![Take a Peek Inside My Homeschool Binder](https://pambarnhill.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_3215-Edit.jpg)
Lots of moms out there like their fancy homeschool planners and there are tons of options available on the market to purchase. This makes it easy for moms to find a planner that is going to work well for them. We have chatted a number of times here on the blog about Happy Planner homeschool planners, finding the right homeschool planner option, and even trying to match up your planner with your personality type.
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If you have been around for very long, you know that I like to create my own homeschool planner from scratch instead of buying one already made. I outline a number of reasons why in this post on my flexible homeschool planner, but it is mostly so I can control exactly what goes inside and not be frustrated by pages I won’t use.
As cute as planners can be, I am all about the practical.
Pam Barnhill
As cute as planners can be, I am all about the practical. I have very specific items that I feel are important to keep inside. Having these things handy is another way I reduce decision fatigue in my homeschool. Here is a peek inside my binder for this year.
What’s in my homeschool binder for 2019-2020
My attendance form — the one thing I have to keep track of for my state is attendance. I use a sheet from my Plan Your Year planning forms to help me know what days we did and did not do school. I keep it tucked in a pocket in the front so that it is easy to access.
In my calendars and schedules section, I keep a copy of an annual calendar from the Plan Your Year free planning forms kit. Here I mark what days we intend to do school during the year.
I also keep a copy of our weekly schedule there so I can keep track of our outside of the house commitments for the new school year.
After calendars and schedules come the lesson plan section. This section includes:
- Procedure lists I have written
- Lesson plan lists for subjects
- Copies of the syllabus or lesson plans from any co-op or online classes
I also keep a copy of the course of study for each child in the binder.
Under my supplies tab, I keep a blank resource sheet so I can make notes about any purchases I need to make or resources I find that I like and might want to use in the future.
I also keep a copy of all my big-picture planning forms in my binder. My homeschool vision lives there so that I can refer back to it when I need to. Also in there are my goals for each student along with the worksheets I used to create those goals. We show you how to make these in Plan Your Year.
In the back of my binder, I keep my legal paperwork for homeschooling, a copy of the diploma requirements for my cover school, and some grade records. With us starting ninth grade this year I will need to track courses for a transcript and keep some grades as well.
In the rear of the binder, I keep a single page protector per kid to have a place to tuck achievements like certificates and photos of learning activities the kids have done during the years. This gives me a place to keep those.
My binder is super-simple and functional. How about you. What do you keep in your homeschool teacher binder?
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