Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Homeschool Organization

Our homeschool cabinet
What's inside...





calendars



preschool objectives


phonics mastered


themes listed alphabetically


field trip planner



Questions I had before homeschooling. I have a really neat friend who has been mentoring me through this educating process and these are some of the questions I asked her before attempting homeschooling.

These are some preschool Bible verses, although I have to say that we haven't used these. Avonlea is involved in AWANA at church and we use her book for our Bible verse memorization.


Homeschool unit studies list alphabetically. Most are for elementary grades through 12th grade, but we bring them down a notch and make them applicable for preschool-ages.


One of my best friends and I lead a preschool homeschooling group and this is the front of our folder and our verse.





Months ago, I mentioned that I would post on what I keep in my homeschooling binder. Here are the things I keep in it:
-pamphlets/brochures from field trips
- calendars
- family master schedule
- print outs from websites for field trips
- preschool objectives sheet (a list of objectives and I put the date next to the ones Avy masters)
- phonics sheet (a list of all the alphabet sounds/other phonics and I put the date next to the ones she masters)
- writing objectives sheet (checking off and dating which upper and lowercase letter Avy masters)
- preschool themes listed alphabetically
- state homeschool laws/requirement papers
- field trip planner
- questions about homeschooling
-Bible verses
- library addresses, phone numbers and hours
- list of unit studies (alphabetically)
- contact list of other homeschooling moms
- Sonbeams folder...in here I keep a list of the weekly themes and field trips dates/information, guidelines for Sonbeams, circle time routine, applications and print outs of all e-mails sent out.
Keeping a binder with all my information in it keeps me super organized and I can find something when I need it. =)

2 comments:

Kelli said...

You've done it again! I love this and I will have to do something in order to go along with Jamison's schooling. I bought some binders and I need to go through what I have. THanks for sharing.

Bush Family said...

You are one organized chickie! I love to see your updates! Rob looked like he was having a blast during your outdoor dinner the other night ;-).

Congrats Norah on the dedication!