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The Forms that Every Homeschool Planner Might Need

Some forms seem essential to the homeschool planner. These are forms that provide a record of several aspects of your children's studies and forms that makes your day a little easier.

I will list links, form names, and why the forms seem helpful. You decide which forms you want.

The Forms and Where to Get Them
  • Title Page: Useful if the planner is for one child, otherwise useful to note the school year and add a photograph to the cover
  • Calendar: Initial planning of the school year
  • Events Calendar: Record appointments, field trips, lessons outside the home
  • Attendance: Useful if you have to turn this information in to your cover school.
  • Course of Study: Useful if you have to turn this information in to your cover school and useful to direct your child's education. For more information see What is the Course of Study?
  • Goals and Objectives: Useful to plan and remember goals and useful for short term objectives
  • Curriculum Key: Essential for weekly
  • Book List Forms: For keeping track of books in several ways.
  • Checklist: Essential to the subject planner. My children's favorite form, see also Checklist II for a spreadsheet version.
  • Grades Forms: Useful if you need to keep track of test scores and other grades.
  • Household Cleaning Forms: Useful if you want to include household chore lists in your homeschool planner. These forms are found in Household > Full-size > Home
  • Meal Planner Forms: You are going to be very busy, do yourself a favor and make some basic meal plans. Meal Planner forms are in Household > Full-size > Kitchen
  • Journal Forms: Useful if you need a place to record reminders, a place to write inspirational essays, phrases or poems, or a place for devotionals, or any other type of miscellaneous items.
  • Outside Activities: Useful if you take your planner with you to homeschool meetings
  • Forms for Lesson Plans: The lesson plans forms are the main part of the planner. At donnayoung.org you will find several types of lesson plans forms. This brings us to the rest of the homeschool planner guide. Your choice of lesson plan forms defines the type of planner you are making. See the Guide links that are posted in the top menu: Weekly Planner, Subject Planner, Journal Planner, and Timer for information about the lesson planner types.

 

Useful to Me

In addition to many of the forms listed above, I found it useful, during certain years related to the ages of my children, to have master copies of certain printouts in several subjects. Having master copies of certain printouts was useful to me because I have a copy machine. Some examples of papers that I found handy are:

Math Drill

During the time my children were memorizing math facts, I kept drill sheets in my planner. I made several copies of the same drill sheets and rotated them during the week for a while. Math Drills web page

Composition Paper

During the time that my children were learning how to write expository paper, I kept a master of composition paper in my planner to make copies when they needed them. This paper was designed for teacher's commenting and error marking. Composition paper can be printed from Handwriting > Paper > Filler

Art Forms

I kept several blank art forms in my planner, I will have to look them up to see if they are at donnayoung.org.

Taking Notes

I kept a master copy of the note taking forms. The forms are in History.

12/30/2007
Donna Young