Favorite Planner?

Hi Jennifer.  SCM does not have an official recommendation for a paper and pen planner.  I, too, am a paper and pen kind off Momma (each kid has their own color in my planner!!) and have personal favorites.   The Practical Planner by Susan Chrisman is a great planner for the CM minded Momma.

Some years I utilize the simple Blue Sky Teacher Planner.  It provides me with the room to label 9 subjects when needed.

Paper is a must here! The internet is too unweildly and distracting. I have used a few different ones as well as made my own, but I just found this one from Raising Little Shoots. It looks about perfect and I’m going to use it next year. https://raisinglittleshoots.com/charlotte-mason-homeschool-planner/

I also have the planning book and dvd from SCM. It is great for planning the whole year so it goes smoothly.

I have been using the Softbound Erin Condren LifePlanner 8×10 in the horizonal layout. It’s been awesome for the price and quality.

I miss the planners SCM use to make. Wish they would start making them again! However, I found a CM heirloom planner at a homeschool convention this year. It’s by Jeannie Fulbright the author of the elementary apologia science series. It’s really wonderful! Funny thing was I met her and was talking to her about the planners and didn’t even know it was her or who she was. 🤣. I got the undated planner because with special Ed children school doesn’t always happen everyday it every month so we can pick and choose what month comes next and don’t have to use it in “order”.

https://shop.jeanniefulbright.com/collections/planner

I’ve also enjoyed using the “Teacher’s Planner” inserts in my Juniper Grove Journal.

https://www.junipergrovejournals.com/collections/inserts/products/teacher-s-planner-insert

Thank you all for the love regarding our journal calendars!  We wanted to be able to provide our small team with the ability to work on more resources so the difficult decision was made to suspend the creation of the journal calendars.

While this is not an official SCM recommendation, I will second the recommendation for Jeannie Fullbright’s new planners.  I was provided with one at a convention this year and they are beautiful!  I can’t wait to utilize it this next school year as I will be in need of a year of peace and beauty.  That said, I will only be scheduling 2 kiddos in this planner.  If I needed to write the schedule for all 4 children, space may be a bit tight.

I have successfully utilized the Blue Sky Teacher’s planners for several years.  Another paper planner that I love to recommend is The Practical Planner for Home Education by Susan Chrisman.  This planner is written for the CM teacher.