Keeping track of schoolwork -

Below I have listed my updated version of our Daily Homeschooling Chart. The formatting didn’t show that’s it’s actually in table style, where I can put a check mark in the box if we’ve done it that day. I write the date at the top, and I include Monday through Saturday. It’s the easiest way I have found to keep a record of our schoolwork. I do it for several reasons–so I can see that I really have accomplished something (some days I’m surprised!), in case we would ever need it for "proof", and for a portfolio of the school year for each child (ages Kinder and up). Thankfully our state doesn’t require us to do this; I just do it for ourselves. I tape it up in my kitchen right by the pens, so I can very quickly check something off when we do it. Then at the end of each week I stick the sheet in a folder until I choose to later organize everything. I’ve been working on my oldest child’s Kindergarten portfolio and was amazed at all he "studied" last year!

Activity            Mon    Tues    Wed   Thurs    Fri    Sat
Unload dishwasher
Fold clothes
Practice violin
Bible Time
Handwriting-B
Handwriting-J
Musikgarten
Phonics-B
Phonics-J
Phonics-M
Library
Violin lesson
Nature Walk
Play outside
B read to me
J read to me
Poetry
Biography
Egermeier’s/ SOTW
Narration-B
Narration-J
History/Timeline
Cooking
Art (what)
Card Ministry (to whom)
Math activity (what)
Science (what)
Spanish
Sign Language
Book on CD-B
Book on CD- J