Home School Record Keeping

I think one of the hardest things I have had to learn as a home school mom is how to keep track of my children's school work. When my oldest son graduated, I had no idea how to count lessons learned as credit on a transcript. It was even worse when my second born son joined the Air Force. I really didn't believe he would go to college so I was very laid back about the way I recorded his school work. Boy was I wrong! Not only did he go on to college in the Air Force but he has done very, very well! (No thanks to my record keeping : )

Since that time, I have learned to keep track of my children's school work. I am no longer worried that I won't have transcripts for my younger two children. I created a Record Keeping System that has proven to be invaluable as a record keeping system as well as a home school planner. This is the system I use in my own home school and I honestly don't know how I ever got by without it.

I was able to adapt it so other home school families could utilize it in their home schools, too. It takes all of your favorite home school materials and teaches you how to plan your school year so you can complete all of your materials during the year. It even includes instructions for how to plan for those unexpected life events that usually ruin all good home school plans. In the process of creating your home school plans, you actually create the perfect record keeping system.

The system basically works like this:

You analyze your materials
Then - Prioritize
Lastly - Organize

By the time you are done, you have a whole year's worth of curriculum organized into one notebook per child broken down into weekly assignments. The weekly assignments become the basis for your record keeping system.

Of course, any mom can organize her home school in this way but why reinvent the wheel? I choose to learn from those who have gone before me. Click Here for more information about this record keeping system.
Blessings,
Julie Anderson