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How to Plan the Homeschool Year & KEEP MAMA HAPPY with The Once-A-Year Homeschool Planner

Today's post is a short one (primarily to share a video with more details about The Once-A-Year Homeschool Planner  ~  An All-in-One, All-Student, All-Subject Planning System  ~ click on the link below to watch it!)  BUT I did want to let you know an easy way to KEEP MAMA HAPPY, whether or not you end up using the planner.

Here's the deal: Keeping up with planning and grading can be really difficult, especially when you are home educating several kiddos at the same time. It's easy for the homeschooling mother to feel overwhelmed and even discouraged...and a mama who feels that way is probably not simultaneously super-duper happy.

Here's a tried & true idea that has helped me avoid the overwhelm & discouragement: Plan in "batches" & grade student work every... single... day! (Not sure how to batch plan? My next post is going to be all about that topic!)



Don't just roll over and go belly-up by giving in to the commonality among homeschoolers. Push back against feeling overwhelmed by having a set time to grade each afternoon or evening (or early in the morning before the next school day begins). It can be a headache to grade daily but in the long run it saves so much stress that it is actually a headache preventative. But my biggest headache preventative is The Once-A-Year Homeschool Planner because it gets an entire years worth of planning (for every subject, every grade, & every student) DONE in a matter of days. Some homeschoolers have planned out an entire year in a few hours!! Can you imagine having that ace in your hand during the homeschool year? (No need to wait until next year to use the planner - you can apply it to this school year,)

 And if you are a blogger or have a podcast or a super active Instagram or Facebook account & would like to review the planning system, leave me a comment and I will get you a free copy with all the details!

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How Do I Use The Once-A-Year Homeschool Planner??


And remember to check out the testimonials from homeschoolers who have used The Once-A-Year Homeschool Planner at the end of the video...and to use coupon code THANKYOU for a discount off the original purchase price - available at JanLBurt.com/home

And check out "The Burt (Not Ernie) Show" podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts! (you can also find it on Spotify, Stitcher or anywhere you listen to podcasts)
Lord bless & have a fabulous day!

Day 395 done :)

Jan L. Burt






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