HOMESCHOOL BINDER CAN HELP CONTAIN THE CHAOS
I created a homeschool binder for the purpose of keeping everything homeschool related in one place.
Instead of papers here and there, I file them all in one binder.
This binder is for more the parents and not the students.

HOW I CREATED MY HOMESCHOOL BINDER
You will need:
- A binder (1 in. works for me)
- One set of dividers (5 tabs)
- Pen or marker to write on the tabs
BINDER COVER & SPINE
You can download and print these:

LABEL YOUR TABS
You can label them any way you like. My binder is labeled like this:
- Section 1: Calendar & Attendance
- Section 2: Weekly Lesson Plan
- Section 3: Curriculum
- Section 4: Extracurricular
- Section 5: Resources

SECTION 1: Calendar & Attendance
- 2020/2021 Academic Calendar (Print)
- I go through and highlight the days we will be homeschooling.
- This gives me a big picture of our school year.
- Daily attendance record sheet (Print)
- I put an “X” for weekends and holidays.
- I check mark the days we have homeschool.


SECTION 2: Weekly Lesson Plans
- Weekly Lesson Plan Template (Print)
- Once a week I sit down and plan out our weekly homeschool lesson plan.

SECTION 3: Curriculum
- Every quarter (September, January, April, July), I will go through and assess our curriculum.
- I go through each subject and pick out the textbooks, workbooks, and/or activities.
- I just typed this up in Word or you can simply write it down on a piece of paper and put it in the binder.
- It’s a simple curriculum at this point since we don’t plan to “hit the books” until they are around 7 or 8. But, I still like to have a framework to work off of.

SECTION 4: Extracurricular
- Any music, sports, or arts info. go here.
- Documents for any children church-related activities go here too (if you do scouts, those documents can go here too if you wish).

SECTION 5: Resources
- Current state homeschool laws
- Other homeschool resources (ideas, co-op, conventions, etc.)

THAT’S A WRAP
That’s it. This is how I put together my homeschool binder.
It’s simple to start out with. Everything is in one place so it’s organized and you can access them quickly.
As the kids get older, I may need a bigger binder and make a few changes but for now this works.
I know that not everyone will do their homeschool binder this way. Some like to create sections for each subject.
Do you have a homeschool binder? If so, how do you section your tabs?
Let me know in the comment section down below! I’m curious!
Until next time,

Thanks for this! It was very helpful. I was able to grab tons of ideas during this pandemic especially…God bless you!
Hi Diana, thank you so much for your comment. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions at all or if there’s a specific resource you are looking for. God bless you too and enjoy your homeschooling journey. 🙂