Homeschool Record Keeping || How To Make A Homeschool Portfolio

[@LifeintheMundane]

Here are some Free Printables To Help You Build Your Portfolio livingwitheve.com/resources/

[@WhitneyReacts]

Girl…thank you. lol. I’ve been doing something to keep some sort of record but we may be sending our oldest to a “real school” and one we are looking at requires their school records up front (testing will come later). Luckily she’s only in first grade but I kept some things from her Kindergarten books (thank God!) so I can have proof of that too. The removing of the table of contents for each book is so simple but GENIUS… lol.

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad it’s helpful and good luck with the school applications!

[@KingzQueen25]

Thank you for explaining so well and sharing viewable samples! I don't feel nervous on record keeping anymore!!! also for the xtra info, much needed for sure, personally !!!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad I could help!

[@samantha.becker]

Omg!!! I needed this in May but now that I have this GOLDEN nugget, I'm not letting this go. I'll be going back through our past years and doing this so I can ditch all the other clutter that's been collecting dust! You're a gem! 🙌♥️

[@LifeintheMundane]

so glad this helped

[@ashlepatrice]

Love this idea! I've already started something similar to save his completed work but love the idea of including a photocopy of the index of what each workbook encompassed, as well as adding a tab for field trips. Saving this video!!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad it was helpful!

[@giselleroman2140]

Daughter is wrapping up Pre-K and this year coming will be officially homeschooling so excited and thankful for this video. You have a new subscriber!

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad this was helpful

[@lindsayeclark2546]

Thank you! We're getting ready to start our first year homeschooling and you broke this down to be simple, doable and not overwhelming!!

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad it helped

[@giselleroman2140]

Totally agree 💯

[@boybossmamahomeschool]

Yes I totally agree … my state doesn’t require it but to me it’s proof of my heart work and like you said, it’s a keep sake ☺️ and I love the amazon sleeve protectors best too 👍🏼 TFS !

[@LifeintheMundane]

Absolutely!!

[@LivingWithEve]

Thank you for including my portfolio pages as a resource. I love how beautiful your binder looks.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Happy to share

[@anaf.848]

Thanks for all these ideas. This will be my first year homeschooling this coming year, and I'm so thankful I came across your channel; I've been learning so much and really enjoy your practical, approachable advice.

[@LifeintheMundane]

I’m so glad your finding the channel to be helpful

[@ConsiderIt]

This is great information and really helped me reduce anxiety around this. Thank you for sharing

[@LifeintheMundane]

Happy to share

[@PursuingPeace]

Katie!!!!!!! This video was SO helpful!!!! You are the BEST and such a wealth of information! THANK YOU!!!! 👏👏👏

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad it helped

[@KeyKeyJournals]

Thank you so much!!!! First time homeschooling mom here and this video is very helpful:)

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad it helped

[@blessed0648]

Thank you for your video! This is only our 2nd yr homeschooling and we are still learning. Your video was SOOOOO helpful, I literally threw everything in a box🤣 blessings to you and your family!!

[@LifeintheMundane]

That’s okay too. Each year of homeschooling I have gotten a little more organized.

[@TheHomeschoolSweetSpot]

This is great, yet simple way to keep school records Katie!

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad you liked it.

[@Homeschool.in.Paradise]

Thank you for this! Really helpful for my firs try portfolio I’ll be doing next month!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Happy this helped

[@ROXELL]

Thank you so much for the free printables!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Happy to share

[@TheseDays]

This is a super informative video! I generally just stack the whole book that’s been finished in a spot in a closet for all that but I love the idea of just taking samples of it! Great video as usual Katie thanks!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yes I used to do it the same way but I love that this saves so much space and makes it easier to look back. Glad I could give you a few ideas.

[@daisycouchfarm2464]

Totally adopting some of your ideas! This was our first year and my son was only in preschool but I ended up just taking pictures of everything and having it printed on Amazon photos into a book 🤣 it was the easiest thing I could think of to have some sort of record of it and most of our Preschool was activities so pictures were easier

[@LifeintheMundane]

That’s so fun!!!

[@ShellyStephen]

I’m starting my journey in homeschooling my two youngest kids. This seems so overwhelming I hope I don’t freak out and send them back to public school.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Welcome to homeschooling. I know it can seem overwhelming but I promise it’s worth it.

[@jinhannahmoon5041]

So helpful! Thank you so much!

[@LifeintheMundane]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gabrielaanderson6001]

Love this! Thank you so much!!!

[@LifeintheMundane]

So glad it helped.

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

I have records from my childhood and it wasn’t needed. It’s awesome to look through and my kids love looking at my old school work. Im not as good as my parents where. I love the idea of putting scope and secence in the records. Sorry I can’t spell

[@LifeintheMundane]

Oh girl you're good just do baby steps.

[@BelievingReadingStudying]

This was very helpful, as I'm always wondering if I'm keeping TOO much, but I wish you spoke a little slower. Also , I really liked the newspaper idea. How old were your kids when they did that ? Did you give different requirement/guidelines based on age?

[@LifeintheMundane]

I’m glad this could help. As far as the speaking to quickly it’s been a problem all my life lol 😂 but fun fact there is a way to slow down my videos without distorting the sound. If you click the gear ⚙️ in the bottom right corner of my video. As far as. The newspaper assignment I think they would have been 6th,5th, and 3rd grade and yes I varied my expectations.

[@BelievingReadingStudying]

@@LifeintheMundane thank you so much! And thanks for letting me know how to slow down the video. I was wondering about that, too 😆

[@jennyquezada9644]

Can you please tell me how attendance works when homeschooling?

[@sherpol]

For other activities like wipe clean and counting bears etc...do you just take photos? My twins are autistic and in kindergarten and i find thst a lot of what we do is hands on but i dont want it to look like they are doing nothing. I've even bought curriculum that's all paperwork but that doesn't seem to work for them as they are hands on and we need to go slower and review with manipulatives.

[@LifeintheMundane]

Yes pictures would work great

[@user-pr5]

Besides being audit, you don't have to show work at all? How does the state know for sure your kids are doing work? Specially if they don't require it or your doing unschooling? And who is grading them?

[@LifeintheMundane]

Each state has different laws. Our state does not require records to be shown but I personally keep records & grades for my kids.

[@mykeyeshapedroza6098]

Questions what if I am getting free prints from the internet how would I put that on paper of what curriculum I’m using

[@LifeintheMundane]

I would make a list of the things your printing and using and what website you got them from

[@juliehamilton4827]

do you log hours. I know you had said in your state it is not nessary but I just wonder how you know that you have gotten through enough hours in each subject. 3rd year mom here still learning the best way. thank you for your video

[@LifeintheMundane]

We are not required to log hours so I just record days instead of hours. We finish our books fully so I’m confident we have done an adequate amount of hours for each subject.

[@juliehamilton4827]

@@LifeintheMundane thank you so much for the advice

[@mykeyeshapedroza6098]

I live in California do I have to have video records or can it just be photos

[@LifeintheMundane]

No videos are not required in any state it’s just another idea but definitely not required