EP10 - Managing paper in your homeschool

Managing Paper in Your HomeschoolSummary

• How do you tame the paper monster? 0:05

  • Amber has been homeschooling for a million years and has 10 kids. She has had 7 million pieces of paper over the last 20 years.

  • Amber shares some ideas for record keeping.

• Doing math online and digital math. 1:40

  • The kids have been able to write on a writable tablet that connects to the computer and use a digital pencil.

  • One way to reduce paper is to do math online.

• Science and how it prepares students for higher education. 3:44

  • Science is another subject that has a lot of paper, but it was the one subject that prepared her children for college level work.

  • A bound student journal is a huge blessing.

• Buying a workbook. 6:02

  • I didn't have the money to buy five workbooks, it was not in my budget, so if you are not able to do that, do not feel guilty.

  • Most things that are created for homeschoolers grant permission to copy those for multiple students.

• Create a turn in location. 8:16

  • Create a turn-in location, a safe place for people to take their completed work.

  • The more concrete the consequences of unfinished work, the more peacefully the conflict in the house is going to be resolved.

• Record keeping and keeping transcripts. 10:34

  • High school students should start keeping their transcript now, even if they are junior high students. Hslda is a good source for high school transcripts.

  • If you have a digital online source, keep a file on each child for the school year for your state.

• The importance of forecasting ahead of time. 12:33

  • Always include the title, the year of publication and the addition to the book in the addition. Record keeping is important.

  • Write a transcript for every student.

• How to compile your student's transcripts? 14:06

  • Keep a digital file on your computer, but keep a hard copy file in their records. Keep personal information, birth certificate, important papers, etc.

  • Keep a copy of their transcript.

• How to reduce paper typhoon. 15:34

  • Keeping the paper typhoon at bay and reducing the amount of papers to deal with on a day-to-day basis.

  • A binder for each child and a plastic sleeve for each activity.