Each month includes key planner areas that allow moms to successfully juggle the different departments they manage: teaching, parenting, cooking, cleaning, and even self-care. 

Starting with the monthly calendar, moms can schedule activities and appointments. The weekly spread, the core of the Well Planned Day, has daily lesson planning, attendance, grading, mom’s to-do list, dinner menu, weekend plans, and self-care. Within these two pages, a career homeschool mom can plan for the entire day. 

Whether you live in a state that requires reporting or you understand that, by logging attendance and progress, you can use the data to evaluate your own efforts as a career homeschool teacher, the Well Planned Day has a simple and effective system. For attendance there is a daily checkbox which can be transferred to the semester attendance reports. For grading, by using the blocks in the weekly assignment area, you can record the average for the week in the semester grade log.

In some cities and towns, good grades on report cards can get your student ice cream, pizza, or a free game of bowling. For other families, it’s critical to show the in-laws the proof that schooling at home works. In either case, I’ve included four heavy stock paper and micro-perforated report cards in different designs! Easy to tear out and easy to fold so you can create a report card in style.

Some career moms use the monthly calendar to lay out the menu for the month, then transfer to the weekly layout and use the information to create shopping lists. Other moms, myself included, plan the menu by the week, often based on what’s on sale at the supermarket. With a plan in place, I use the perforated shopping lists to record what I need from the store. With a page of shopping lists each month, I’ve have enough lists to last the year.

Between November and December, I’ve included six pages of holiday management. From menus and shopping lists to gift-giving ideas, to-do list, and a place to record traditions, there are pages to plan for everything the holidays bring, including greeting cards and decorating. By organizing your holidays in these pages, you are able to keep everything together and rest in the joy of the season.

I’ve touched on ten areas of the Well Planned Day, but if you open the pages of the planner, you’ll find that I’ve added even more areas to ensure every aspect of your homeschooling journey has a place to plan. As you begin, return, or continue in your homeschooling career, you’ll discover, as other moms have found, that the Well Planned Day is a necessary tool for success.