Tag Archives: portfolios

What’s in a Portfolio?

I’m over at Heart of the Matter Online today talking about homeschool portfolios. Go take a look! What does a hard-working homeschooling mom do with all those 3-D projects, art papers, grammar workbooks, and math tests? Keep everything? Yikes! Throw them all away? Horrors! Of course, Grandma’s refrigerator makes a wonderful display area, but whenContinueContinue reading “What’s in a Portfolio?”

The Mom Binder Part 2

So, you’ve snagged a binder and scavenged enough tabs to have one for each child plus at least one for general administration/support-type papers, right? And, you’ve printed out year-at-a-glance calendars as well as monthly calendars, right? If you’re wondering what on earth I’m talking about, see The Mom Binder Part 1 article that I postedContinueContinue reading “The Mom Binder Part 2”

The Mom Binder, Part 1

I’ve referenced The Mom Binder quite a few times recently, and while I was writing those posts, I looked for the original Mom Binder post to link to. I couldn’t find one—time to write about one of my favorite homeschool organization tools. I’ve seen quite a few references online to household management binders, so whyContinueContinue reading “The Mom Binder, Part 1”

Alternatives to Traditional Portfolios

Pretty please remember to re-follow my new blog url (link on the left)! Also remember the totally cool giveaway coming next week only for my new blog followers (on this blog).Here’s today’s Heart of the Matter offering:By now, most of us have heard the party line about the why and the how of assembling traditionalContinueContinue reading “Alternatives to Traditional Portfolios”

Introduction to Portfolios

Welcome to all the visitors from the Carnival of Homeschooling, hosted by Janice Campbell this week. Thanks for stopping by.This is a repeat, I admit it, but it’s that time of year again! School’s out and you’re wondering what to do with the plethora of papers under your dining room table. Or, you know youContinueContinue reading “Introduction to Portfolios”

Portfolios Demystified

Put Paper in Its Place, Part 5 (of 5)Welcome to the final segment of the “Put Paper in Its Place” series! If you’re a homeschooler and if you’ve been reading the entire series, this last section should just help you synthesize everything. As you may already suspect, I am not an advocate of keeping everyContinueContinue reading “Portfolios Demystified”

Papers, Papers Everywhere – Not! Or How and Why to Create a Portfolio

What does a hard-working homeschooling mom do with all those 3-D projects, art papers, grammar workbooks, math tests? Throw them away? Horrors!! There is an alternative that can make both the “savers” and the “throwers” happy, believe it or not. The solution is to make a portfolio to showcase a selection of each student’s bestContinueContinue reading “Papers, Papers Everywhere – Not! Or How and Why to Create a Portfolio”