I learned very quickly that organization is a MUST when it
comes to homeschooling. If you don’t
stay organized you can get buried in paperwork almost overnight. I wish I could get back all the time I spent
trying to find school books the kids had misplaced. And there is nothing worse than losing track
of what you wanted to accomplish this year because you are unorganized.
The best thing I did was create a binder just for me. This binder is my “hub” for all things
homeschool. The first thing I did was
sign up for this website called Mom’s Tool Belt. She has tons of great designs for covers,
spines, calendars, support materials, etc.
I like to use color coding so I picked a color for my binder that I know
right away that it is mine. My binder is
green with “Mom’s School Notebook” on the cover and binding. I put my binder together with tabs for each
subject. Behind each tab I put a lesson
plan outline, a record sheet to record scores (or check off sheet), tests, and
any answer keys I have in print off form.
I bought tabs that have built in folders so I could slip anything I needed
to give the kids this week into the folders.
