Homeschool Organization with Our Student's Weekly Subject Check List + Reward Charts Printable

Organization + Motivation = Happy Homeschool Days

Homeschooling your children comes with many blessings and challenges and after two years of homeschooling 3 kiddos, the challenges seemed to outnumber the blessings and I was finding that keeping up with the housework, chores, meals, and cleaning up after everything was taking over our whole day. When we got around to sitting down for school work, I was flustered, tired and overwhelmed. I did not have a clear set plan that was simple and straightforward and it was really harming our homeschool. Does this sound familiar to you?

Finding Focus for You + the Kids

We really needed some help focusing us all, myself included, on the school goals of the day, using something that was simple. I brainstormed and thought about it for many days. I felt like the system I had, was not working, and it was too complicated. Soon I realized all we needed was a list of daily goals for each child! We started with 3 goals for each day, per child. I organized them so that my youngest had his own options that he could grab from, in their backpacks, while my older kids had their goals which were different than my 3-year-old. I placed them where they all could see them, together at one table, (not separate desks, and away from computers) with their names for name awareness and individual space, where they could see their list and the sticker rewards they were building. The first mock-up was very simple and handwritten, but it was working. I then created this printable with plans for each child, and it worked like a charm!

What is included in this printable?

Multiple Sizes of the Subject Check Lists
Multiple Sizes of Reward Charts, counting from 1-20 or 1-30

Directions:

Create your weekly subject goals for each student by editing each chart subject box, using the Preview program.
Print on white or colored paper.
Cut out and laminate for durability.
Tape on students table area with clear tape.
Use a chalkboard pen or dry erase marker to make checks when the subject is done. (Dry erase markers can be easily wiped off, however, I like to keep the checks from coming off until the end of the week)
Print out the sticker charts, cut to size, and place the sticker rewards charts on table area and give out stickers for completion of that subject. (We give out 2-3 stickers and count up to 20. When they hit 20 stickers, they can pick two things out of the treasure chest, 1 toy & 1 treat.)I also use transparent tape.

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Homeschool Organization

Stickers as rewards help to increase motivation in Students!

We were starting to introduce this concept with chores around the house, so I thought I could include them with their school work as well because this was a problem - nothing was getting done! I am pretty good about the days when we do not get to any planned learning because I do see the benefits of play and naturally learning at home with what the kids are interested in (Computer + Video Games).But once we set this in place, with the STICKER Rewards Added, school work was happening a lot more and my kids' behavior was improving. They were feeling more satisfied with their own progress and accomplishments and they are really liking this new routine.

What we do + How it works

We moved the homeschool space downstairs and changed up a bunch of things that were not working for us, but we kept their school areas the same, each with their own checklist & sticker charts, and Caddy's for the kids' supplies they use regularly. We had their backpacks on their chairs, keeping their subject books handy. We have plans for each day of the week, mostly repeating subjects on Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday, with Friday consisting of different subjects and activities. Because we stay at the table together for lessons from our curriculum we are using this year we work as a small group together, we can keep our focus on those subjects, and when those are done, we can move on to the rest of the homeschool learning that takes place around the house, not in a lesson plan. Homeschool Table

The Student Subject Check List & Rewards Charts

We use the Checklist & Sticker Chart daily.

How do we use it? I check off each subject once it's complete and give out a sticker or two, for it. I usually give out stickers throughout the lesson, to keep up the motivation for each of them. Example, we do our word work, they get a sticker, we do flash cards, they get a sticker, we read a book, they get a sticker, they do a worksheet or anything that is asked of them, they get a sticker after each one, and this really helps to motivate my kids. I let them choose the sticker I would like, which lets them see something new, and exciting, and they can practice counting to see how close they are to their goal of 20 or 30 stickers to receive their reward.

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Our Caddy's for Supplies

Students caddy's We keep all the pencils, crayons, markers, scissors and glue in one place, along with a few other curriculum-specific things that that each use, or will begin to use this year. We store them away on the shelf next to our table, and that way they can go and take their caddy to and from the table, encouraging independence. (I have been working on them doing their own simple tasks, instead of mommy always doing it)