The folder was just a plastic three prong folder with pockets. We had Avery pocket tab dividers dividing the subjects but those have been removed to reuse for this upcoming school year. These plans can be easily stored and found if I ever need them later. Iām thinking of having the kidsā lesson plans spiral bound with the dividers this year instead of putting them in a folder but the folder worked well and so would a binder.
This is such a good idea, and seeing it, it most definitely looks like it would work out better than the log book idea. It must take a while to set it up but itās nice that once you set it up you donāt have to do it again for the year or look at it weekly etc⦠to write in the new assignments. I LOVE it. Thank you so much for taking the time to post up pics, I appreciate it.
Glad you find it helpful. It does take a big chunk of time initially but I prefer that to having to set aside time each week or day. I should also mention that the subjects we do together are not included in the kidsā lesson plan books. This is because the subjects we do together happen to come with lesson plans already. No need to reinvent the wheel so I just put them in my teacher binder and write the date we finish a lesson next to that lesson on the curriculum provided lesson planner page. Also, I should mention that I have a friend who started using this way of planning and she added a 4th column as a place to record grades for those who like for grades and lesson plans to all be in one spot.
Would this method work for a year-round homeschool? When thereās not a set number of school days?
I think it would work even if there arenāt a set number of school days. Youād just have to decide how long each lesson needs to be and divide your curriculum accordingly. If every day in math is going to be 2 pages worth of work, then you just plan two pages a day until you run out of math no matter how many days it ends up taking. Or you can choose a set number of school days and still have it work. The good thing about this way is that every subject is separate from each other one and you can plan out each subject for as long or as little time as you need or want and it will not affect the other planned subjects. If you took my 175 days of math you could just stretch those 175 days over the whole year rather than just during the traditional school year calendarā¦so not doing math everyday. Or if you want to do math everyday but still work year round you would just plan shorter lessons for each day. It also depends on if you are doing a 180 day school year spread out over more days or if you are truly schooling year round, so more than the traditional 180 days. Itās a very flexible way of planning.