Printing on Post-It Notes Is Fun!

Printing on Post-It Notes is fun and easy with the templates that are available online. I used the template from this post by sugardoodle to print a jumble of letters out for the kids to figure out. I printed it and had them post them on any wall they chose. They put it up in the living room. It's a terrible picture, but look what it just happened to spell. It was two days before Mother's Day. Aw, thanks kids!

I really don't know what happened with that picture, but I got the idea for a message like this from a post by Studio DIY - with much better pictures. I also printed out the kids names to stick up in their rooms and they're still up.

Have you ever printed on Post-It Notes before? What did you use them for? Here are a few other ideas for you:

	printable post-it notes from What's The Buzz?
	printable post-it notes for editing and revising writing at writingfix.com.
	these printable post-it notes from How About Orange? are fun. :)
	printable post-it notes for dealing with household clutter and such. I love these ones. They're free over at My Life All In One Place.

Simple Checklist To Organize Your Homeschool Week

** Update: I've had to remove the link to the blank daily plan. I had left it editable in the hopes that people would save a copy and then edit their copy but that is not happening. I've now taken it offline and I'm not sure if or how I will replace it. Sorry for any inconvenience. It is an easy table to duplicate if you are so inclined. **

How do you organize your homeschool day? 

Do you use a planner or checklist? Or an online program?

This list is a simple thing, but what a big help to have a visual of our week. 

The last couple years I used an online scheduling program called Homeschool Skedtrack which, while I really liked it, is very intensive in terms of adding in all the lessons you are going to do in a year for each subject. At least the way I did it. It kept me on track for the year and it was something to look at every morning to see what we needed to do and check it off.

Funny thing, this list is working just as well for us. I post the list for the boy and the girl on the side of the fridge and as they do their subjects they check them off. My girl is in grade 3 so she can run through the 'on my own' section while I work on other things with my boy in grade 1. This list was passed on to my from our Homeschool Teacher.

I decided to leave all of my girl's curriculum in the editable list because I know I always like to see what others are using. :)

This is how we've been using it. 

Click on the image below to view or print blank checklist.

And just for fun, in case you're wondering what the list above is referring to, here's a list of the curriculum we are currently using for Grade 3. There are a couple areas not covered by the list, like Social Studies for example. I realize that.

MATH - BJU Press Math 3

HANDWRITING - www.education.com cursive worksheets

WRITESHOP - WriteShop Junior Book D

HISTORY -  Corresponding chapters in Mystery of History 1 and Story of the World Vol 1

SCIENCE - Sonlight Science D

DRAW WRITE NOW - Draw Write Now, Book 1

Hope your week goes smoothly!

12 Days of Christmas Lapbook

Do you know what the Twelve Days of Christmas stand for? Neither did I.

We had fun finding out and making a lapbook about it, although I must say, this was not my best attempt at putting the actual folders together. I got impatient and put them together first, guessing how much room the kids would need. Not the most accurate way to do it, we had too much room. Live and learn. Here I thought I was so smart, saving time, all that!

The template for the parts of this lapbook is from Homeschool Share as a free pdf. I printed everything twice, and afterwards it occurred to me that we could have done one between the two kids because almost every day had two projects. We did almost everything.

Day 1 - A Partridge in a Pear Tree - Jesus death on the cross

Day 2 - Two Turtle Doves - The Old and New Testaments

Day 3 - Three French Hens - either the Gifts of the Magi or Faith, Hope and Love

Day 4 - Four Calling Birds - the 4 Gospels

Day 5 - Five Golden Rings - The Pentateuch - first 5 books of the Bible

Day 6 - Six Geese A Laying - Six Days of Creation

Day 7 - Seven Swans A Swimming - 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Prophecy, Teaching, etc)

Day 8 - Eight Maids A Milking - The Beatitudes

Day 9 - Nine Ladies Dancing - the Fruit of the Spirit

Day 10 - Ten Lords A Leaping - The 10 Commandments

Day 11 - Eleven Pipers Piping - the 11 Faithful Apostles

Day 12 - Twelve Drummers Drumming - 12 Points of the Apostles Creed

... and for the first time ever I can sing them all accurately! Bonus. I've always wanted to be able to do that. Our current favourite version of the song is by Relient K.

The kids had fun putting them together, they love lapbooks. It was nice to focus on something entirely different for a bit. 

We had a couple friends doing them at the same time so here's pictures of their versions. When you're homeschooling you don't often have projects line up with others at the same time. Makes things fun.

Home Management Planner Pages

Here are the pages from my home management planner. Click on the image or the link for a larger view, and if there is a magnifying glass be sure to click it once, then right click and save the image to your computer. For most of them I've included my planner page and a blank alternative.

**UPDATE: These are no longer available for download**

Morning Routine and Evening Routine
I personally think the Evening Routine is the most important part of the day (organization-wise) - but I am definitely still working on being consistent in doing it. The ideas in these two routines you might recognize from the fly lady. I've changed them up to fit me. I have to say there are a couple things on there that I still aspire to do. Clean the bathrooms every morning, I don't think so! Maybe one day.

my morning checklist

morning checklist - blank

my evening checklist

evening checklist - blank

Daily Checklists

There's a new addition to my daily checklists because I borrowed it, almost straight across but not quite, from my friend Natasha of Domestica, the awesomest new blog. Check it out for fresh inspiration and ideas on home and life. 

my monday checklist

monday checklist - blank

my tuesday checklist

tuesday checklist - blank

my wednesday checklist

wednesday checklist - blank

my thursday checklist

thursday checklist - blank

my friday checklist

friday checklist - blank

A few more . . .

weekly planner pg 1

weekly planner pg 2

emergency contact sheet

my weekly chore checklist

weekly chore checklist - blank

to do list

For more links to free planner pages and more information on how to create your own planner, check this post