Well Planned Day Homeschool Planner 2011-2012

Back in January I decided to preorder the 2011-2012 Homeschool Planner from Home Educating Family Publishing. 

I've been using The Old Schoolhouse Magazine's printable planner since last year some time and I really like it. I like that you can choose which forms to print, and that they can be typed into and then printed (and saved!). But there were so many times I was out of printer ink...

I would end up getting out a piece of paper and drawing the form, penciling in what I wanted typed. It works just fine that way but really, I don't want to take the time to do it!  No. No, I do not think it laziness. (LOL) I think it is simply a matter of budgeting my time better (yes, laugh with me on that one wink).

The Well Planned Day Planner is so...well, pretty. I finally received it the first of April. I wanted to mark it up immediately but that really didn't make much sense. It is only April...school is out for us in May....June is a break month... first of July we start back. Who knows what could happen between now and then. The best laid plans of mice and men... anyway. I did write a few things in it. I couldn't resist. 

Let me just get this in here really quick: I would so SO like it if there were an option at ordering to customize this. I have two kids. There are pages for up to four kids. Not too big of a deal. I can use the extras for when/if I mess up. Another feature that is really nice but unnecessary for myself is the Shopping Lists. I have my shopping list pads all over my house (unfortunately, they don't always end up telling me what I need to buy for the week/month- they sometimes make it to the hands of my children, who love paper, any kind of paper) and honestly, I do not use them. Fortunately, the shopping lists are just one page a month. And the Report Cards in the back. Don't need that either. I print them out (so they look more official, I think).

Plenty that I do like about this planner, though! The Class Plan is great. I try to keep the receipts for items (books, paper, textbooks, etc) that I purchase for school but I've only managed to really keep tabs of the textbooks or set curriculum that I purchase. I often forget about the other books that are great to have anyway but I would probably not have grabbed them if I weren't homeschooling.

The Class Plan has a spot for putting down the publisher/title/source along with the purchase price and date. That I am liking.

I enjoy the articles interspersed throughout the months of the year. I have gone through and read a few of them already. It will be nice to come to them on their set months as well. 

Each week has a catechism. 

There are also Progress Reports and Attendance Reports (sorry no photos of those pages...). There is a lot more to like about the Planner. I really love the colors. ;)

I'm hoping that having this already here and available whenever I need it will help with my planning next year. Lee will be a freshman- gasp- in high school and I need to make sure I keep good records and stay organized. 

Of course, I will still use many of the features of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine's Planner as well. It is so full of everything. Even though I am liking the Well Planned Day Planner, it doesn't have near as much as the TOS Planner.