Creating the Parent Notebook

The larger your family is, the more critical organization is. To help you achieve this, we will be putting together a command central notebook.

You will need a three ring binder, hole punch, notebook dividers, and a calendar. The calendar tells which school week we are on. Beginning with number one, and starting with the first week of the year, write a number to the left of each week. A week consists of Monday through Friday, so if a new month begins on a Wednesday, that is still part the week that ended the previous month. Do not assign it a new number. When you are finished, you should have 51 to 52 weeks. Either punch holes in the calendar and put it in the notebook or if your notebook has a pocket, you can place it in there.

Print each of the following sections in order. For new home-schoolers, I recommend that you finish the notebook and read over everything, then begin actual schooling by adding one subject a day to each student’s schedule until they are completing the entire schedule.

• Contents : print this page and then label the dividers for each of the green bulleted items
• Home Front
• Comprehensive Schedule
• Recommended Curriculum
• Student Advancement Checklist—for your reference, each student will have their own copy to check off as they advance
• Detailed Opening Schedule
• Weekly Opening Items: Songs, Memory Scriptures
• Unit Lesson How To’s
• Weekly Unit Topics—for middle/upper level, there is only one unit lesson a week, even though all four subject areas show
• Detailed Toddler/Preschool Schedule
• Motor skill ideas
• Learning activities
• Detailed Transition Schedule (approx 5-8)
• Detailed Middle Level Schedule (approx 8-12)
• Detailed Upper Level Schedule
• Reading List—each student will also have their own copy of the list to check off as they read the books
• Writing Topics
• Evening Activity Ideas—make note of your own ideas and activities for future reference
• FHE Weekly Lesson
• Beacons

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