A plan book, diary, computer entry log:

• This is to keep a record of the subject taught, the actual assignment and what day or week the lesson took place.

• A portfolio of the child’s work: The law requires samples of the student’s work. A simple way to keep these would be to periodically insert samples of work into a pocket divider in a three ring binder that also holds the daily log of hours, diary, and record of evaluations. Each divider could house two- four subjects.

• Record of evaluations: This could be done in many ways, for example: chapter tests, daily grades, professional testing, periodic reviews of progress, etc.

Additionally, the law states that a daily log would be a defense to any prosecution. A daily log is a record of hours broken into subjects, core and non-core and a tally area for of hours per day spent on core subjects. There are a variety of daily logs, choose one that is simple to use yet is accurate and clear in presenting the student’s hourly progress. View an example of a homeschool log sheet here.