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The Well-Planned Day Planner----GIVEAWAY

You know the school year is drawing near when you start planning...or thinking of planning...or thinking about planners at least!


Well, think about planners no longer. The answer is The Well-Planned Day Planner. It is made by Home Educating Family which also does the Home Educating Family Blog for which I write.

I have used and shared about it before. I still really like it! It is a FAMILY homeschool planner. It has more than just room to plan lessons. It can help plan your life.
It has:

• Organize and Plan for up to 4 children in one convenient book.
• Four Student Class Plans: Schedule each student's class assignments.
• Four Student Time Schedules: Track each day by the hour.
• Weekly Schedule: Organize your week with class assignments, weekly priorities, prayer requests, dinner menu, and notes.
• Month at a Glance: Plan field trips, enrichment activities and books to read
• Semester Attendance & Progress Reports
• Perforated Report Cards
• Menu Planning: Plan weekly meals and conveniently shop with perforated shopping lists.
• Family Worship: Read through the Bible in a year.
• Insightful homeschool articles and tips to inspire you throughout the year.
• Two new elements are: Monthly Tabs and 2 page monthly layout

I really like the convenient, perforated shopping lists. I jot things down as I think of it which keeps me from being distracted during lessons. I use one of the attendance pages to keep track of our hours since that is what our state requires.

Check out THIS LINK to see what the actual planner looks like! There are 90 pages to look at so you get a good taste of what it is like.

Want some ideas on how to use the planner? Here is an article entitled 10 Ways to Use Your Well-Planned Planner.

Ready for the giveaway?

We'll be giving away one planner. It is running from now until Sunday, August 5 at midnight. Unfortunately, for legal reasons, this is for US residents only.

Congrats to Valerie!!!

Don't forget. You can always order one if don't win! They also have student planners. It comes in a floral pattern and tech pattern.
They also have their great magazine.

The Well Planned Day software Giveaway WINNER!!!

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Well-Planned Day Software--school and home planner GIVEAWAY!!!!

Let me tell you about The Well Planned Day software and.....give you a discount code and a chance to win a free year in a giveaway!! This post is going to packed!

First, I want to explain an difference between my husband and me. If you want to purchase my husband a gift, make it "toy".  You know the saying, "The difference between a man and boy are the size (and price) of their toys!" On the other hand, I like more practical gifts; something I can use. 

The Well Planned Day software meets both of our likes. It's a fun and functional program for homeschoolers!! 

Unlike many online planners, this doesn't just handle school or doesn't just handle your home and schedule. It does both and more!  There is Budgeting, Chores, Shopping, etc.

And the way it works for lesson planning is so cool! Here's a video to give you an idea of how it works.

Is that not cool!!

I will tell you I have two minor qualms. First, it's the brand-new beta, so there are tweeks or updates happening. Of course, it's all to make a better product, and they should become fewer and fewer. Second, in my state, we have to keep track of hours taught. There is no place to track hours right now, BUT I asked and they will be adding it after the 1.0 release which means any day now!

Thankfully, I can give you a discount code to receive $15 off the MWPD software price of $65. That means you can take care of you homeschool and home planning needs for only $50.  I know you can spend that on just a lesson planner or a day planner alone, so getting both for only $50 is definitely a deal. The code is case sensitive, no spaces, and will expire on October 1, 2012. Are you ready for the code?  Okay, here it is. 08wpdblog12 (It doesn't have to be color. I just wanted to make it stand out)

You can also try to get one for FREE! I am offering a one-year subscription FOR FREE as a giveaway!  I love it!  You know how I love FREE!!!  This giveaway if for US entries only (sorry to the rest of the world). It will run until midnight, Wednesday, August 22, so you will have it in plenty of time to either start or continue your school year.

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I'm back! AND Planning for the new school year.

We recently moved and have endured 2 weeks of no internet, so needless to say, I've got a lot of catching up to do!

Today I went shopping for my planner.  Ok, last year I kicked my planner to the curb during the last part of the year through no fault of its own.  I just decided I was thankful to get things done regardless if it was on paper.  Missouri law kind of allows me to do that since I don't officially need to keep records until my dd is 7 years old.  But since we are starting out in a new place (which is also a lot smaller), I felt the need to try to get "more organized" on many levels. 

At the teacher supply store, I had many choices that worked well when I was in the classroom, but not what I had in mind until I came across and end cap that had The Well-Planned Day which is made by Home Educating Family Magazine and what was funny was that it wasn't until I got home that I realized that I had just received a free copy of the magazine in the mail this week!  If you'd like to request a free sample go here.

The planner is not cheap.  It's $25 although you can get the PDF file for only $20 on their site.  I don't know about you, but I will gladly pay $5 extra for them to print it all up in color and spiral bind it.

Once I got home and have had a chance to really explore it at leisure, I'm very impressed with all it entails.

Here's a list from their site:

• Over 200 Full Color Pages
• Available in an 8.5 X 11 Spiral Bound Printed Book or PDF Download
• Full Year Planner: July 2010 - June 2011
• Organize and Plan for up to 4 children in one convenient book.
• Four Student Class Plans: Schedule each student's class assignments.
• Four Student Time Schedules: Track each day by the hour.
• Weekly Schedule: Organize your week with class assignments, weekly priorities, prayer requests, dinner menu, and notes.
• Month at a Glance: Plan field trips, enrichment activities and books to read
• Semester Attendance & Progress Reports
• Perforated Report Cards
• Menu Planning: Plan weekly meals and conveniently shop with perforated shopping lists.
• Family Worship: Read through the Bible in a year.
• Insightful homeschool articles and tips to inspire you throughout the year.
• and much more....

 The articles are nice, but not a big selling point to me as far as a planner goes.  It also gives a weekly catechism question which I think is awesome.  There are perforated shopping lists which I think is handy;  jot it down while you remember instead of forgetting after the lesson.  I like that the planning lines are in a vertical format.    Just looks more calendar/dayplanner like to me. 

At the end of the semester, you have an attendance report.  For me, I'm going to jot our total hours down each day on the date and then write the total on the space given for total attendance.  There is also a progress report that allows you to jot down weekly grades for each subject during each week. 

Oh, and the report cards included are a nice heavy card stock.  You know, like a "real" report card.

I'd love to find out what others are using.  Please share if you have time!