When we moved from SC to GA we moved into a smaller house. I don’t have a separate space for homeschool, so I really had to condense down what I had and what I was doing. The first thing that had to go was the space the workboxes took up, and to be totally honest, we were not really using before, so this worked out. So I totally revamped how we do our workboxes and it has worked really good for us. I know there are numerous ways that you can do this but I thought one more idea wouldn't hurt, right?!!!
We use BJU mostly for our core subjects, so what I did was I took all of the worksheets out of the workbooks and put them in binders. During the school year when she is finished with the worksheet and it has been graded I put the finished worksheets in the front with a divider between the finished and the unfinished. Make sense? With our bible, they have song sheets and maps, I actually put those in page protectors because she will be handling them throughout the year and I didn't want them getting messed up.
How I changed the workboxes was with these:
(sorry for the horrible lighting)
I bought these at Walmart. They are the “@ the office” brand and it is the organizer with 8 pockets. I actually had to buy a lot of them because they only had 8 pockets and I wanted 12, but really I didn't need that many, oh well. Anyway, I unbound the 4 pages and added 2 more pages to give me 12 pockets. So I have one for each day (Mon-Fri). I labeled each on front with my labeler and on wrote it on the spine.
In the front cover, I use this for make up work or work that needs to be corrected.
Each page is labeled with a tag.
I use the pockets only if there are specific directions that need to be followed or vocabulary words….and such.
In each folder I also keep some lined paper for handwriting or scratch paper, if needed.
The back pocket is where the finished work goes and also where I keep the extra tags because some of the subjects we do every other day or per semester.
So that is my crazy method. It works good for us and my girls love this way best. I do also because it keeps me accountable for correcting papers right away or at least by the week.
Here is a picture of my planning sheet. I designed it for our specific needs but you are welcome to copy it. I keep it in a protective sleeve so it doesn’t get ruined and when that week is over then I just hole punch it and put it in my mom binder (which is really nothing special right now, or organized!)
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