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The most daunting part of the planning at the beginning of a new year is deciding how much to do each day.
ReplyDeleteI do a really good job in the beginning and then it goes downhill and off track. I have tried lots of planners- none seem to work long term.
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part of planning for me is planning for 3 children in very different age groups.
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part is planning what and how much to plan for each kid. A good planner helps that daunting part!
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part of planning for me is just taking the time to write things down and do the actual planning for each of my 8 girls (ages 17 down to 2)!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, it’s choosing a curriculum. This is my first year doing it and I’m overwhelmed at the choices!
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part of planning is the planning itself. My Instagram is @atticangelfurniture and I tagged a friend ❤️
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part is finding the balance between the kiddos, and finding things for little one to do while the other works. So having a planner that allows me to see it all laid out would be key!
ReplyDeleteltnjones79@gmail.com Lauren-Taylor Jones
DeleteYour planner looks amazing! The most daunting part for me is knowing how to arrange my days and how to account for what to do when life happens and we get behind in the plan. This planner seems like it would help me with that challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the planner for me. The dates make me feel like I have to do things on the dates and I like to be flexible. I have yet to find a planner suitable for my flexible homeschooling. Will this work for a large family of 7 kids?
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part for me is when things don’t go the way you’ve planned and time is not on your side. Using the right planner would help. I’ve been looking for the right homeschool planner but haven’t found any.
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part for me is to follow through with the planing when life distractions happened. Your blog has been an inspiration on how to use a planner and it’s admirable how you are consistent every year on planning the entire school year.
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ReplyDeleteI have 7 children total & 5 are currently old enough to homeschool. Their grades are 8th to k & I'm always afraid I'm missing or forgetting something. I plan & I plan & somehow I feel like, there's something I'm forgetting
ReplyDeleteI am a (geographically) single mom and I am homeschooling my 4 children - all different ages, and simply juggling homeschool and self-employment is overwhelming most days! (I am not on IG, can I still win?)
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part of planning is figuring out how to combine subjects for different ages and how to add projects and activities that would make what we're learning more applicable or real to the kids, but at the same time won't move the regular curriculum too far off course. Marianne
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting planning task for me is planning itself! I have been schooling at home for 7 years with 5 kiddos and I still feel as if I'm a beginner. I've tried writing it all down and then feeling awful when we can't seem to get it done (or making the kids do school on Saturdays to finish up the week's work) or just writing things done as we do them, and then looking back a week or two and realizing that I haven't written them down at all!
ReplyDeleteThe difficult part is keeping it updated if things change.
ReplyDeleteI think the hardest part is having the confidence to CHOOSE and narrow down the options. I want to do it all and feel pressure to make sure I’m including everything they need and tend to over schedule or overload us. It’s hard to wean back.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest thing to me is just keeping up with the planning and not last min getting it together
ReplyDeleteThe most difficult part of planning is knowing how to weave in delight-directed learning alongside the fundamentals. All my kids have very different interests.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest part is the overview planning for the year I know it is good but interests/plans change so quickly and they always seem to surprise me with what they want to focus on and we blow through that curriculum.
ReplyDeleteFor me planning for my two high school students is the most daunting; especially since one of them is dyslexic.
ReplyDeletei Have 2 littles who take turns strongly resisting too much routine or schedule, so as a planner the hardest part for me is that I don’t get to do much planning yet. I know it’s a phase that will pass, but I’m itching for a bit more structure. I know God is teaching me patience and to be more flexible which is more important than my desire to plan!
ReplyDeleteI think the most daunting part is first finding the curriculum.
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part for me is planning for multiple kids without overloading one and short changing the other.
ReplyDeleteYour new planner looks amazing! The most daunting part planning/scheduling our homeschool is not over-filling our days.
ReplyDelete-Kerilynn
For me, the most daunting part of planning is knowing how much to put down because our work is very dependent on the time and people we are meeting. So putting things down on paper often intimidates me as I feel guilty for not accomplishing things that are written down.
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part of planning, is organizing all my thoughts onto paper and then executing them.
ReplyDeleteChassidy chacie007@gmail.com
DeleteThank you so much for the daily schedule. It is saving my sanity. I have used yearly planners from teacher curriculum stores before, but have given up using them because their days are dated and it's frustrating trying to rework the plan to fit when interruptions happen. April
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part for me is trying to figure out if I'm cutting out "extras" that are truly not necessary, or if I'm just being overwhelmed by looking at everything and thinking I need to do it all at once, and therefore missing out on truly helpful things for my children.
ReplyDeleteJulia
DeleteGeesh, I'd say the most daunting part is planning for 3 little girls at different ages AND jumping in to actually DO what I've written down in my planner, for fear of failure. I've been a classroom teacher for almost 20 years, so I'm pretty good at writing lesson plans. The scary part is actually TRYING what I've planned for.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that what I plan won’t happen exactly as I plan it makes planning in the first place frustrating. I love the idea of assigning dates after the fact. Why haven’t I thought of this before!?! This isn’t genius �� -Kristen
ReplyDeleteIt IS genius! I should proofread 😁
DeleteCongratulations, Kristen! You are a winner of a planner download. Could you email me at theunlikelyhomeschool@yahoo.com to claim your prize?
DeleteThe most daunting part for me is juggling the schedules of multiple kids. Traditional planners don't help much with that!
ReplyDeleteThe most daunting part is just starting and figuring out how to balance the outside activities with school work.
ReplyDeletethe most daunting thing for me is after I plan out our year and then the plan changes, trying to figure out what we can change to still finish by our planned end date.
ReplyDeleteWhen planning, the daunting part is evaluation and grading. I put it off many times, and when I finally get to it, the thoughts are not fresh in my mind. I should probably "journal" as I go to record my thoughts along the way. I keep a BuJo (Bullet journal), and I've really enjoyed that system for organizing! But, I still have a specific planner for my homeschool plans. Thank you for offering this give-away. I enjoyed your book and enjoy following your blog and podcast. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI find planning out long term and then the first cold, unscheduled trip, or rabbit trail we followed throws it all off.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the chance to win you homeschool organizer download. The hardest part about organizing my homeschooling is that I haven't figured out how to work chores in. I end up doing them myself 😅
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ReplyDeleteI alternate between worrying if there’s too much or too little. My eldest is academically gifted so wants to move faster and deeper - but she still needs time to be a kid! I then worry that I’m overloading my younger and not giving her enough play time.
ReplyDeleteI'm just getting started, but scheduling for 6 (gr.K-10) to get most of the work done in the morning has been challenging - especially trying to fit in the online time for each with two tablets, one lap top and lagging internet!
ReplyDeleteMy most daunting task is how to incorporate chores (especially supper and other meals)in our homeschool days. I also want to be more intentional with my time with God.
ReplyDeleteMy most daunting task for planning is getting past wanting the planner to look perfect and just getting started.
ReplyDeleteThis will be our first year of high school, so my most daunting task is preparing for that!
ReplyDeleteI also have struggled to find a planner that has what I need, but not extras.
I feel like the most daunting is making it all work together for three different kids!
ReplyDeleteAmy, Congratulations! You are a winner of the planner download. Can you please email me at theunlikelyhomeschool@yahoo.com to claim your download?
DeleteThe most daunting thing is when we have an interruption and have to move things around.
ReplyDeleteHow to get back into the groove when we've had to pause, is the hardest fir me. I would love a flexible that helps keep track of multiple kids, multiple curriculums, in multiple levels of progress (on week 17 in this one but ahead in that one on week 32). Also a good full overview of the academic career. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! ❤️
ReplyDeleteThis fall will by my first homeschool year, so the idea in itself is daunting. I know a schedule will help calm my mind and a plan with allow me to feel we can conquer this year with flying colors!
ReplyDeleteMiranda Lester
- Miranda Lester
I am considering homeschooling next year and I have no idea where to even begin! I have no idea what curriculum to use, how to plan or know what I should be teaching and when. It is all overwhelming!
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