How To Create Your Homeschool Binder

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:

• Print binder cover
• Print binder spine

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,

Shirley

Hi there! Shirley here, I am a homeschool mom of 2. I share tips & resources for elementary homeschool. I want to go through this journey with you! Homeschool doesn’t have to be hard. Let’s do this together!