It's the very last day of July, and I'm finally getting some planning done for our school year that will start very, very soon.  Ironically, I have a houseful of kids today.  I'm "hiding" in my bedroom with the laptop while the natives are running wild through the rest of the house.  I'd put them all outside, but it's raining.  Then again, a little rain never hurt anyone...

While I'm doing my planning, I thought I'd share a neat little tool with you all that has been really helpful to me.  It's called the Homeschoolbar.  The Homeschoolbar is a toolbar that you can download and install on your computer.  When you open a browser window, your homeschoolbar will appear at the top of your window.  In it, you will have access to all kinds of homeschool goodies, such as a homeschool specific search bar, links to homeschool websites and blogs, news feeds about homeschooling, links to sites for homeschooled kids, and tons more.  I have been able to find a lot of what I need for my homeschool planning through this cool tool. 

To learn more and to download your own homeschoolbar, go to www.homeschoolbar.com.