How do you do record keeping?

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  • September 8, 2013 at 8:03 pm
    mamakof4
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    What is your method of record keeping?

    I like the idea of journaling about our days but then I feel like I would need to do a separate journal

    for each child. What are your thoughts and/or what do you do?

    September 8, 2013 at 9:24 pm
    Rachel White
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    I use the SCM organizer, so I access to those reports. Also, I keep a “homeschool notebook” in a binder separted out in sections of:

    schedules

    booklists/audiolist/videolist

    reports

    records

    field trips

    receipts

    reading list

    inventory

    I have a separate religious studies/Jewish studies binder, with some info. overlapping into the other binder.

    At the end of teh eyar, I take out all the pertinent stuff just from that specific year (as some stuff stays in the binder, as it is useful for every year) and store it away.

    September 8, 2013 at 10:25 pm
    HollyS
    Participant

    I have a checklist that I mark off as we go.  I also keep a list of what topics or chapters we cover each week…this is done ahead of time, except for math and spelling.  I have a reading list for each child as well.  The journal sounds great, but I like simple and easy.  Embarassed  Blogging could be similar to a journal.

    September 9, 2013 at 1:14 am
    Tecrz1
    Participant

    I used to make lesson plans using a term schedule and save those as a record. This year I did not plan out our whole year in advance due to several issues. What I did was make weekly schedule sheet that has our basic schedule m-f on the top half and on the bottom I have a box to list what read alouds we did and what projects we worked on. Each of my children has a simplified version with their personal independent work checklist, a place to write down the books they read, and any projects they did. They are on clipboards and sit in our book basket. At the end of the week I take all 3 and put them in a binder. This is a new system that I am hoping helps us be able to be more flexible. My kids love the “possibilities” of the new as-we-go approach but I am still nervous about it lol.

    Tara

    September 9, 2013 at 3:13 am
    mamakof4
    Participant

    I like the idea of a blog too, but would be nervous of anything happening to it and losing the records!

    September 10, 2013 at 2:04 am
    Evangeline424
    Member

    I love writing on notebooks. I usually use notebooks to record all the activities we did. I also have a can that contains small pieces of paper. It is my way keeping the most special moments with my loved ones :)!

    September 10, 2013 at 6:33 am
    Jenni
    Participant

    I got some folder/record keepers from Rainbow Resource that I think will be okay – they are just for long-term records.

    Also I take a LOT of pictures and save them to a CD, and I also do the TOC-in-a-binder method, making notes on those when needed. I also sometimes make simple notes on any papers that we keep, such as quizzes, special projects, book reports, etc. For example, notes that I might make are “had to re-do this 4 times before it was acceptable” for copywork, or “4+1=5 trips her up every time” for math… things that I can see quickly and use for review at test time.

    Then I keep everything in a big old map cabinet with long hanging files and a flip-top lid. I must have picked it up for free since I can’t imagine ever paying for it. I’m talking circa 1940s. But still in workable condition and protects everything from any spills, etc.

    Two cents for what it’s worth. HTH.

    Jenni

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