Can this be for real???
I received the 2009 Schoolhouse Planner available from The Old Schoolhouse Store for review this weekend. All I can say is WOW! I have seen homeschool planners before, but nothing like this! I was in disbelief that all these great organization tools could be found in one spot! I was extremely overwhelmed and pleased to be overwhelmed! There is everything here I need to organize our homeschool and the household. Here is a peak into the planner...
The first major section goes through the months starting with July and ending in June. For each month you get a calendar, a Schoolhouse Store resource list, recipes, and some learning extras. To give you an idea of some of the recipes here are a few:
Spinach Alfredo Lasagna
Mexican Tortilla Stack-Ups
Poppy Seed Chicken
Unstuffed Zucchini Casserole
For some of the "learning extras", which are articles written by some well-known homeschool moms, you get...
"American Government Basics" by Amanda Bennett
"What's So Great about Dead Languages?" by Karen Mohs
"Lapbooks: A Creative Road to Retention" by Tammy Duby
There are homschool forms galore! Some of my favorites are daily and weekly schedules for families of different sizes (from one to five children), Bible memorization log, field trip log, science lab sheet, and one that I am planning on using soon...the Teacher's Supplies and Inventory List. This list is basically a shopping list of common schools supplies (pencils, paper, tape, notebooks, dry erase markers, etc.) that will be needed throughout the year. I plan on taking this list to the store in July when I do my school supply shopping.
Another great section is the Household Forms part. This section has forms for everything imaginable! Some of my favorites that I will use this year are the grocery lists and the menu planners. I also love the Garden Planning Checklist and the Garden Plans page. I am definitely going to use these next May when I start my garden. Since I loan out a lot of my homeschool materials, I am currently using the "Loaned and Borrowed List" to keep track of what I have from other homeschool moms and where all my stuff is!

The 2009 Schoolhouse Planner is available from the
Schoolhouse Store for $39 in the form of an e-book. While this may seem like a lot of money you have to remember there is every imaginable chart, log, and planner all in one e-book! Another great feature of this planner is that you can type right into the document and save it.
If you would like to read more reviews of the planner,
check this out. The blog post on the planner gives some more details about what is available in this great resource.