It’s that time of year again. Time for school to start back up. We tend to start school early August do that we can finish up by early May. Last year I shared my Mom Binder with you, I have improved it quite a bit. I kept a few of my favorite things to include in my New and Improved Mom Binder. The first thing I like to include in my binder is a dual year calendar. I also kept my attendance calendar, School rules, supply list and field trip log. Check out my Mom Binder for the links to these. One of the new things I added were monthly calendars from August until May. I use these to plan out breaks, Saints of the week, Holy Days of Obligation, and any upcoming events such as Birthdays. This also helps me to plan a start and end date. 180 days of school. This is the first year I decided to plan out our breaks. I thought maybe it would help us stay on track especially with our Disney trip coming up and not knowing what next year will bring for us.
This year I have decided to include my lesson plan in my Mom Binder. The main reason being that each kiddo will have a few varying levels on certain subjects. George was kind enough to create a lesson plan. It includes the days of the week and a nice size square for each of the older kiddos: Pippi, Jem, Bubbles, and Duke. I am excited to have a way to keep all the kids assignments in order on one lesson plan.
I also decided it would be a good idea to kept my letters of intent in my binder. I also thought keeping legal proof was a really good idea. DC has made it so that you can submit your letter of intent online. I may try it out this year.
I am hoping by being more organized that I will be able to keep better track of things. Stay tuned for a post about what curriculum we will be using this year as well as one about the kids improved binders.
New Improved Mom Binder
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