If so, check out our Homeschool Portfolio. However, you might be required to hand something over at the end of the year – and hesitant to part with your personal records and plans. If your state or charter requires you to hand something in:Ī homeschool bullet journal is great for your own, personal use. The right is where I’ve added three kids and the dates to track hours spend learning. The left side is for notes, appointments, and special dates. However, bullet journaling is great for that because you can create what you need in a journal that you are already picking up to use each day.īelow I’ve done an example layout for tracking monthly hours. If you’re living in a state or attending a charter that requires you to track hourly attendance, it can be a slog. If you’re tracking for the family, you can use color coding or different symbols to keep this layout organized – for example, black for days no one attended, no color for days everyone attended, and a color or colors on the date to indicate when one child was ill or having their own personal mini vacation. Plus, you can easily add up attended days and track it next to the month. This is such an easy way to track the entire year and works for keeping track of attendance for one child or planning an overview of your year as a family.īy leaving a little space, you can keep track of holidays, events, vacations, and any other special dates. Tracking Attendance DailyĪbove you’ll see one idea for an annual tracker.
I created two examples of attendance trackers below to give you an idea about what kind of tracking might fit your style. But often it’s nice to have a plan for the school year. Many of us are working to cover state mandated attendance. Homeschool Bullet Journal Attendance TrackerĪttendance is one of those things that many of us need to plan and track. Remember your bullet journal is your own. It will help you stay consistent if you really take the time to customize your system to your needs. Use colors and symbols that are meaningful to you. For more information about what supplies I use in my homeschool bullet journal, see the related post: 7 Must-have Bullet Journal Supplies. Notebook shown in this post is a Scribbles that Matter dotted with a cover from Woodland Cottage Farm on Etsy. The symbols I use have grown over time, for example: $ for an activity that costs money, ¢ for an activity where I need to bring money, ⊗ for a class or appointment that we skipped. I use a symbol for most of our activities and a color for each child and one for everyone together.
Using a consistent code over time will help keep your journal visually organized and allow you to quickly note and read your plans at-a-glance.īelow is an example of color codes I started with in the beginning of the school year. If you’re just getting started, it might feel strange (and annoyingly time consuming) to have to flip back and look for a code you made up! However if you stick with it, coding your bujo will become second nature. Your code will become a sort-of personalized short hand for your journal. Symbols and coding are the organizational pillars for bullet journaling. However, my basic initial set up looks something like this:Ĭolor Coding & Symbols in your Homeschool Bullet Journal I always end up adding more pages for reference in the middle when I need them. I’ll be honest, I’m not super organized when it comes to bullet journaling. There you’ll find ideas about tracking habits, sleep, mood, finances, and more. If you’ve got more than just school going on you might want to check out the bullet journal posts on our sister site: Plannerlove and Printables. In the following post, I’ll share some layouts and tips for building a bullet journal specifically for homeschool.
You can create the exact kind of pages you need.
You don’t need a huge binder or folders in folders in folders full of printable pdfs. There’s really no other way to put everything you need into one, little notebook… er, um… actually I might have more than one.Īnd a homeschool bullet journal? Now we’re talking.Ī homeschool bullet journal is a great way to completely customize you planning, tracking, activities, expenses, attendance, classes… you get it.
I gotta tell ya, I just love bullet journaling.
If your starting a homeschool bullet journal or working on creating one, read one for layout ideas tips on how to organize, plan, and track!