Math U See Geometry
• English: Writers Express 0669471631 and BK English 1580791166
• Spelling: Ed Helper Online
• Journal: his own blog
• Science: Prentice Hall Biology 0131902369 (TE)
• World History The Human Odyssey 0538423307 (TE)
• Handwriting: Start Write
• FACS: Cooking/Sewing
• State: Cantering the Country 1931397333
• Art: Visual Manna Mastering Drawing 0967738428
• Economics: Consumer Education and Economics

This is #3's desk…cute..

• Bible: Get a Life 0633088900
• Math: Switched on Schoolhouse
• English: Writers Express Inc and BK English
• Journal: Online blog
• Literature: Prentice Hall Literature Bronze 0137224060
• Science Interactions Glencoe 0028268571 (TE)
• History: US History Beginnings to 1877 0030412188 (TE)
• Handwriting: Start Write
• FACS: Cooking/ Sewing
• States: Cantering the Country
• Art Visual Manna and American Art Appreciation 0132995212

#4's Books..

• Bible: Growing with God
• Math: Paths to Math Success 0382348931
• Reading: Hooked on Phonics, and other workbooks
• Spelling: Ed Helper online
• Science: Real Science 0026338044
• History: Our Communities 0021492646 wbk 0021492325
• Daily Geography 9781557999719
• Art: Visual Manna: Art Basics for Children
• Handwriting: Start Write

#5's books

• Bible: Growing with God
• Math: Paths to Math Success 038240166
• Reading: Hooked on Phonics and other workbooks
• Spelling: Ed Helper Online
• Science: Harcourt Science 0153229187 wbk 0153237112
• History: People and Places 002149262x
• Geography: Maps and Globes 0739809652
• Art: Visual Manna Art Basics

Here's a shot of my desk.. with a mixture of books.

We've been remodeling the school room… it's not quite done.  I hope it will be by this weekend.

A shot of our messy bookshelf…

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While at the homeschool conference a few weeks ago, I wrote down the ISBN of books I wanted/needed.  I thought I would share that list with you.  (In no particular order)

1.  Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises that Are NOT Personal, NOT Introspective, NOT Boring! (Paperback) ISBN 1402722419  Check it out HERE.

2.  Journal Jumpstarts: Quick Topics and Tips for Journal Writing [Paperback] ISBN 1877673153  Check it out HERE.

3.  Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series) [Paperback] ISBN 0979226821  Check it out HERE.

4. Stick It!: 99 DIY Duct Tape Projects [Hardcover] ISBN 978-0762434947  Check it out HERE.

5.  Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know [Paperback] ISBN 978-1550378146 Check it out HERE.

6. Beauty and the Pig [Spiral-bound] ISBN 978-1891206191  Check it out HERE.

7.  One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Fabric Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric! [Hardcover-spiral] ISBN 978-1603424493  Check it out HERE.

8. Science Spectrum – Teacher’s Edition: Physical Science With Standardized Test Preparation (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-0030390975 Check it out HERE.

also:  Holt Science Spectrum a Physical Approach [Hardcover] ISBN:978-0030543494 Check it out HERE.

9.  Glencoe World History, StudentWorks Plus CD-ROM (English and Spanish Edition) [CD-ROM] ISBN 0078653800 Check it out HERE.

also: Glencoe World History ISBN 978-0078734601  Check it out HERE.

and: Glencoe World History ISBN 0078607035 Check it out HERE

10.  Life on Your Own ISBN 0078615844  Check it out HERE.