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Is it really possible to maintain a household and homeschool a
houseful?! With some basic organizational tools at your disposal
and the support of others just like yourself, you’ll be well on
your way.
Organizing Your Life and Homeschool
Article
"Do you remember those old TV variety shows where acrobats
kept dozens of plates spinning on poles, running to and from to
keep any from crashing to the ground? Are there times that you
feel like those plate-spinners, juggling family, home, career,
marriage, (homeschooling), and still trying to spin that last
plate, called quiet time with God? Or have the words quiet
and time been deleted from your vocabulary?" (excerpted
from Focus on the Family)
Organization is defined as arranging something in an orderly
way. Scheduling is defined as a written plan for ordering
your day. So in essence, scheduling is simply creating order.
Read on to learn how *you* can create order in your life and homeschool
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School Day Planner
Whether you’re new to homeschooling and asking the question “How
much do I cover in a school day?” … or a veteran who is stuck in
a rut and needing to get back to basics … here’s a basic planner
to help you make sure you cover all the bases.
Weekly Lesson Planners
If writing lesson plans helps you to better organize your school
materials, here are a couple of planning pages for reproduction.
Monthly Planner
Planning ahead is one key to good organization. Here you’ll find
a blank two-month planner. Reproduce it to create your own day
planner or a specific school planner.
Conquering Clutter
When all your attention is focused on homeschooling, what happens
to house cleaning?! Here’s a basic 8-step plan for conquering clutter
in your home.
Menu Planning
You mean I still have to cook meals for this family after a full
day of teaching? With a very basic menu planner and a simple plan,
you can take the frustration out of last minute meal preparation.
Assign a main entrée to each day of the week (i.e. Monday = chicken,
Tuesday = pasta, Wednesday = soup, Thursday = beef, Friday = pizza).
At the beginning of each week pull your favorite recipes to match
each day’s main entrée and record it on your menu planner. Plan
your grocery shopping based on your week’s worth of menus. Eliminate
the frustration of “what should I fix?” by having your menu already
planned a week at a time!
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