Rewarding your children for achieving their pre-determined reading goals is not bribery! Excellent parenting skills. Great job! 😃

Bribery is a payment for anything that is illegal, immoral or socially unacceptable. What you are doing is rewards !!!

Welp….that’s genius. We don’t have kids, but we do own a restaurant that we both work in 16 hr days. Keeping track of business, household, gardening is something I’m failing at. This may be the answer. Bless you for this video 😂

Jessica, you are just wonderful.. I homeschooled for 15 years. Sons now in 20’s… planner is a blessing. You are not using bribery!!! It is a wonderful way for reading rewards. Blessings Helena Montana

You are such an inspiration to women in all different stages and lifestyles. I am in awe of someone who can raise 7 children and also do everything else you do on a daily basis. Yay you!! I am a planner enthusiast also. I am retired and don't have any children at home and we live in town, but I still have things that I need to keep organized. I am a writer and find that my planner helps me keep up with everything thing that comes along with that. And like you, I find that stickers make it more fun & useful. May God continue to bless you and your wonderful family.

I don’t think “bribing” (within reason) is wrong. We call them rewards. I think if it helps create good habits, it’s a fine idea. Everyone should do what works for their family.

I love to use pretty stickers in my planner too ☺️ (I recently lucked upon some Happy Planner stickers at the Dollar Tree which was amazing!)I only have 2 kids left at home and one is not even homeschooling yet, but just being a homemaker there's a lot to remember! Here's to taking our chosen careers seriously!

As a mom.of 6 there are some things with Rona that actually made my life WAY easier!

I've also been working on getting all of my lists into one planner. I use the Happy Planner so I can add & remove pages as needed and you have inspired me with some great ideas. May your family have a blessed Christmas!

So I did a year with plain planner. It has made such a difference that I ordered an Erin condren planner for this year. I am retired, and loving this method so much. I love the new planner! Such good quality. 🎉thank you so much!

We are a family of 7 and the curbside pickup has been a blessing to us too. Even my favorite restaurants have started it. We don't eat out but we do sometimes do pickup and not having to bring 5kids in with me to pick up the food has been nice.

I’ve heard of the EC planners and really appreciate this practical solution and a peek into “how you do it all”-it’s also great having a historical archive to reference from year to year. Thank you! God continue to bless ya’ll.

The reading rewards are awesome! I’m a teacher and anything you can do to get them to read is great.❤️

I didn't see the links for the sticker shops, when you get a chance could you please add them. I'm really liking the aqua pencil stickers. Thanks for sharing your ideas! 😊

Thanks Jessica, this was really interesting to see how you organise so much into your day. Although I’m only a family of 4, dinners were throwing me and once I bought a dinner planner it made me use what I have in my pantry and fridge better than winging it and then feeling stressed at dinner times. You’re very inspiring, thank you for another lovely video. I’m excited to join in your no spend pantry challenge x

We don’t have children at home anymore and I won’t go back to in store shopping either. I find it saves me money as well by not walking past things that I would use but don’t have an immediate need for. I’m a paper planner girl too! I’ll throw notes into my phone as a reminder but it’s the planner that is the most helpful. Have a wonderful Christmas with your family.

Thank you for being so inspiring and giving me tools for organizing my chaotic family life!

I’m 62 years old I think I need this in my life.We have so many Drs appointments and planning for garden can be a little bit overwhelming as we age.

Great idea .I would be lost without my planner .

Jessica - thank you for sharing your Erin Condren Teacher Planner! So happy you love it.

Jessica, you are a remarkable woman ❤ your children are so blessed

I still remember when our baby budgies opened their eyes for the first time 🥰 Thanks so much for your helpful videos!

Wauw thank you for sharing this!!!! That looks like a super handy planner!!!

Love that planner. I have lists everywhere,, then I misplace them. I agree that you do what works to get your children to read. I am 76 and I still love to read. I know that it is because even in the summers Mom and Dad would bribe us to read everyday. That is when I developed a love for books. Love your videos

Perfect Jessica!! I have always depended in a planner. I agree having a fun, cute planner makes it fun while keeping you sane!

I so agree with not having to go into grocery stores. I am retired so no kids but living in a remote area I find it a little overwhelming to go into big grocery stores. Besides I actually save money by not going in and buying a whole mess of things that weren’t even on my list. Great video Jessica

What an AWESOME idea! I've recently got a planner from walmart that had spaces for home and work but this planner is AMAZING. Thank you for this. You are such a great parent!

Love using a planner. Keeps me focused. Love how you modified the planner to suit your family.

Thank you for sharing! I need to get better about organizing my life. This gives me some great ideas!

Love the info. I use calendars Also. To much to remember. I enjoyed this very much. I too love waiting in cars and curbside pickup. I don't like going into stores anymore. Thank you Jessica. Merry Christmas to your precious family. Be blessed.

Thanks for the info. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Thank you! While I am not raising small children, this was helpful for me.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you...for taking the time to explain! I have been needing this for SO LONG.

So pleased you have found a planner that works for you. Xxx

Thank you for sharing! I have a planner I use for our finances but have not done a very good job with planning for homeschool. I don't like feeling unorganized. This will help. Great ideas! Again thank you for taking the time to share.

Love how organized you are !

This is awesome! Good for you, I used to have to.create my own notebook when we homeschooled for basically the same things. Since we no longer need it to homeschooling, I’ve been looking for one for my garden and future media planning. I think this will be perfect, thank you for the share, hugs and love from Texas!

I always glean ideas and inspiration from your videos. There are no children in my house, but I am a very busy person and want to be more organized with daily life. I love the quote that Benjamin Franklin once said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." This is so true. May you have a Blessed and Merry Christmas with your family, and may 2022 be an awesome year for you. God Bless.

Thank you for Shari g that- my kids are grown and moved away but I need this and just ordered my teacher planner to help me!! I feel my homestead will run more smoothly and efficiently also❤️❤️

I love Erin condron planners!! This year I decided to try the Buget Mom planner and have since decided that next year I’m going back to Erin Condron. Simple , beautiful, functional. Love! I’m also a big fan of grocery pick up. Love and blessings to your family!

Awesome ideas for the planner ! Thank you and God Bless You all !

So glad that you found a planner that helps you with all the things you have to keep up with! I really wish I would have started planning sooner, but now that I'm using a planning system that has helped me reduce overwhelm, I'll never go back. PS I never want to go back to shopping in the grocery store either. I started doing grocery pick-up when I had my fourth child and to save time since we have to travel quite a ways to even get to the store. Game changer.

That planner is exactly what I need! I am super impulsive and distractable and, though I make to-do lists to keep me on track, I need a way to record what and when something was done, and what needs to be done next..

A friend of mine sent me a link to this video and I'm so glad she did. This adaptation of the planner is genius. This is going to revolutionize my task management at work as well help me at home with meal planning, fitness, chores, and other hobbies. I'll be buying two! Thanks so much for sharing!

wow, this is an amazing set up 🙌🏽 thank you for sharing

This video is excellent. Thank you for sharing how you keep up with your busy day. The last time I had to go through chemo really messed up my brain and I lost a whole lot of my short term memory. I have sticky notes all over the place in our house just to help me keep up with what I need to do each day. I believe this planner system will help me a whole lot.

I'm glad you found a planner that works for you. I chose the Happy Planner a few years ago and that's what works for me. I love being able to take the pages out easily if I need to. They also have notebooks with blank paper that I can write anything on and add it to where I need it. I've used the vertical, horizontal and dashboard layout. I use the dashboard for daily things that need done. I used horizontal layout for my Bible time. I write things down from my devotions that spoke to me and have a place to keep my running prayer list. I love adding stickers to my planner. It's my quiet time to decorate and plan. This year I made some pages for my pantry inventory and right now they are in the notebook but I will add a section to my planner and add it into it after the inventory has been completed. I have made sheets for meal planning where I made a list of chicken recipes, beef recipes, etc. and I go through them when I plan my meals for the week. I hope your family has a very Merry Christmas and that you enjoy your time together as a family!

Wow, that looks amazing. I could really use that, too, and I only have three kids that are not homeschooled! But it's looks like a great way to organize family, work and homesteading. I'm definitely going to be looking into that planner and probably rewatching your video to try to recreate ☺️ thanks

I get it…I’m exactly the same way. I need to write things down in a visual, organized way (not digital). Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks 😉

Thanks I have lots of planners and just bought differnt ones i use going to check on this planner Thanks I do feel Blessed by your videos!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who makes the planner work for what I need it for lol. Love your ideas & I think I’m gonna snag a few of those ideas!!!

Great video! I have no kids at home, but I could use a planner like this....former teacher in me, I guess! When I take the time to do a weekly meal plan, life is so much simpler for me. I teach piano lessons and have those lessons down on my calendar. They seem to change a lot. One of the things I noticed was your beautiful, neat handwriting. Bless you and your family.

I use a teacher planner too! I'm in NY and need to keep very detailed records for my homeschool paperwork. This gave me some great ideas of how to use every inch of my planner, thank you! I think rewards for reading is great 👍

Jessica, You are such a blessing for me!

This is so helpful! Thank you! I just purchased one as well!

I just started watching your videos about a month ago. You're family is so beautiful! I have been trying to come up with a system that can organize everything in our house. We aren't homesteaders (although that's my dream). I try to make as much as I can for my 2 boys that's natural and healthy. This video was very helpful. I've been making an "everything in one" list....it gets messy and hectic. Thank you for your organizational help that I hope to use soon.

I agree. I don't want to wait in the waiting room or go grocery shopping in person again. I really like this planner!

Wish I had used a planner back when my 6 children were little. I just used a monthly calendar to mark important dates, and when I started to homeschool. just used my head and notes everywhere. Not an ideal system. Now that the children are grown and out of the house I find I still need a planner. Thank you for the ideas and have a wonderful Christmas!

Jessica, I hope you & your family have a very blessed Christmas & a happy new year! ✝️ God bless you, Carol in Phoenix AZ ❤️🎄🙏

I just got my planner! Can’t wait to start using it in January 🥰🥰🥰 I’ve just been slowly getting it ready to start 🥰🥰

OMG! You have perfected organizing. Great job!

Have a very merry Christmas.

I love the planner, great idea!

So glad you found a system you like. I’ve been loving the Passionate Penny Pincher planners and additional things they have for Bible reading and housecleaning systems. 💚💚💚

I love this! The weekly spread would work great for the block scheduling I use. And it would be so nice to have everything in one place. I haven't found a planner that does that, but this looks perfect! TY!!! 🙏🏻❤️

Yes 👏🏼👏🏼 Lisa Frank and trapper keepers. 🤣🤣🤩. I actually bought myself a trapper keeper this year to help organize my kids’ school papers etc. it has a total 90s vibe , I love it. They also come with sturdy metal rings now vs the old plastic kind.

Planners are wonderful - I use the Bullet Journal - buy any type of journal you want - they have video's and a blog. Your planner system works great for you. We each live such different lifestyles - each to their own. You are really put together well - with so many children you have to stay organized - it is a skill of its own. Let alone farming , home schooling - I'm exhausted just thinking about it. LOL

I love how you use your planner! I have always used her lifestyle planner but next time I’ll order the teacher one and follow how you have set yours up. It’ll keep me from having 3 different notebooks lol

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I usually buy two plum paper planners but I realize I didn't need to get the other so this year I got the teacher planner thanks to you. I'm about to have my fourth baby and with a daughter with Adhd she lives off of lists so I'm hoping this will condense our books to just one.

I agree there are benefits from this covid. I love your planner. I love to make lists and keep journals. It definitely helps me focus on what I need to do.

Merry Christmas 🎄

I so agree with you! I love those great things that came out of it all!

In the past I’ve tried using bullet journals and other planners to keep organized but I haven’t had any success sticking to them. I think I might try this one out. My schedule isn’t as busy as yours since I have an almost 4 year old, almost 2 year old and a baby due in March. But my daughter likes a very structured routine and likes doing “school”. So I need to organize my meals and chores better to be able to do more activities and school with them!

Merry Christmas, dear Jessica!

Christmas blessings to you and your family! 🙏❤️🙏

I love my Erin Condren daily duo gal and I love Planner kate stickers because they are reusable so I get many uses out of each sticker.

I’ve always had to write things down to remember them . I took copious notes in school and college because something about actually writing helps me remember. Just the way I learn I guess. And at 65 I still use planners . Rewarding children appropriately helps them make the association between responsibility and results . It will benefit them in the long run .

Hi Jessica! Thank you for this video. It has helped me decide on a planner (I went with the life planner vertical, my mind can’t do horizontal 😉) and also figure out how to maximize it and set it up well. This has been so helpful. Thankful for you!

Thank you so much - I did decide to go with selfmadeplanner because I’m not in the US we don’t have so many pretty options - and I also like pretty. You gave me some great idea to think about 🤗🙏🏼🍀

Merry Christmas to you all and Keepsafe.

Wonderful idea for the planner.

I just ordered one. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I needed this.

I was wondering if you’d consider doing another planner video like an update on how it’s working for you & any tweaks you’ve made ❤thank you for sharing

Excellent system!

I love love love grocery delivery and curbside pickup for grocery and other stores! I think it saves money because you are not browsing and picking up impulse items.

Yes yes yes. I never want to go back to in store shopping.

I love getting my teeth cleaned!!! I’ve got to get my life better organized! I don’t know why I’ll be so organized for a long time & then something happens and I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off! Exhausted and wondering what I did all day🤦🏻‍♀️🤷‍♀️😵‍💫 It’s always so hard to regroup-it’s overwhelming! It’s been on my mind a lot lately-to get my life together🤪

Merry Christmas!

Really enjoyed ur info!

Love car waiting. I have several kids with adhd and they crawl the walls in small spaces. I don’t do well in grocery stores either. Love when other moms can relate.

I’d love to see a video on woopie pies!

Merry CHRISTmas!!! 🎄🎁🙌🏻🙌🏻

Very helpful! Thanks for sharing this! ❤️

I use a planner daily and it's just me but it really does help when I do a lot of volunteering.

This was super helpful as usual, Jessica 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to share it. As a budding homesteader and homeschooling mama to 6, that planner system looks like just what I need. I like the horizontal version too, and couldn't imagine the vertical one working for my brain either. Have a super, blessed time off as a whole family, and a Christmas and New Year filled with God's Shalom peace, good health and much joy 💗💗💗

This was super helpful!

This is fabulous thank you!

I can't remember to actually LOOK at the planner daily. Lol! 😬😂