Top 5 Tips for Planning over the Summer
1. Don’t Procrastinate
My first tip is to not procrastinate planning and organizing. Summer has a way of SUDDENLY being over. It can cause stress when we have to rush to get things in place for homeschool to start. It can also cause stress to have in the back of your mind all summer the need to order curriculum and plan and organize. In addition, planning ahead allows you to get all of your curriculum and not risk any forgotten items arriving after you need to get started.
2. Prep Curriculum
3. Gather Books to Read
Gather as many reading books as you can. Keeping kids occupied with good books to read during the school year makes it much more likely that a lot of good reading will actually happen. Summer is a great time to stock up on books. Check out The Good and Beautiful Book List where we continually add new, clean, reviewed books to a searchable list. You can purchase books new or used on websites such as abebooks.com or Amazon. And/or you can find out what books your library has, and make a list to use during the school year.
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4. Intentionally Plan
For helpful videos and blog posts on homeschool planning, scheduling, and more, visit our How to Start Homeschooling page.
5. Declutter and Organize
Use the summer to declutter and organize your homeschool shelves and bins. If you are overwhelmed, make easy goals, such as doing one bin or shelf each day.
Bonus Tip!
If you have a desire to improve your teaching and parenting skills, you could do some teacher training over the summer, when you have more free time, by watching videos on The Good and the Beautiful main YouTube channel or other homeschool channels that you trust. See our Homeschool Help playlist. These videos can arm you with knowledge and encouragement that we hope will help your next school year be the best one yet!
How to plan for the upcoming homeschool year:
- Don’t procrastinate
- Become familiar with your curriculum
- Gather needed materials
- Plan with purpose
- Freshen up your learning space
- Find more idea on our Homeschool Help playlist
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I’m interested in homeschooling my children but don’t know where to start. Also, I must present positive feedback to my husband before he will agree.
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The Good and the Beautiful replied:
Hi Jennifer! We’re so happy you found us! Each state has different rules and regulations for what is required for homeschooling. We would highly suggest looking into the requirements for your state. You can learn more about how to get started and what is available on our website, here: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/pages/switch-to-homeschool
Thanks for the tips!
Very helpful tips. I feel like every school year I need a reminder of these things.
Declutterring is such an important tip to me. I cannot function with school time if the space is a mess!
But even more important is setting time to pray. Sometimes we can forget to ask God and allow him to lead us in our decisions for the school year. Loved this tip!
Just learning about the blog! I will be reading through it tonight.