I was wondering how I could record our homeschooling activities properly - in case I have to show anything to officials or plainly for us for future reference. Somewhere on the net I read about a HomeMakingBinder and that gave me the idea of designing a HomeSchoolingBinder.
I have printed pages for the 'Homeschooling Journal' where I make daily notes of what we do, what the kids' interests are, what they learn, etc. In adition to that I have a folder devided into different categories, such as: basics, literature (with reading lists), nature studies, music and art and field trips. Those are the main sections so far, but I am sure we will add some more in the future.
I find it very useful to have such a folder with records, as we are unschooling and we don't follow a curriculum or set plan. We don't use work-books or school-books and sporadically do pre-designed work-sheets.
I have decided to use different media to record our homeschooling-journey from now on. Fotos, tickets, notes, drawings, scetches, maybe even recordings. There is a lot that we are doing and there are so many occasions and moments when the kids learn something new, all of it taking place in a non-schoollike environment and without the teacher instruction.
As we grow more and more into the homeschooling, making it part of our life from morning till evening, I will find it easier to organize everything and record it and have more ideas how to 'preserve' the results of my kids learning. :-) | 