Homeschool planner
A homeschool planner as a board: This Term, This Week, Today and Done. Each lesson or activity is a card, tagged with its subject. Plan the term once, pull the week's lessons forward on Sunday, and Done becomes a record of everything you've covered.
Free for 3 projects, forever. No credit card.
Fractions: adding and subtracting
Read Charlotte's Web
Volcano experiment
Spelling list 4
Times tables practice
Museum visit: Romans
The 4 columns
What each one is for. Rename, reorder or add columns whenever the work needs it.
- This Term
- Everything you plan to cover this term, roughly in order. Tag each card with its subject.
- This Week
- The lessons and activities for this week.
- Today
- What you're doing today. Put them in the order you'll do them.
- Donecounts as done
- Finished. Archived cards stay searchable, so this is your record of what was covered. Counts as done.
Plan the term and the week
A routine that keeps planning to an hour a term and 15 minutes a week.
Each term
- List the subjects and topics for the term, one card per topic or unit
- Tag each card with its subject, and the child's name if you teach more than one
- Add trips, visits and exams as milestones
- Put the term's cards in the order you'll cover them
Each week
- Archive last week's Done cards
- Move unfinished cards back to This Week or This Term
- Pull this week's lessons forward from This Term
- Check materials: books, printouts, supplies for experiments
Records worth keeping
- What was covered, and when: the Done column and its dates
- Samples of work: photos or files on the card, on Pro
- Notes on progress: a comment on the card
- Check your local rules for what you have to record, as they vary by country and region
How to use the homeschool planner
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Step 1
Plan the term in This Term
One card per topic, unit or book. Use a checklist on a card for the lessons within a unit, so it shows progress like 3/8.
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Step 2
Tag by subject and child
Tags like maths, reading or science, and each child's name. Filter by a tag to see one subject or one child.
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Step 3
Pull the week forward on Sunday
Drag the week's lessons into This Week. Keep it to what fits, with room for the days that don't go to plan.
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Step 4
Move today's lessons each morning
Drag today's cards into Today, in order. When a lesson's done, drag it to Done and add a note in a comment.
With your AI agents
An agent can turn a curriculum outline into a term of cards, tag them by subject, and tell you at the end of the week what was covered and what slipped.
Agents connect over MCP or the REST API, on every plan, and act as you.
agentcreate_project("Autumn term", template: "homeschool")
agentbulk_create_cards("Autumn term", 40 topics from the curriculum, tagged by subject)
agentmove_card("Volcano experiment", "Today")
Keep it working
- Older children can run their own Today column. It builds the habit of planning their day.
- Leave 1 day a week lighter for catching up, trips and the lessons that run long.
- Add a card for the unplanned learning too, like a question that turned into an afternoon. It belongs in the record.
- Use the same board all year and archive as you go, so search finds any lesson from any term.
Questions
About this template
Is the homeschool planner free?
Yes. It's on the Free plan: 3 projects with unlimited cards, forever. No credit card. For another parent or a child to edit the board, it needs Pro.
Can I use it for more than one child?
Yes. Tag each card with the child's name and filter by it, or give each child a board of their own.
Does it include a curriculum?
No. It's a planner, not a curriculum. Bring your own, or the one your family follows, and turn it into cards.
Can it keep records for the authorities?
It keeps a dated record of what was done, which helps. What you're required to keep depends on where you live, so check your local rules.
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