Our 14 year old DS is very bright, but really needs help with time management. He's actually asked for planning systems to help him structure his time (he has inattentive ADHD). I'm thinking of something like Homeschool Planet this year. But what I really want are features thatwould send him text reminders and/or alarms. To help him know when to stop/start/get ready, etc. (I have no idea if Homeschool Planet or other planners have any feature like this.) Any good recommendations?

I posted earlier about homeschool planners (we need one!), but didn't really get a lot of feedback on individual ones. If anyone uses a homeschool planner (Homeschool Planet or ANYTHING else) -- would you mind giving me pros/cons or comments about specific features you liked or disliked?

I posted earlier about homeschool planners (we need one!), but didn't really get a lot of feedback on individual ones. If anyone uses a homeschool planner (Homeschool Planet or ANYTHING else) -- would you mind giving me pros/cons or comments about specific features you liked or disliked?

Our 14 year old DS really needs help with time management. He's actually asked for planning systems to help him structure his time (think very bright absent minded professor). I'm thinking of something like Homeschool Planet this year. But what I really want are features thatwould send him text reminders and/or alarms. To help him know when to stop/start/get ready, etc. (I have no idea if Homeschool Planet or other planners have any feature like this.) Any good recommendations?

I'm hoping to get an idea of what your 9th grade boy student looks like. If you have modeled organization over the years has your student figured out a way to organize themselves? If you set up a model for them have they followed it? We homeschool, so I'm not asking how kids who go to school handle it. Specifically looking for the homeschool boy about age 15 and how it looks in your home in regards to school work and organization. While I have tried to push into independence and letting my boy pick subjects and plan his week out, it's not working. I'm sitting here going through work from today and I'm just about to cry. There are piles of paper by his desk. Nothing in the notebook for the class it belongs. Papers all over the desk, none from the same subject. I just went through his work for today. Handwriting so bad I can't read a lot of it. Many misspelled words. Not every assignment is finished. Most questions for science require some thought, but he put down 1 thing when it's looking for 5-7 items. In fact, none are finished. Everything has a little bit more to do. He had an online class until 9:30am. At 11:30am he went to do lunch for an hour. At that point he had looked at math and we had talked about 2 problems. He didn't do them. We discussed them. He wasn't doing math for 2 hours. He was in the bathroom a good 45 min. And the math discussion was less than 20 min. He worked from 1-2:30 on everything else for today. Hence the lack of anything being done completely. I'm thinking I shouldn't need to sit in the room for 6 hours a day to keep him on task. However, me leaving the room leaves the mess I'm now sitting in. He's at the library for the next hour with friends. I have to go over this work when he returns and he probably has another hour of work minimum to finish today. Not really doing it all, but getting to the point it's manageable the rest of the week. Help. What is normal for this age? He's not an organized kid(his room has always been a disaster). I bought notebooks for every subject. He has a 3 hole punch...but apparently lacks the ability to use it. I am tired of nagging how to do school. What to have out for each subject. Where to look for the schedule. Today he had me write his schedule out. I wrote history, lesson 5. He has a detailed schedule in the notebook. Which lists 5 things to do for lesson 5. He did 2 of the 5. I'm so frustrated. I feel like I have to hold his hand every.step.of.the.day. If he didn't have life threatening allergies I would seriously consider some summer military camp to push him into better organization. I've never found a place that could take him.... Give me your best advice for how to put him on a better organizational track. I used to think going to PS would help...he would have to figure it out. But seriously, at this point I feel like middle school would be a better starting point it's that bad in the way of organization and getting things done. What do you suggest to get him on a better track? I know you all talk about brain fog at this age. He's definitely growing super fast right now. He's always been a little late on the growth spurts for his age...but it's here now. Will he suddenly put it all together in another year? Or do I need to sit back down and go over how to work through his daily assignments?

I've typically done to-do lists on Cozi for our kids. Our teen (just starting 9th) is super bright but has difficulty with planning and organization (to the point we do lists on post-its for even getting ready). He actually requested more of a schedule this year because we have a lot going on, rather than an ongoing to-do list. I looked into Homeschool Planet b/c of recommendations, and this looks good. But I'm wondering -- any others good to look into? I'm especially interested in ability for our children to look at their schedules, and also to set reminders (if possible). We all tend to get into doing one thing, and lose track of time. :) As an added bonus...do any moms use a planner like this to schedule their own time? I'm thinking this could be a good thing as well.

We have a 13 year old and will be getting him a phone for the first time. He has ADHD inattentive, as well as slow processing. He's extremely bright, but needs a huge number of reminders of tasks to accomplish, staying on track, etc. The plan is to start with something inexpensive -- hopefullly not a smart phone, but a less expensive phone (possibly a trackphone). So there would be some limits and also if it is lost there is not a huge out of pocket expense. I KNOW an iPhone or something would have lots of helpful apps. But what could we get that is not as expensive if lost or as hard to monitor usage (especially internet). Any ideas?