Back to Homeschool Planning Guide (+free printable!)

July 21, 2017

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The planning guide has been updated for 2019 – 2020 School Year!

As I began reading responses to the survey from last week, I realized I’m not the only one whose been struggling with the back to school homeschool anxiety.

It got me to thinking, wouldn’t it be nice to be in a community with other homeschooling moms (or dads! or teachers!) who are working through and trying to figure out what they’re doing for this next school year?

And wouldn’t it be nice to have a plan to plan? Something to guide our process, to help us remember all those things that sneak up on us in the second week of school or a month in. Maybe that’s too Type A for you, but hear me out.

What if we got together—virtually, of course, and worked through:

our hopes and vision for our homeschool
our goals for the next school year
year at a glance calendar for 2019-2020
prepping materials (Oh! All the cutting and laminating!)
supply lists
figuring out our scope and sequence
making a self-care, mother culture plan

It’s more like a guide to planning your school year. It’s taking those big ideas and lists of details and putting them in order so we can see clearly the path we’re heading.

What do you think?

I’m calling it the Back to School Planning Guide.

Week 1, July 15 – 19 – Getting Focused & Getting Started

Practical Goal Setting
Mark Your Calendar
Rhythms & Routines
Scope & Sequence

Week 2, July 22 – 26 – Print! Cut! Laminate! Organize!

All the Lists!
Get Cutting
Organize

Week 3, July 29 – August 2 – Being Prepared Off the Shelves

The Prepared Environment
The Prepared Teacher
Making a Plan for Self-Care

You’ll get a free 40-page planning guide to help you work through practical goal setting for yourself, your children, and learning environment. There will be reflection questions to help you flourish as a homeschooling mama and family, a scope and sequence template, planning pages for study interests, as well as plenty of lists to help you get organized.

If the 40 pages is adding to your anxiety, don’t fret! Read it over and print what will be helpful for you. Maybe that’s the planning charts, lists, and year at a glance calendar. Maybe you really need to dig into brainstorming and figuring out your vision for homeschooling. Do what works for you!

Each week, I’ll do a live story on Instagram with the week’s focus and daily a task to work on. I’ll post our daily tasks and prompts on Instagram to talk about the planning for the week and try to answer questions.

What I’m really excited about is doing this in community with other homeschooling mama’s and educators. Seeing how others adapt Montessori to their homes and families, as well as what works for them can be a great catalyst in learning what is best for your family.

We’ll work alongside each other offering our own insight, encouragement, and not feel so alone or overwhelmed as we get ready to go back to school.

While this guide is geared toward Montessori homeschooling families, it may also be helpful to Montessori teachers and homeschooling families using other methods. Our goal is to be prepared and ready for the upcoming school year. To know our children, ourselves, and to lay for ourselves a solid foundation for future growth.