Homeschool Planet is a cloud-based homeschool planning platform featuring over 3,100 professionally designed lesson plan schedules from major curriculum publishers, intelligent rescheduling tools, and comprehensive family calendar management.
What is Homeschool Planet?
Homeschool Planet is an online planning and scheduling platform designed specifically for homeschool families. Its standout feature is the Lesson Plan Marketplace, offering over 3,100 ready-made schedules from publishers like Saxon, Apologia, Memoria Press, and BJU Press. Rather than manually entering every assignment, parents can purchase a digital schedule that automatically populates their calendar with the entire year's lessons. The platform serves as a comprehensive command center managing not just school, but the entire family schedule.
Key Takeaways
- Access to 3,100+ professionally designed lesson plans from major publishers
- Intelligent rescheduling automatically moves incomplete assignments forward
- Syncs with Google Calendar and Apple iCal for family-wide coordination
- Generates transcripts, report cards, and compliance documentation
- Pricing is $84.95/year or $9.95/month after a free 30-day trial
The Lesson Plan Marketplace
The marketplace is what draws most families to Homeschool Planet. Instead of spending hours inputting lessons manually, you purchase a digital schedule for your curriculum (typically $5.95-$14.95) and it populates your planner automatically. Plans exist for curricula from Veritas Press, Notgrass History, Math-U-See, IEW, and dozens more. Each plan includes the full year's assignments, and some premium versions add web links and printable PDFs directly within lessons. New schedules are added monthly as publishers partner with the platform.
Intelligent Scheduling
The rescheduling system handles the reality that homeschool days rarely go as planned. When assignments aren't completed, the platform offers options to move them—individually or in batches—to another day, week, or even the next school year. You can drag and drop assignments across your calendar, and the system recalculates automatically. This flexibility extends to building custom schedules around semesters, terms, or quarters, with automatic calculation of school days per term.
Beyond School Planning
While lesson planning drives most adoption, Homeschool Planet functions as a complete family calendar. Sports practices, doctor appointments, music lessons, and chores live alongside academic assignments. Each family member can have a separate login with customizable permissions—parents might see everything while students see only their assignments. Email and text reminders keep everyone on track, and calendar syncing means changes in Homeschool Planet appear in your regular calendar apps.
The Bottom Line
For families using popular published curricula, Homeschool Planet's lesson plan marketplace provides genuine time savings. The $84.95 annual subscription pays for itself in planning hours saved, especially when using multiple curriculum schedules. The platform works best for families wanting structured, organized planning with professional support. If you prefer creating entirely custom curricula or use obscure resources, the marketplace advantage diminishes—but the planning and scheduling tools remain solid.
