How to Prep for Your Entire Homeschool Year in Just One Weekend

If you want to homeschool your children but think the planning will take too long, I’m here to tell you that you can plan your entire homeschool year in just one weekend! How do you do it all so quickly? Well, when you follow my list below, you’ll be able to know what works and what doesn’t and also have a good schedule set in place.

Evaluate last year and set new goals

Before you begin planning anything new, you need to evaluate how last year went and make notes to yourself about what worked well for your family. You don’t want to repeat anything that didn’t end up working out well. Make a list of everything that went over well and, on the other side of the page, make a list of the opposite. This way, you’ll have a visual representation of everything you should do and not do again. Take this time to set some new goals according to what works well for your lesson plan and your kid’s learning styles.

Look at your calendar

Now is the time to make a note of any Holidays, vacations, and breaks. Make sure those are the first things that go on your new calendar so that you can plan around them easily. If you’re looking for a great tool to help you know how many days you need to prepare for, check out this homeschool tracker. This tracker will help you calculate the number of days your child needs to be taught. It’s also a good idea to plan some field trips at this step in the process!

Plan your weekly and daily routines

Not only will planning out your weekly and daily routines help keep you sane and organized, but you’ll your kids will know what lessons are coming up on any given day. Make sure to break up the days by adding in relax and play times. Do each lesson at the same times every day just like they do at an away-from-home school. Your kids will appreciate the structure in their day.

Plan your lessons

This section is, by far, the most lengthy of all. You’ll need to use the majority of your time creating your lesson plans. Luckily, there are some great tools to help you out in this area. I recommend starting by writing out different lessons on note cards and arranging them on the table in the order you’d like them to be taught. Using note cards makes this process more manageable because you can move things around with no issues or complicated erasing and rearranging.

Plan out your first week

Once you have all of your lessons planned out, you’ll want to make sure you have everything lined up for the first week of school. Getting your first week planned out to a T will help you understand how lessons will work out in the future and what you’ll need to do to make sure you’re prepared.

If you follow the steps that I mentioned above, you’ll be sure to get your homeschooling calendar planned out in no time at all. Use the tools I’ve linked in this post to make your life easier, and I promise everything will go smoothly.

Just remember that you can reuse lesson plans in the future if you have more than one child, so make sure to save the ideas as you go along. Happy planning, everyone!

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