Managing the Homeschool Portfolio

Y’all don’t know how I like to be organized and perhaps how much I hate keeping up with paper. Confession, I’ve done a horrible job of keeping up with homeschool portfolios over the years. I used to dump every scrap of paper into a big brown pocket folder, shut it, mark it with name and year and call it done. It the past few years, I’ve simply dumped in a box.

I had an epiphany while sorting mountains of papers and drawings this afternoon. While that sounds dramatic, even to me, I think I’ve hit on the best solution for our digital family! Anything done on paper – math, written narrations, drawings, etc. I will scan using my scanner app on my phone. It works just like taking a photo, but a bit better for my purpose. Narrations that have been typed are easy to save. All of it will go into a digital notebook on One Note. Voila! Easy, done, and without clutter. I’m even going to set a reminder in my phone to add samples every 4-6 weeks so I’m not playing catch-up years after the fact.

You may love paper and think I’m nuts or you may have already hit upon something else that works for you, but if not then maybe this idea will help you!