Write Your 2025-2026 Homeschool Story ✨ Pre-order your 2025-2026 Homeschool Planner today! ✨


Hi Reader!

The 2025-2026 Once Upon a Homeschool Planner pre-orders are officially open! 🎉

This year's planner features everything you need to organize your homeschool journey with clarity and confidence, plus we've added seasonal reflection pages that give you dedicated space to pause, process, and plan for each new season ahead.

These thoughtfully designed pages help you create natural transition points throughout your homeschool year, keeping you connected to what matters most and helping you stay aligned with your priorities.

Pre-orders are open now and will begin shipping in June - just in time for summer planning!

We'll be shipping them in order of the dates the orders are place - so you will be among the first to receive one!

Do you know someone who would love this planner? Sharing with your homeschool friends and community helps us reach more families who could benefit from this supportive tool.

Every homeschool journey deserves to be captured beautifully. Your story matters!

Here's to writing your next homeschool chapter,

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