Homeschool Record Keeping - Three Great Ways to Save Work Samples

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lee_Binz]Lee Binz
Most parents have papers and materials that their children have completed during their schooling. The problem comes when we need to store them and even more when we need to be able to find them again. There are four typical types of homeschoolers parents that keep their records. Which one are you?
The first kind of person uses a giant rubber-made tub. These I call Tubbies. Tubbies will take everything for all five children and will throw it into the tub year after year. It is a perfectly acceptable form of record-keeping, people do it all the time, and you could, in fact, make a transcript using this method.
The next kind of homeschool parent has a drawer or a cabinet for each of their children and possibly for each year. These parents I call Cubbies. Cubbies have an advantage because they know which child did that specific paper and they know what year that paper was done. It's a good method of record-keeping.
Another kind of record keeping is what I like to call the Binder Queen. The benefit of having a binder is that it has a place for you to put everything. Everything required for state law, the declaration of intent, annual testing, and immunization records are in there with the high school records.
The fourth kind of record-keeping is the homeschooler which has a giant question mark on top of their heads. They are the ones who don't know that they're supposed to keep records. It is very hard to regroup after this record-keeping method, so try not to do this method.
Which one of these homeschool record keepers are you? Whether you are a Tubby, a Cubby or a Binder Queen it is important to be keep samples of your child's work for future record keeping needs.
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