Self-Paced Learning Toolkit & Executive Function Planner for Homeschool
Give your child the tools to become a confident, self-directed learner—without constant micromanaging.
This Self-Paced Learning Toolkit is designed for homeschooling families and flexible teachers who want to help kids manage time, set goals, stay focused, and build lifelong learning habits.
If rigid schedules leave you feeling stressed—or you just want a better way to organize your homeschool week—this resource provides everything you need to make self-paced learning actually work.
What’s Inside
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Time Block Planners (daily & weekly templates)
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Executive Function Mini Cards with 10 kid-friendly EF skills + “Try This” prompts
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Visual Micro-Choice Menus for daily decision-making
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Weekly Co-Planning Worksheets (parent & child prompts)
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Memo Reminder Cards to support focus, flexibility, and planning
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Monthly Progress Tracker (projects, books, challenges, and wins)
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Parent Reflection Worksheet + Learning How to Learn Overview
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Editable Versions to customize for your homeschool or classroom routine
Key Benefits
✔️ Reduces stress and burnout for parents and kids
✔️ Builds independence and ownership of learning
✔️ Strengthens executive function skills through real-world use
✔️ Makes planning easy with flexible, visual templates
✔️ Balances child-led learning with core academic structure
Who It’s For
Ideal for grades 4–6, but easily adaptable for younger students with support or older students who need structure. This toolkit blends freedom with accountability, helping learners thrive at their own pace.
If you’re ready to shift from overwhelmed to intentional, this toolkit will help your homeschool flow with clarity, confidence, and connection.
Terms of Use
Please note: Purchase of this product is for Personal and Classroom Use ONLY
Not for Commercial Use. Purchase of this product entitles you the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Copying any part of the product and placing it on the internet in any form (including a personal or classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright: Quest Schooling LLC.
After purchase you will receive a link to download the PDF file. All pages are included in the file and can be printed in black and white for immediate use.
Any or all of the pages in the PDF file can be printed and used for students across a wide range of ages/skills, or collaboratively with kids of different ages.
For example, younger kids may focus more on the design and drink recipes for the stand while older kids may also include the business plan and profit margin aspects of the project.
Depending on your student’s needs, there are several pages of scaffolding information, including vocabulary, facts, reading list, weblinks. Scaffolding can be done at any stage throughout the project as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All projects are digital download pdf files. They can be printed in gray scale or black and white and are ready for your student to use.
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No, the projects are flexible and can be adapted to your student's grade and skill level. Each project includes a list of student activities. you can review them and decide which pages work for your student.
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In project based learning, each student completes both the project activities and a final project. I always offer a choice of final projects to provide differentiation and give students of different skills enough options.
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Most projects include a rubric to help you assess your students work and give your student an opportunity to assess their own work. However, each student's project will be unique to them and be a reflection of their knowledge and skill set. There is no one 'right answer' to a project. The success of a project is largely in the process of doing the project.