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I begin homeschooling officially this September, & I really need to simplify my planer. i have a *huge* 3 ring binder, stuffed full. It is sooooo full, it no longer gets used  I really do need to use a planner...my brain is like a seive...but i collect too much info in there...i panic without it! So...what necessary sections do you have in your planner...please free me 
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I just made one up... it has a year calendar in the front, a monthly calendar at the beginning of each month, and a weekly calendar with spaces for planning lessons.
That's it.
Here is my planner
I too opted for simplicity 
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each month (I jot info down as I need it, transfer info that I need to know elsewhere in the binder, like something to remember for this time next year, then I toss the expired month - keep sthe binder from getting too heavy)
history - Current studies and notes
science - current studies and notes
faith - current studies and notes
book wishlist/notes - items of interest to look into later or WTB items
weekly notes (Same policy as for the monthly section above)
address/phone/email listings - update as I go, with a clean update once a year.
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Such great ideas! Rachel, did you make up your own pages or did you print them off somewhere?
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thankyou for your thoughts...i am a perfectionist & i panic if everything isnt just so. Rachel, your planner is beautiful! Martha, i find the throwing away part difficult!
I have just been to the supermarket & purchased a 'pukka pad' (not sure if you have those in the US) it is spiral bound, with lined pages, plus it has a 07-08 calender in the front, a plan sheet for each month plus 5 index tabs, which are attatched to plastic 'wallets' & moveable. I am hoping the fact that this planner is spiral bound will help to control my info-addiction!
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Caroline wrote:
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Both I made up half and downloaded half.
I explain here, what I did, with links to the downloads I used.
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UK Mum wrote:
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Me too. BUT I find it easier if I take a look at the page and make note of info I need/want to keep in other areas. For example, last year at this time I was too late to enroll the boys in a science course, so before I ripped that page out, I went to the month before now and noted that I needed to call to get the boys in that science course. I also transfer all b-days, and such too.
I love that blank weekly planner page! thanks!
Martha
(who has no business whatsoever even window shopping for anything right now! )
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~Rachel~ wrote:
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Fantastic! Thank you!
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You're all welcome. I hope it's useful... it is at least to me (the spaces are big enough to PLAN in )
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