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Homeschooling: Monthly time grid
How to use:
- Fill in the obvious information (name, dates, etc.)
- Fill in areas of study.
You can either keep track of specific projects of subsets of subjects and correlate them to larger areas of study, or just fill in the times for "branches of study" or general subjects. For example, a child could be reading about earthquakes, volcanoes, gem formation and dinosaurs and the times could either all be noted under "science" or individually as "geology/science," "earth science/science" and "paleontology/science."
For the 'high school' years, I preferred separate notations because it was easier to keep track of specific credit hours.
- Fill in daily times.
Times can be averaged for areas that are routine, such as current events. I used a daily notation of 1/4 hour for current events because we read newspapers, listened to news reports, and talked about the reports. Some days, depending on either interest or infamy, we spent more time on the 'subject,' and on 'slow news days' we spent less. Fifteen minutes doesn't sound like much, but it adds up.
For specific activities that you haven't kept specific track of, such as the children's reading, round off the time to the nearest 1/4-hour. Note the activities, but don't burn yourself out by trying to turn every little breath into something educational.
Shorter times can be counted as well. For example, quick daily transcription of times from a diary or calendar can be counted for 1/8 of an hour as "record keeping," a skill that would fit for business/office training, or maybe under "independent living." For calculator purposes, the decimal equivalent of 1/8 hour is .125. 8 x .125 = 1 I found it easier to use fractional notations on the grid, but to add them as decimals. 1/8 takes up less space than .125.
- Add up daily times at the end of the month. Enter those times
on the Area of Study sheet for a running total for each area of study.
The monthly times can also be cumulatively tracked on each monthly sheet so
that you've got a ready reference for the amount of time accumulated for the
current year. Some states require a specific number of hours per year
overall, and some require a certain number of hours per subject/area of study.
- To use this form, right-click on it, and save a copy to your
record-keeping folder on your hard-drive. Print out copies on
your printer.
Of course, spreadsheet programs can be used to do the same thing, but with PCSing, notebooks of records are easier to carry and use than computer programs. The children also get hands-on experience with record keeping by using pen and paper.
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