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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 8:56am | IP Logged Quote MommyD
I'm sitting down this week trying to figure out the school year for my 1st grader and Kindergartener. The first thing I realized is that I need a different planner. If I don't have things written down, they stay in my head and NEVER get done.

I have the CHC 1st and K lesson plans that I was going to use. However, as I sat down to actually use them I realized that I use just enough CHC stuff to need their plans daily and just enough other stuff to need more room then the CHC plan offers.

So I think I want *something* that will go in my CHC lesson plan binder to catch all the other stuff. I'd love to find something free to print on the internet without me having to make something on my own (my evil perfectionist half would make that a very loooong process).

Am I making sense to anyone?

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 2:35pm | IP Logged Quote Lorri
Try http://www.donnayoung.org/

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 4:51pm | IP Logged Quote JennyCereal
Hi Melissa-

I made my own planner and had it siral bound at Kinko for about $20. I have posted the pages on my blog for free download if you want to take a peak.

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Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 1:40am | IP Logged Quote julia s.
Jenny,
You've done a great job!



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Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 6:32am | IP Logged Quote Becky Parker
Wow, Jenny! I'm impressed! Beautiful planner - I love the cover!

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Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 4:55pm | IP Logged Quote Theresa
I made my own also and had it spiral bound at Office Max for $4.59.

I could never find a planner that had everything I wanted and so decided years ago to do my own.

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Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 5:02pm | IP Logged Quote julia s.
Melissa,
Here is a planner put out by FIAR digital resources that I'm thinking of buying. I haven't quite decided yet, but it looks nice. It may at least give you ideas on what to put in your planner. It isn't free, but I think it is reasonably priced.



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Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 5:04pm | IP Logged Quote julia s.
Theresa in MN wrote:
I made my own also and had it spiral bound at Office Max for $4.59.

I could never find a planner that had everything I wanted and so decided years ago to do my own.

Theresa,
How did you design your planner? What went into it and did you do it on word or excel or???

I'm just curious as I might have to do this too.

You can pm me if you think it might hi-jack the thread.


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Posted: Aug 13 2007 at 10:58am | IP Logged Quote MommyD
I guess I'm just not a planner sort of gal (I already knew that but I.just.keep.trying). There are just too many times that we'll do more of one subject and less of another for the typical grid planner to work. I'm okay with that, it is one of the beauties of homeschooling. I DO have to have some sort of plan though or nothing gets done. Soooo, I printed out a basic 2-page/week plan. All is it is 5 columns for the days of the week and a 6th column for list of things to pick up at the store and library. It is bare-bones basic but it gives me a place to write everything from feast days to celebrate to math pages for both kids and that is what I wanted.

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Posted: Aug 13 2007 at 5:49pm | IP Logged Quote TracyQ
Melissa,
     Here is a wonderful 2 page spread for lesson planners. It's one of my favorites. It's here: Page 1 of Planner And here is the other: Page 2 of Weekly Planner
     I put my planner together this year, by buying a Mead Flex Notebinder for each child to use for their planner for their daily lists, and one for me as well (having all three in mine for grading, records, planning, etc.). You can see a Mead Flex Notebinder here: Mead Flex Notebinder

May the Lord bless you in your school year!


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Posted: Aug 13 2007 at 6:12pm | IP Logged Quote Theresa
HERE is my planner Julia.

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Posted: Aug 13 2007 at 6:15pm | IP Logged Quote Theresa
Tracy, I love the printable planner pages. I wish I would have had time to read here today before shopping because I just bought two student planners and my dd has already written in hers. I'm going to bookmark this for next year.

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Posted: Aug 13 2007 at 10:27pm | IP Logged Quote julia s.
Thanks Theresa.
It's great!
All these great planner ideas.
Now if only someone would actually write out my lesson plans for me...hmmm... .


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Posted: Aug 16 2007 at 6:17pm | IP Logged Quote MommyD
Oh wow!!! Theresa and Jenny, your blogs are sooo beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!!

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Posted: Aug 16 2007 at 10:16pm | IP Logged Quote Theresa
Thank you Melissa.

Jenny I love your blog and I've just discovered your student planners as well as your teacher's planner. They are awesome!

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Posted: Aug 21 2007 at 8:00am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
Okay, you probably don't need this anymore, but just in case there are some who are like me who is looking for a new system -- here's my most recent find:

the Levenger Circa system (if that's too pricey, there are Rollabind, Myndology and DIYPlanner things that can be used to adapt/DIY)

I haven't used it yet, but the more I research about it the more I'm convinced this is THE planner for me.

I've documented a bit of my wanderings here.

I love that it can be used for just about anything, and that you can go the expensive route, or the cheap route, or everything else in between.

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YESSSS! Tracy Q-you answered my prayers with the lesson planner pages. Thank you!I really think this will work for us! And an excuse to purchase office supplies? priceless!
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JennyCereal wrote:
I made my own planner and had it siral bound at Kinko for about $20. I have posted the pages on my blog for free download if you want to take a peak.


Jenny!
Never in all my days have I been so jealous ofanother person's organization and school room! Beautiful, efficient - *I* want to come play at your house! Your blog is amazing too, btw.

WOW. That must have taken a LOT of work! I'm tired and inspired by it all at the same time!

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Stef,
   I once saw some type of closure like the circa on the DIY scrapbooking show. She showed roller closures like that. I'm not sure if they were the exact same thing, but they were very close if not.

    I see that Circa does sell a punch, so at least you could make your own paper for them, making it a bit more cost effective. They really are neat (I watched the video), but definitely not something I can afford at this point. Maybe this will become much more common in the near future, and it'll be *the new binder system* for everyone! Thanks for sharing it with us. It looks neat!

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Martha wrote:
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I made my own planner and had it siral bound at Kinko for about $20. I have posted the pages on my blog for free download if you want to take a peak.


Jenny!
Never in all my days have I been so jealous ofanother person's organization and school room! Beautiful, efficient - *I* want to come play at your house! Your blog is amazing too, btw.

WOW. That must have taken a LOT of work! I'm tired and inspired by it all at the same time!


Jenny! I agree! What a nice job you did. Thanks! I was able to use your wonderful school year calendar and reading log, and to get some neat ideas to use in my planning!

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