Planner…other than the SCM one

I also like to make my own.  I print a few pages from DonnaYoung.org and use SCM’s Planning Your CM Education as well.  For our daily plans I’ve found it best to make my own.  I can customize them for our family size and specific subjects.  I keep the pages in a binder.

While I use CMO for formal documentation, I use a paper planner throughout the day.  I’ve learned so much from the SCM planning tips.  The FREE “Plans for My Year” download is a helpful starting point.  It can be found here under the Step-by-Step Guide heading here:  https://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/

I’ve also been pleased to discover how other moms on this forum create their own paper planners.  I’ve added Character Reports to this year’s planners based on several other mom’s reports of how they use them as part of their children’s portfolios and character development.

The actual form I’ve found useful for this next year’s plans is found here:  http://www.donnayoung.org/forms/planners/planner.htm#week_2.  When you download it for free, you have the ability to fill it in with your plans for each week, month, or term depending on how much you plan and print out at a time.

I intended to print out an entire year’s plan, broken down into three terms.  Each term was to be broken down even further into three sections of time within a term based on how the books and activities are lining out for the year.  But, I’ve decided it will be best for me and our children to just print out the first 1/3 of the first term and determine whether, or not our revamped schedule is going to work.  I still have the overall tentative plan scratched out on my legal pad, but I’ve invested so much time in the past with getting the ultimate year all planned and on paper, only to have to make so many adjustments that the planners are just lowered to scratch paper status……which is why I love the CMO.    Still, I’m hopeful that this year’s plans will be finished on time, with order, and kept in a pretty binder after the fact. 

I’m hoping the links work.  I can’t copy/paste on this forum, so I always have to type them in and often leave something out.

I’ve used “School Planner for Homeschooling Mothers” which I found at the Rainbow Resource website. It is not listed as a Charlotte Mason planner but it is! There are spots for planning Plutarch studies, Artist study, Musician/composer study, Nature study, copywork, narration, dictation. It’s simple but lovely.

I have the homeschool helper app on my iPad. I bought it last year and didn’t really use it, I’d actually forgotten about it, but am deciding to try it again this year. Also, if you have onenote on your computer, you can use it.

Des, how do you use OneNote for  a planner? I have OneNote and LOVE it for collecting bits of info and I use it sort of as a scratch pad, keeping lists of gift ideas, phone numbers, etc.  But how do I use it as a planner?

Okay, I was confused.  🙂  (situation normal! )

This is an option I never even considered – thank you for mentioning and explaining it.  I knew I loved OneNote and how we use it – it appears it’s even more useful than I thought!