It’s that time of year, busy moms!! I put together a list of resources for you here that will help you with ALL aspects of planning your homeschool year!
Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of sweet tea and be inspired as you read through these links! Bookmark this page to come back to when you’re needing fresh inspiration and encouragement!
Homeschool Inspiration
- How Your Husband Can Help
- Blessing Your Husband as a Homeschool Mom
- Homeschooling CAN Be Simple
- 18 Things I’ve Learned in 18 Years of Homeschooling
- When Kids Can’t Focus
- The Goal of Education: Discipleship
- When It’s All Said And Done {words from a homeschool grad}
- Faith vs. Formula
- Homeschooling Held Hostage
- The Myth of Socialization
- The One Thing All Homeschoolers Need
- Confessions of a Veteran Homeschooler
- Homeschooling BOYS
- The Busy Mom’s Guide to Romance {marriage first!}
Now that you’re inspired, here is some practical help for you. Help with the actual PLANNING: choosing curriculum, types of learning, priorities and goals!
Homeschooling Planning Helps
- Choosing Curriculum
- Delight Directed Learning: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Finding Your Child’s Learning Style
- 5 Essentials for A New Homeschool Year
- Homeschooling With Toddlers
- Notebooking: How We Do It
- 3 Tips to Prioritizing Your Day
- 5 Tips for Choosing Curriculum
- Organizing Your Chores
- Lesson Plans for An Entire Year
- Planning Tips for Multiple Ages
- Our Homeschool Schedule {Why Routines Are Good}
- Setting Goals For Your Homeschool {Free Printable}
- Write a Mission Statement For Your Homeschool {Free Printable}
- The Busy Mom’s Guide to Daylight
- Listen to Heidi’s mp3’s for more inspiration! {scroll down}
Lastly, encouragement for your mama’s heart. We all know that there will be bad days. When those days come, carve out some time for prayer and keep coming back to this page for snippets of encouragement!
When Homeschooling is Hard
- Help for the Introverted Homeschool Mom
- When Your Family Disapproves of Homeschooling
- 4 Tips When Homeschooling Gets Hard
- 3 Things Every Struggling Mom Needs To Hear
- Homeschooling Burn Out
- Practical Ideas for Homeschooling with Depression
- Homeschooling with Depression: 5 Day Series
- 10 Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Homeschooling Days
- When Your Homeschool Day Gets Hijacked
- That’s Not on the Lesson Plan!
- Homeschooling with a New Baby
Well, I hope you’re as inspired as I am! This page should keep you busy reading and being inspired for weeks to come! From the Busy Mom Writers, we hope and pray your coming school year is FULL TO THE BRIM of joy and learning together as you follow the path Jesus has for your family!
Hello I was just reading the info on planning your homeschool year on Heidi St. John’s website and the picture of the planner and cup of coffee caught my eye. What planner is pictured there? I am looking for a different planner for this coming year…I need something that has tabs.
Actually it’s Vera BRADLEY. 🙂 This is the 2nd year I’ve used a Vera Bradley planner and I love it. I was researching planners online and looking at some very popular ones that were $50 but this is half that. It is NOT specifically a teacher or school planner, though. Just the monthly page like you see in the picture, and then weekly pages after each month.
Good grief, Candace! I am in a Vera Wang state of mind, LOL! 🙂
LOL Heidi!! 🙂
Is the planner for homeschooling? Where can you purchase that planner?
Hi Cora! This is not specifically a homeschooling planner, though I used it for that last year, but I don’t do school planning as intensely as a lot of people I know. 🙂 This planner is a Vera Bradley planner. 🙂
Thanks for all of the inspiration! I’m a planner so I enjoy this season in homeschooling… but it’s always nice to hear how other homeschool moms approach this time as well. I love getting tips and advice from those who have gone before. 🙂
You’re welcome! You’ve got this, Michelle!
Thanks ladies…Heidi after you said Vera Wang I got it figured out that it wasn’t. You are an inspiration to me, we met at the Omaha tech them diligently conference last year. Thanks for all your words of wisdom and your books.
I love planning. I just made a planner for my fifth grader, so he can be more independent. Yay!