The reviews below are based on my experience using the materials with my children. They are curricula that I decided to use after extensive research and paid for myself. I did not receive any compensation from the publishers or authors. …
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Recap of Portfolio Review Fall 2019
Time for my semi-annual recap of my review experience. This was my third time reviewing with my assigned reviewer; let’s call her Dee. It was the first time I was reviewing for both of my children. Last spring, Dee had …
Recap of Spring 2019 Review
This was hands-down my most positive review experience out of the eight I have had. There were no extraneous comments or suggestions, no questions about how many chapters we completed or what page we are on in a book. She …
What happens at a homeschool review?
This article covers county reviews in Maryland. If you are homeschooling in another state, then feel free to get ideas for this article but make sure you also seek out advice from someone local to your area. If you live …
Homeschool Tracker: Lesson Plans and Scheduling
Let me show you how I use Homeschool Tracker to organize my children’s education. I have two children, a middle schooler and a preschooler. I love to keep records, way beyond what I show for my semi-annual portfolio reviews. Lesson …
Recap of Fall 2018 Review
I usually make portfolio reviews a little more interesting by conducting a social experiment involving how I presented myself or what evidence of instruction I provided in the portfolio. However, this time, the school district set the experimental condition by …
Assigned Reviewers
This fall, the local school district’s homeschool office decided to assign a reviewer to each family. This is not a new concept, just one that this county had not embraced before. In the county just to the north of us, …
Recap of Spring 2018 Portfolio Review
Signing Up for the Review I was really glad last week when I got the email saying the school district is starting reviews early this year. For the last two years, they have used an online sign-up system that makes …
Minimalist Portfolio
For this season’s portfolio review, I decided to present only 3 samples of work for math, English, science, history, and health. My reason, initially, for the experiment was for the future when I will have a kindergarten student who may …
Portfolio Review Craziness
It’s that time of year again! The first homeschool portfolio reviews of the year and my Facebook homeschool groups are flooding with questions about what to bring. First-timers are afraid of flunking the review. I understand the fear. My first review …
Secular Home Education 