Planning and Record Keeping for Students of All Abilities
KEEP IT SIMPLE
Homeschoolers need to keep good records.
Special needs homeschooling families have an even greater need for a systematic way to document their challenged or gifted student’s academic progress, enrichment activities, practical life skills, therapies, social skills and special accomplishments.
Simple Steps Homeschool Planner is a place to record everything your student is learning while keeping track of areas that still need work.
Simple Steps Homeschool Planner includes reproducible forms, is undated, and can be used for multiple children.
$26.95 Coil Bound
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Simple Steps Homeschool Planner is for:
- Parents and caregivers of physically or cognitively challenged students who would like to educate their special needs child or adult primarily at home.
- Families new to homeschooling and unsure of how to organize, integrate and document their special education, neurotypical or gifted child’s various therapies, academics, activities, awards, achievements, goals and interventions.
- Seasoned homeschooling families as well as unschoolers with children of any ability who feel a need to tighten up on their home education organization and record keeping.
Spiral Bound Printed Planner with B & W Interior, 232 pages. $26.95 Choose your cover:
Inside Simple Steps Homeschool Planner:
Three Planners in One. Three Easy Steps.
Simple Step 1
Start with the Focus on the Basics Planner which helps you establish the first layer in a solid homeschool experience. The Focus on the Basics Planner provides enough pages for twelve months of week-by-week focus on foundational daily activities. Focus on behavior, sleep and feeding issues, decluttering your life and getting organized.
Simple Step 2
Transition to the Daily Routine Planner when you are ready to add more to your day. Use the Daily Routine Planner when you are ready to add more activities, behavioral goals, academics, etc.
Simple Step 3
When you are ready to add even more detail to your homeschool program, move on to the Monthly Homeschool and Activity Record where you can round out and customize all aspects of your child’s education.
Includes a wide variety of reproducible planning pages:
Planning and Record Keeping pages
Daily Journal pages
Monthly Progress Summary pages
Year at a Glance
Resources, Activity and Curriculum List
Attendance Record
Unit Study Planner
Hour Tracker
Church Notes
One Month Subject Calendar
One Month At-A-Glance Calendar
Field Trip Log
Class/Assignment Requirements
Special Education Grading Rubrics
Grading Summary Record
Show and Tell Worksheet
Books to Read This Year
Audio/Video/Podcast Log
Important Contacts
Goals, Methods, Materials
Appointment Log
Things I Need to Know if I Get Lost
Caregiver/Babysitter Info
Behavior Management Tips for Caregivers
Medications and Supplements
Emergency Contacts
Ideas for Keeping Young Children Busy
Website Login Info
Dear Home Educating Family,
The decision to homeschool carries with it a tremendous responsibility. The thought of training, educating, and molding the character of another eternal human being can feel overwhelming. The decision to educate a special needs child at home may feel downright scary and seem like an impossibility.
I want you to know it is possible. Is it possible for every child? Probably not. There are unique challenges, family dynamics, health issues, and other factors that must be considered. But I believe, in the vast majority of situations, homeschooling a child or adult with special needs is not only possible, but optimal. You may feel like the professionals could do it better. You may think you don’t have the credentials, the training, the expertise the specialists have. Professional educators and therapists are dedicated, hard-working people with the best interests of their students at heart. (Where would we be without them!?)
But you have an advantage: fierce mother love and an unshakeable commitment to your child.
Raising, training and educating a neurotypical child is a big commitment and will consume a good portion of your available time and energy. Add in a learning challenge, special needs or a severe disability and the time and energy investment increase even more. Organization is crucial. My hope is the Simple Steps Homeschool Planner will help make your home education adventure a successful and joyful one.
All the best,
In addition to homeschooling four children through high school (including one with special needs associated with Down syndrome), Kim has worked as a counsellor for troubled children at a therapeutic wilderness camp in the Florida Everglades and as a teacher’s assistant at a private school in San Diego. Kim is the author of Never Ceasing: God’s Faithfulness in Grief. She blogs at www.youcantrusthim.com.
You Can Trust Him 