You can use a portfolio to keep up with your child's progress during homeschooling years. It keeps a record of the progress, and also one of the areas that need to be revisited at a later time.
A homeschool portfolio allows your child to have a record he can use to enter college. Even if some offices ask for transcripts, unless you homeschool using a distance education program with a proctor, you can't provide any official documentation.
A portfolio of exam grades, projects (pictures are always a great accompaniment to this), and essays - as well as a record of daily grades taken in ninth through twelfth grades can help the administrator lean toward signing an acceptance letter.
Make sure you keep a list of all your teaching tools and training materials. You should include the publisher and title of all textbooks you have used. Also include a list of books you assigned to your child to work on reports.
Make sure both you and your child write down your goals for each homeschooling year. This is a great evaluation tool you can use mid-year to see if your teaching skills and their level of absorption are meshing well.
If not, then you can switch gears and help them reach their goal before the semester is up. Your child can gain a tremendous amount of pride and self-confidence by seeing that they were able to reach those goals. It's a good idea to also keep a record of your daily lessons. Write down the number of the page you last worked on and pick up from there the next day. It is up to you to add your child's progress to this record, or not.
Don't get rid of samples of your child's work. You don't need to keep all of their work. Only keep their best work. Just keep the rest of the work elsewhere for a period of time, in case you need it again in the future.
Keep note of all the field trips you take with your child. Attach any work related to the field trips. You can also include photographs taken while you were on the field trips and show some of the things you saw or did while you were there. It can be really fun to look at it again later on in life and remember the great moments spent together learning and having fun.
Make sure you check with your state to see if they require anything special to be placed in your child's portfolio. Your child can have great fun decorating the cover of the portfolio, and he can be an active part of creating something he can show to validate his progress.
A homeschool portfolio allows your child to have a record he can use to enter college. Even if some offices ask for transcripts, unless you homeschool using a distance education program with a proctor, you can't provide any official documentation.
A portfolio of exam grades, projects (pictures are always a great accompaniment to this), and essays - as well as a record of daily grades taken in ninth through twelfth grades can help the administrator lean toward signing an acceptance letter.
Make sure you keep a list of all your teaching tools and training materials. You should include the publisher and title of all textbooks you have used. Also include a list of books you assigned to your child to work on reports.
Make sure both you and your child write down your goals for each homeschooling year. This is a great evaluation tool you can use mid-year to see if your teaching skills and their level of absorption are meshing well.
If not, then you can switch gears and help them reach their goal before the semester is up. Your child can gain a tremendous amount of pride and self-confidence by seeing that they were able to reach those goals. It's a good idea to also keep a record of your daily lessons. Write down the number of the page you last worked on and pick up from there the next day. It is up to you to add your child's progress to this record, or not.
Don't get rid of samples of your child's work. You don't need to keep all of their work. Only keep their best work. Just keep the rest of the work elsewhere for a period of time, in case you need it again in the future.
Keep note of all the field trips you take with your child. Attach any work related to the field trips. You can also include photographs taken while you were on the field trips and show some of the things you saw or did while you were there. It can be really fun to look at it again later on in life and remember the great moments spent together learning and having fun.
Make sure you check with your state to see if they require anything special to be placed in your child's portfolio. Your child can have great fun decorating the cover of the portfolio, and he can be an active part of creating something he can show to validate his progress.
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