Last year my old “brain” (the moniker I used when I was referring to my prized home-school journal) was looking quite tattered and shabby. There was no distinct correlation in the layout and design of its pages (it was a menagerie of forms I had found for free and subject matter I had created from scratch) so I asked the Lord for guidance and renewed inspiration to make my planner more practical and better organized.
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After a few intense hours of researching, I came away disappointed. If one planner was practical, it was also plain. If another was beautiful, it was too expensive. One of the planners most advertised boasted of being useful “for up to four children” —which made it inadequate for home-schooling mothers of many, especially this one, who now has nine children at home (we have graduated six of our 15 children from our home-school as of the date of this publication).
What is more, none of the planners I found were appropriate for the way I think, the methods I like to use, or the manner in which my home actually operates.What I required was something that had the following components and...
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| Diligent record-keeping |
Inexpensive
Expandable for use with families of many children
- Open-ended enough to use with a variety of applications
Beautiful—so as to appeal to feminine sensibilities—yet practical enough to encourage continued use
At the end of the day, I believed God wanted me to make my own, and, in so doing, make it available to others.
If you would like to view some sample pages of the new eBook (click right), Large Family Mothering Home-School Planner. This home-school planner has 127 pages that can be printed for both half-sheet or full sized pages with detailed instructions.If you would like to purchase this new planner click on the "Buy Now" button under the title page on my blog side bar. We hope that this new resource is a blessing to you in your home-school experience. If you have any questions please let me know.
Blessings,
Sherry
PS- If you download the FREE Nitro PDF Reader you can actually type on the pages of your copy of the home-school planner before you print your copy at home.
elcome! My name is Sherry and I am a devoted Christian wife and mother to 15 homeschooled children. 
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This sounds wonderful. I look forward to looking at it. I do have something that works after years of searching but seeing other ideas is always a must because there is always room for improvement.
ReplyDeleteThis looks good, and I'm inclined to purchase it. However, I'd like to see more samples or a list of what forms and pages are in the ebook.
ReplyDeleteTHe recording page looks so easy to use and definately matches the way that I think.
Beth B.
Oh how very exciting!!!! I have been making my own planner too...just not as wonderful looking as yours or as versatile!
ReplyDeleteI will have to make some money(LORD willing) so I can purchase this wonderful tool! I am currently trying to sew a ballerina bag, maybe I could sell that!
I grow weary of lined notebooks being used as a planner and progress monitoring log.
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteGo to the planner icon (and click it) on the blogs sidebar and it will bring you to another article which contains the list of the planners contents. Please note that the list is at the bottom of the article.
Blessings,
Sherry
Hi Sherry
ReplyDeleteAll sorted - got the new version. Thank you so much! I am so delighted with this and am going to have such fun putting it together. Thank you so much for this blessing. love, Karyn
Dear Karyn,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that you can be blessed! We hope that you have fun putting everything together so that you can have prosperous and successful homeschool year in 2012!
Sherry
So glad I found your blog; we follow several of the same ones and you popped up somehow as a suggestion for me to read. I'm loving reading your homeschool blog for ideas, too!
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