I am a planner, a box checker, organization keeps me sane! Throughout all our years of homeschooling my children have each had individual student homeschool planners to help keep them on track, and to make it easier for me to see progress and be sure we are on schedule.
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Not Consumed Student Homeschool Planners
Not Consumed offers 4 different student homeschool planners, each for a different age group/grade level of student. I love that each planner grows with you and your child, with specific assessments, tasks, planner stickers, and other planner components to help each child develop independent planning, and task finishing skills at each age level.
1. Primary Homeschool Planners
There are two different Primary Level Planners: Level 1 is for K4-K5 and Level 2 is for 1st grade.
Primary Planners Level 1 & Level 2 include:
- Comprehensive Assessments
- Literacy & Math Checklists
- Weekly Checklist
- Life Skills Checklist
- “About Me” Pages
- Field Trip Evaluations
- Book/Media log
- Fun Stickers
Both of these planners are larger in size than the other 3 levels of homeschool planners. At 8.5″ x 11″ it is easier for little hands to read and to write in.
2. Elementary Homeschool Planner
When your child moves up to the elementary student homeschool planner, the size changes to 7″ x 9.5″. This smaller size allows it to be more portable for older kids on the go.
Inside this Elementary Planner, you will find:
- Weekly Checklist
- Year at a Glance & Attendance
- Pages for Goals & Habits
- About Me Page
- Academic Record
- Life Skills Checklist by Age Group
- Field Trip Evaluations
- Book/Media Log
- Fun Stickers
- Pocket Folder in the Back
After the sticker section in the beginning of these planners you will find a tabbed “Planning Section” where you can work with your student to complete a Year at a Glance calendar and Subject Planning section.
Each month in the “Calendar Section” begins with a page for planning what habit your child wants to work on that month, and what things they will be praying for.
Then within the “Weekly Checklist” pages they will find a bible verse to find, read, and memorize, as well as a Habit Tracker and Self/Parent Evaluator. Having had a kid who was very much a box checker like myself, this style of planning and tracking is gold! You can either create the list yourself, help your student create it, or as they get older, have them create it themselves!
Each month then ends with a “Reflection” page for kids to look back and evaluate how they are doing with their goals and habits.
There is even a “Field Trip Evaluation” section for kids to keep track of where they went, what they earned, what they liked best and more! Field trips are a frequent occurrence in our homeschool. I love that these pages are created like journal pages for kids to reflect on their own experience. There is a nice open space for students to draw or write about their experience which you could also use to include a printed photograph from the field trip. I also recommend attaching any brochures or papers to each page that relate to the trip.
3. Middle School Homeschool Planner
While each of the 3 older levels (elementary, middle, and high school) planners have similar layouts and sections, each level does so in an age appropriate manner, offering more independence as they get older.
For instance, on this middle school planner “Reflection” page, you no longer see scrapbook type images to fill in, but instead short prompts with space for the student to elaborate on their thoughts.
You also find a more detailed “Academic Record” section than in the elementary student homeschool planner. Here you find room for more subjects as well as a section for you to detail the grading system used.
One of my favorite sections in these planners is the “Life Skills” section. We very much value life skills in our home and include them as part of our homeschooling, even awarding high school credit for life skills!
Each planner’s “Life Skills” section is broken down into age appropriate tasks, as well as into categories like Self-Care, Home Management, Time/Money Management, and even Social!
4. High School Homeschool Planner
With the High School Homeschool Planner your student has the most freedom to create and execute their homeschool, life, and career planning needs. There is even a section for keeping track of work experience!
With most of the same features as the previous levels of planners, this one also includes things like a “Career Planning” section where your teen can brainstorm things they might be interested in, things they are good at, their weaknesses and more! As well as a section where after all their brainstorming, they narrow down their top choices and research them.
- Weekly Checklist
- Year-at-a-Glance & Attendance
- High School Course ldeas
- Career Planning Section
- Pages for Goals & Habits
- Academic Record Log & Book Log
- Life Skills Checklist
- About Me Page
- Really Cool Stickers
- Pocket Folder in Back
More Homeschool Planners & Planning Resources
Homeschool Planners & Planning Resources – This collection of homeschool planners and planning resources is sure to spark some ideas and help you streamline your homeschool planning process! You may be asking yourself, “Why should I use a homeschool planner? Or even spend so much time planning?”
The short answer is to save yourself time and frustration throughout the year. When you take the time to organize your thoughts and plan out your homeschool year, it helps to keep you on track when you are in the swim of busy life.
Homeschool planning also helps you visualize what you want to accomplish and create a plan for doing so in the time you have allotted.
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