Mar. 10, 2008 - Home School Tip - Logbook Binder
I still love Bonnie's tip on the logbook binder. .
Bonnie had brought her logbook to a HS meeting. Note: I've always done a notebook and logged each child's daily activities into a separate notebook (until they are old enough to do it themselves).
So, Bonnie brings her logbook (in a binder) to the meeting - she wrote what all 3 boys did on one page. Added in extras behind each day.
I loved it. Wasn't happy that I saw it in late Oct - smile. Still thinking on whether I will transpose what we did before that into the binder.... groan. But loved it enough that I started one.
Did some thinking. It would bug me personally to write MUS (etc) each day,
so I brainstormed a bit and came up with a sheet (that I photocopied) for Redhead and Jewel.
Redhead's activities are on the top of the page, while Jewel has midway, and their joint activities are on the bottom. So far it is working really well.
The one neat thing that I did was write two activities together on some lines (for example: oral / penmanship). When I set out her schedule, I have her doing penmanship 3x a week and reading aloud 2x - so I just circle the one she does each day (already marked on her daily file folder).
Uses less space, and helps me to focus on what needs to be done daily. Even reading aloud twice a week adds up through the year.
The other thing I liked about this idea, was that I could add in experiment pages, poems that were read aloud, recipes, craft ideas, etc.... behind each day. Would really be a wonderful record of what we did and certainly helps me focus.
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- Stephanie from tidbits -
but also, Terry - have you seen the Tanglewood book for keeping track? it's what i use - is this logbook kind of the same concept or one page per day? I'm squeezing in five children into one square some days - and lots of abbreviations :) - but i'm not very good at visualizing -
- Stephanie from tidbits -
but also, Terry - have you seen the Tanglewood book for keeping track? it's what i use - is this logbook kind of the same concept or one page per day? I'm squeezing in five children into one square some days - and lots of abbreviations :) - but i'm not very good at visualizing -
