Free Weekly Homeschool Checklist Printable (Edit in Canva)
Use the simple homeschool schedule templates in this post to set up weekly checklists for all of your students (or yourself)!
Homeschooling has been one of the biggest blessings in our life. We love all of the benefits that a home education provides our children and our family life. But homeschooling is also a lot of work, with a lot of moving parts. Which is why I find a weekly homeschool checklist to be a necessity in our home.
In this post you’re going to find 2 free printable weekly checklists, as well as practical advice for success. Both printables offer the same structure, just in a slightly different layout. Print them as is or edit them on your computer, using the free version of Canva.
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Benefits of a Weekly Homeschool Checklist
- Encourage Independence: Having a printable checklist for homeschool students gives them a visual guide to see what is expected of them each day. They are able to take responsibility for their own work instead of waiting for you to direct every step. This is especially helpful for older students who may want to work ahead in certain subjects.
- Reduces Your Mental Load: If your children are too young to follow a checklist, it can still benefit you as the teacher. You will know at a glance what subjects you need to cover each day with each child. For older children, when you get ready to review their work from that day, you know what subjects were completed.
- Perfect for Record Keeping: You can print an extra copy of the weekly schedule to add to your children’s homeschool record binders.
- Stay on Track: No more calling kids back to finish missed lessons or wondering what comes next. Your kids can easily see if they are truly “done for the day” by working through their checklist.
How to Use This Weekly Checklist
You can either print a new checklist every week or create a reusable checklist for each week. Here’s the pros and cons of each layout.
New Schedule Printed Weekly
- More detailed: Allows you to add specific lesson numbers or page counts for each subject.
- Adjust for changing schedules: If you have some weeks with a lot of outside obligations, you can adjust your school plans to fit the days you will be “doing school”.
- More time consuming: You’ll need to spend time each week planning out your lessons. This can be time consuming and tedious – but for someone who loves the planning process, this may not be a big deal.
Reusable Weekly Schedule
- Less detailed: Instead of listing out specific lesson numbers and page counts, you’ll just list the subject (math, language arts, etc.) and your child will know they need to do the next lesson.
- Takes less time: Since this schedule can be set up once and used over and over, you won’t need to make time in your weekly plans to rewrite it.
- Saves paper: You can simply print once, slide it in a sheet protector or morning menu, and have your kids use erasable markers to check the boxes.
What to Include on A Weekly Schedule
If you’re using this schedule for your children, I would keep it as simple and straight-forward as possible. Too many items can be overwhelming or confusing. I include:
- Core Subjects: This is where you can list out the subject specific to each child. Things like math lessons, reading, and writing are usually skill based and not done as a family. Some of these things can be completed independently, but others I will need to teach.
- Extracurriculars: You can also include things like music practice, sports practice, and life skills. If you’re children are in a co-op and have a project they are working on, you can include it in the checklist as well.
I do also create a separate morning time checklist, but that is for my personal use as the teacher. This keeps from overwhelming my kids with all the details. On it I include:
- Family Subjects: Bible, history, and science are all taught family style in our home. Read alouds are also done family style, so it’s also on my checklist.
- Loop Subjects: We don’t cover each subject each day. Things like geography, nature lore, biographies are done on a rotating basis. Our beauty subjects (art study, poetry, hymns, etc.) are also done on a loop schedule.
- Memory Work: Each day we do some sort of memory work. My checklist includes what memory work we will do for each day – scripture, poetry, speeches, creeds, and personal information all make their way into this category.
PDF Downloads Only
These options cannot be edited, only downloaded, printed, and written on by hand.
Click Here to Download Both Checklist Options
Editable Homeschool Checklist
If you want to edit this checklist, you’ll need to click these links. It will open up the homeschool checklist templates in Canva. From there, you should be able to type, edit fonts, etc. Then you can save as a pdf to your computer and print.
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