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Blueprints: Organizing Your Homeschool Lesson Plans

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Once you have your homeschool calendar set up for the year, you are ready to start organizing your lesson plans but first, take some time to pray. I don’t mean a quickie just to get you through it. Make sure that you are focused on what God wants for your child this year and not necessarily any pre-determined agendas you have in mind.

Now, let’s get started…

Tips for making homeschool lesson plans and a free printable planner

For the most part, the homeschool curriculum we use gives me a very clear-cut plan that I can apply to my lesson plans. All I have to do is fill in the form so that I have it ready if I have to provide it to my homeschool covering when I turn in grades at the end of the quarter. However, not all curriculum gives such a decisive pattern to follow. For instance, our science curriculum (Apologia’s Exploring Creation With Botany) needs some division because the chapters are long. For curriculum like that, I look for activities or review questions which would mark a good stopping place.

Speaking of science, there are some subjects we do not cover on a daily basis. For our family, we like to study Social Studies (or History/Geography) on Monday and Tuesday. We study science on Wednesday and Thursday. Since my children are still young, I can do this and still cover everything they need to learn within the year. As they grow, I will have to expand the amount of time we spend on those subjects.

One thing to remember: Lesson plans are not written in stone. I actually will keep my plans on the computer until after the week has passed. Then, I will print them and add the pages to my records folder. The fabulous thing about homeschooling your child is that you can personalize the lessons each day to fit his individual needs. If you need to move faster or slower in a particular area, you can tweak your lesson plans accordingly.

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Homeschool Lesson Planner Template

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Comments

  1. Sheree says

    September 2, 2011 at 9:19 am

    Thank you so much!! This is my first year homeschooling!! My daughters are 4 and 2 and this is going to help out so very much!! I have not been very organized and its driving me nuts!!!! THANK YOU!!! Your site has been such a blessing to myself!!!

    Reply
  2. Stacey R says

    October 3, 2012 at 3:00 am

    You saved me time by having this free printable – Thank You!!! I found you on Pinterest, just in time for me to start homeschooling my 2nd grader and I needed a schedule. This is perfect!

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    • Penny says

      October 3, 2012 at 7:05 pm

      Fabulous. Glad I could help.

      Reply
  3. Martha says

    October 4, 2012 at 10:23 am

    I have searched all over the web for the calender I had envisioned… alas! My search is over. Thank you so much. This is my first year of homeschooling, my boys are 10 and 11. And yes, they know when I don’t have it together. This calender is going to do wonders for my lacking organizational skills.

    Reply
    • Penny says

      October 4, 2012 at 11:58 am

      So glad I could help, Martha. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Deana says

    October 31, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Thank you very much for this wonderful freebie. Blessings!

    Reply
  5. Lorina Bilderback says

    November 10, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    Is it possible to edit this lesson plan?

    Reply
  6. Ryan Thomson says

    July 7, 2021 at 9:19 am

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