DIY Homeschool Planner:Bullet Journal

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In the past I have enjoyed the creative outlet and organizational help the bullet journal has had to offer (links to past bullet journal entries here). Baby girl came along, and I found I didn't have time to sit and journal as much as I used to. I had done a Disney theme for each month, and it would take several hours to draw, color, and fill in each month. When I found a bullet journal for less than $4 at Lifeway (one of their closing sales) I quickly bought it and set out to make my own lesson planner for my homeschool year.

I am really pleased with how well laid out subjects are with the Playful Pioneers curriculum. Thankfully, Bible, phonics, and math are the only subjects I have to 'plan out' (and I am choosing to plan out Bible-if you choose to follow their suggested reading, you would only need to plan for phonics and math). Here is how I've set up my homeschool bullet journal.

I decided to take a much more minimal approach, with each month having a floral element, but nothing that would 'clutter up' the space. I am only showing the month of August, but I have September and most of October complete. If you want to see the other month's layouts, follow me on Instagram, and keep an eye on my stories! My themes are:

August: Cactus
September: Lavender 
October: Pumpkin and vine
November: Fall leaves
December: Holly
January: simple indoor plants with coffee
February: Roses
March: Clovers
April: Mixed Florals
May: Lemon with leaves

Each page will have at least one of the themed elements, without spending much time on any one drawing. I would call it more 'doodles' than actual drawings. Someone with more drawing skills may want to do more, those with less can take an even more minimal approach, use stickers or stencils.

The Playful Pioneers has a field trip for each week, but realistically, I probably can't do them all. Here I have a spot for the trips we take for school, and the ones we take as a homeschool group. That way I have a record of all the fun things we did during the year!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I recently asked for ideas on Kindergarten goals. This picture was taken before the post, but I wanted to show you the page, anyway. It's a place where I can monitor progress from my son without exams or tests.

This blank page will soon be field with all sorts of books! One of my favorite things about the Playful Pioneer curriculum, is all the books you get to read. Like the field trip tracker, I like the idea of coming back in May and remembering all the wonderful books we experienced throughout the year.

I will be talking about our schedule on another day, but I still wanted to show you what it looks like. It's broken up by 2 routines, M-T and Friday, as we are doing a 4 day schedule.

Now we get to the monthly spread!

I am doing lifestyle goals as well as planning my homeschool year. It's the nice thing about making your own planner, as you can let it function the way you need it to!

Morning basket post coming this month as well! Here I have a spot to put what will be included in our morning time each week/month.

Here I will put weekly goals for the 3 subjects I am planning myself.

I absolutely loved this cactus themed layout! It was so simple to draw and plan. Let me know, do you bullet journal?