Comments on: How I Created a Bullet Journal Homeschool Planner

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:26:30 +0000

In reply to Tonia.

I’m a one planner type of gal. If it’s not in one spot, I’ll never think of it! So when I tried the Bullet Journal, I needed my homeschool information right there… or we’d be flying by the seat of our pants every day. 😉

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:25:16 +0000

In reply to Natasha. It does take time to transfer the lessons and stuff that worked into a big school journal, but it's so helpful in the long run! You don't have to reinvent the wheel each year. :-)

By: Tonia

Tonia — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:00:15 +0000

I just started using a bullet journal for my everyday stuff and blog stuff. I love your ideas for using it for homeschooling – that’s something I hadn’t thought of.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:14:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. I have been using something like a bullet journal system to keep track of everything. Last years journal is serving as a helper this year for our school. I have to take the time we to transfer all our lessons and stuff that worked into a big school journal.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:46:35 +0000

In reply to Sara Dennis.

I started using my journal in mid-April. I really like it and find I have been much more productive with a list in front of me. I do find it works better if I write out the next day’s list the night before. I’m not sure why, but at the end of the day when I am more tired I am more likely to make a list for the next day that is ambitious (maybe because I am feeling guilty for not getting stuff done that day). If I write my to-do list in the morning, I tend to rationalize not doing certain things that day.

When I started, I put box style calendars for each month in the front, but I find that I never use them. I also never used the list-type calendar that Ryder Carroll uses. I have a large wall calendar that I consult as I make up my daily lists.

I’ve been using a graph-lined composition book for my journal. I had bought a couple at Target before the school year and still had one on hand.

On today’s list, I think I am going to list “show B (my son) the bullet journal idea”!

Thanks,
Sarah

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:09:15 +0000

In reply to Sarah. My oldest has been using a journal like this for years to organize his day. He keeps a reading list in the back and uses a few pages to plan his assignments and to-do list for the week. The only difference is the index in the front, which I thought was ingenious. I just switched over to the bullet journal at the end of May. How long have you been using yours?

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:01:49 +0000

In reply to Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom. Having one journal for everything is a life saver for me! I know where to find anything I need. Thanks for hosting the SHINE blog hop. :-)

By: Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom

Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:38:50 +0000

I love journals and I used to have one for my to do lists, one for homeschooling, and one for blogging. I bought an ARC (from Staples) which looks somewhat similar to your Bullet and did the same thing… I assembled everything into one journal. I love it!

Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the SHINE Blog Hop).

Wishing you a lovely week.
xoxo

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:49:12 +0000

I had been wondering if anyone used a bullet journal in homeschool planning! I have been using it just for general things, but I have been thinking about how to include homeschooling in it. I have also been toying with the idea of having my son having his own so that he can learn to plan a little better.

Thanks for posting. I am going to give some thought to your ideas and see if they would work for me.

Sarah