Tag: record keeping

What to Keep In a Homeschool Portfolio

What to Keep In a Homeschool Portfolio

Keeping a homeschool portfolio has more benefits than not. It’s a trip down memory lane, an encouragement tool, a record keeping tool and super helpful during the college admissions process. Plus, it helps you keep everything wrangled up in one place helping to decrease clutter. Now, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of it all…

The Benefits of Keeping a Homeschool Portfolio

The Benefits of Keeping a Homeschool Portfolio

The phrase “keeping homeschool portfolio” can sound really scary to homeschoolers that follow a traditional curriculum and sound absolutely absurd to someone that leans more towards child-lead learning. I’ve been on both sides of the homeschooling spectrum and found that keeping a homeschool portfolio had a lot of benefits. A homeschool portfolio is a great…

How to Create Your Own Homeschool Transcript Part 2

How to Create Your Own Homeschool Transcript Part 2

  In Part 1 of How to Create Your Own Homeschool Transcript, we covered some basics of finding or creating a template. This time, we’ll cover what to put on the transcript and where to get help if you need it. For your own sanity and ease of recall, it’s best to have the transcript…

How to Create Your Own Homeschool Transcript Part 1

How to Create Your Own Homeschool Transcript Part 1

  If you’re homeschooling a college-bound child, the time will come when you need to prepare him or her for college. A major part of this is creating a homeschool transcript that provides college admissions officers with a summary of what your child has studied, and typically, how he has performed (grades) in your high…

4 Tips for Homeschool Record Keeping

4 Tips for Homeschool Record Keeping

We can say that being a parent is the toughest job in the world. You take care of all your child’s needs and want to make sure that everything is all set for them. From the food they eat up to the clothes they wear, you want to make sure that they are getting everything…