Over the years, I’ve kept assignments and work logs in every way imaginable. We started homeschooling in 1991, with 6 kids that’s a lot of assignments!
I’ve tried it all. Lesson plan books with a column for each child, a log of work done as we did it, individual lesson plan books, and assignment sheets. All either written by hand, or done on the computer.
For the last few years, we’ve done assignment sheets printed from the computer.
The only drawback for assignment sheets for 4 kids, is the paper trail they leave all over the house. Let’s just say it’s huge. More like a paper mountain than a paper trail!
First we started keeping them in pocket folders, or file folders. That works very well, as long as the kids don’t drop their folders! And if they remember to put their assignment sheets back into the folders.
After many frustrating years, I came up with a solution. I’ve started stapling the assignment sheets to the folder. Something as simple as a couple of staples has made a huge difference.
No more assignment sheets all over the house! And no more lost assignment sheets!
Every week, I staple the new sheets on top of the old. When the folders get full, I will file them until the end of the year.
My homeschool mom life is now easier! And the kids school days go a lot smoother for them!
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