I Made My Own Planner! (And Here's How)
Giveaway Time! One of My Seasonal Planners!

My Seasonal Planning Sheets for 2018!

Sunny planner

Hello my friends, and Happy Monday! I am following up on my previous post (a tour of my new homemade planner), with a brand new set of updated sheets for 2018! If you're interested in making up a planner like the one described in that post (and shown above), here are a few notes:

SO ...

The basic planner pages (forms for homelearning, homekeeping and seasonal living) are all linked in this post.

You might want a title page, and if you like, you're welcome to use this one ... :)

You might want thicker, monthly divider pages - I find a heavy scrapbooking paper (like card stock weight) works well. In my planner I used this paper pad.

I also used a thick sheet of scrapbook paper for my planner cover. (I found the heart maps pattern seen above at Michaels.)

A good, firm backing is essential and for this I used a piece of chipboard (also found at Michaels).

I used some pretty washi tape and decorative stickers to brighten up my two-page monthly calendars. :)

I also used adhesive monthly tabs along the edge of the monthly dividers. (Check Staples or Amazon.)

You might want to keep your sheets in a binder or on a clipboard (I've tried both before!) but this time around I had my whole planner fitted with plastic spiral-binding at Staples. I find it much easier to use the pages in this form ... and it cost just a little under $5!

 AND ...

If you used my planning sheets this year (2017) then the weekly quotes will look very familiar! I just didn't have time to research new quotes this time around!

The one-page monthly calendar might seem redundant. This was the calendar I created with my first set of sheets and, while I like the look of it, I didn't like the lack of writing space! (Which is why I made up the two-page spread.) I use this one-page calendar in my planner for brief nature notes. This might also be used as a gratitude journal, reading log or for planning seasonal suppers!

Any links marked with an * are sheets I printed double-sided. (For example, "Garden Planning.")

There are two versions of the weekly "agenda" page - one with a column marked "Student Goals" (which I use for weekly lesson planning) and one marked simply, "Notes" (for non-homeschoolers!). Also, when you go to print the agenda pages, there is an extra blank sheet attached to this form and no matter what I try I can't seem to make it disappear! When you go to print this page, just set your printer to page one only.

For each month there is a blank planning sheet so you can make up your own "events" and "special projects" pages. :)

In a similar vein, please let me know if you'd like a "Birthday Journal" page done in a different monthly color scheme. As mine falls in January, that's the one I went with! :)

ALSO ...

Down the road I will have a guide to my sheets available because I often get asked, "How do I fill in the 'Crafts & Comforts' section?" Or "Can I see one of your events/project pages filled out?" I could just say go check my blog, lol! But that would be flippant and I'm rarely ever flippant so what I'd like to do - would love to do! - would be to write up a kind of guidebook to my own kind of seasonal learning and living. Not sure just what kind of platform this would be - a newsletter? An e-book? A printable thing? So stay tuned for more news on that ... and I'm all ears for any suggestions!

FINALLY ...

You have all been so very kind and encouraging as I toodle around with this little hobby of mine (as my husband calls it, lol) and I so appreciate your thoughts, inquiries and patience! Please remember, this is VERY much a homemade kind of thing ... some of the lines are a little off, there are apt to be typos and ... well, I'm sure there will be other bugaboos to come up! Please don't hesitate to let me know when you find something wrong and I will do my very best to fix it!

OH, ONE MORE THING ...

I will be doing a GIVEAWAY coming up soon that will be a printed planner all done up and ready to go ... from me to you! I will have a separate post announcing that giveaway but feel free to let me know in a comment here if you're interested ... I will start a list of names to throw in the proverbial hat!

OK, here we go ... my planner PDFs at long last!

JANUARY 2018

January Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left side, Right side

January 2018 one page calendar

January Overview

1/1-1/7 2018

1/8-1/14 2018

1/15-1/21 2018

1/22-1/28 2018

January Agenda: Student Goals

January Agenda: Notes

January Review

January Blank Planning Sheet

Happy New Year!

Birthday Journal

 

FEBRUARY 2018

February Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

February 2018 One Page Calendar

February Overview

1/29-2/4 2018

2/5-2/11 2018

2/12-2/18 2018

2/19-2/25 2018

February Agenda: Student Goals

February Agenda: Notes

February Review

February Blank Planning Sheet

 St. Valentine's Day

Honoring Lincoln & Washington

Lenten Planning*

 

MARCH 2018

March Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

March 2018 One Page Calendar

March Overview

2/26-3/4 2018

3/5-3/11 2018

3/12-3/18 2018

3/19-3/25 2018

3/26-4/1 2018

March Agenda: Student Goals

March Agenda: Notes

March Review

March Blank Planning Sheet

The Vernal Equinox

Holy Week

Easter Sunday*

 

APRIL 2018

April Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

April 2018 One Page Calendar

April Overview

4/2-4/8 2018

4/9-4/15 2018

 4/16-4/22 2018

4/23-4/29 2018

April Agenda: Student Goals

April Agenda: Notes

April Review

April Blank Planning Sheet

Spring Awakens

Honoring Mother Earth

Spring Cleaning*

 

MAY 2018

May Title Page 2018

Blank  Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

May 2018 One Page Calendar

May Overview

4/30-5/6 2018

5/7-5/13 2018

5/14-5/20 2018

5/21-5/27 2018

May Agenda: Student Goals

May Agenda: Notes

May Review

May Blank Planning Sheet

Mother's Day

Ascension Day & Pentecost Sunday

Garden Plans*

 

JUNE 2018

June Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

June 2018 One Page Calendar

June Overview

5/28-6/3 2018

6/4-6/10 2018

6/11-6/17 2018

6/18-6/24 2018

6/25-7/1 2018

June Agenda: Student Goals

June Agenda: Notes

June Review

June Blank Planning Sheet

Father's Day

Summer Plans & Goals

Midsummer's Eve

Midsummer's Day

 

JULY 2018

July Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

July 2018 One Page Calendar

July Overview

7/2-7/8 2018

7/9-7/15 2018

7/16-7/22 2018

7/23-7/29 2018

July Agenda: Student Goals

July Agenda: Notes

July Review

July Blank Planning Sheet

America the Beautiful

 

AUGUST 2018

August Title Page 2018

August 2018 One Page Calendar

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

August 2018 One Page Calendar

August Overview

7/30-8/5 2018

8/6-8/12 2018

8/13-8/19 2018

8/20-8/26 2018

8/27-9/2 2018

August Agenda: Student Goals

August Agenda: Notes

August Review

August Blank Planning Sheeet

Back to School*

 

SEPTEMBER 2018

September Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

September 2018 One Page Calendar

September Overview

9/3-9/9 2018

9/10-9/16 2018

9/17-9/23 2018

9/24-9/30 2018

September Agenda: Student Goals

September Agenda: Notes

September Review

September Blank Planning Sheet

Autumn Equinox

Michaelmas Day

 

OCTOBER 2018

October Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

October 2018 One Page Calendar

October Overview

10/1-10/7 2018

10/8-10/14 2018

10/15-10/21 2018

10/22-10/28 2018

10/29-11/4 2018

October Agenda: Student Goals

October Agenda: Notes

October Review

October Blank Planning Sheet

All Hallow's Eve*

 

NOVEMBER 2018

November Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

November 2018 One Page Calendar

November Overview

11/5-11/11 2018

11/12-11/18 2018

11/19-11/25 2018

11/26-12/2 2018

November Agenda: Student Goals

November Agenda: Notes

November Review

November Blank Planning Sheet

Our Gratitude Project

Martinmas Day

Thanksgiving Planner (this is a multi-page planner, something I shared last year - it takes a bit to upload!)

 

DECEMBER 2018

December Title Page 2018

Blank Calendar Spread: Left Side, Right Side

December 2018 One Page Calendar

December Overview

12/3-12/9 2018

12/10-12/16 2018

12/17-12/23 2018

12/24-12/30 2018

12/31-1/6 2018

December Agenda: Student Goals

December Agenda: Notes

December Review

December Blank Planning Sheet

The Winter Solstice

Preparing Our Hearts (& Homes) for Winter

Celebrating Advent & Christmas (another multi-page planner from last year - the dates are a little off!)

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Ok, I will not keep you any longer ... I'm going to hit "pubish" and then furiously check my links for any issues! Thanks so much for stopping by and as always, I am wishing you all well and hoping to hear from you if you have a moment. Don't forget to let me know if you are interested in the giveaway! 

Take care of yourselves and your loved ones, my friends ... see you here again very soon!

p.s. If you want to make up a planner for 2017 (or what's left of it!) all my planning sheets for those months can be found here. :)

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