Organizing the children's completed work?

[trustinghim]

Hi everyone

My husband and i have just had a lovely time going over the girls school work from today, it is so nice to share the journey with him

As I was showing him the various pieces of A4 pages they had done work on, it got me thinking about what I should do with all these lovely things the children are doing. How does everyone organize their school work? I know a lot of it can go it the text books, but when they are doing things on paper, what do people do to store the kids work?

Do you have a exercise book? use a folder and hole punch the sheets of paper?

I would love to hear about what you do....

By the way, if there is already a past discussion on this, would anyone mind sending me in the right direction?

Love Deb

P.S By the way I am using LHFHG

[mamas4bugs]

We put all of our things in a binder. I punch holes in some things, but for the stuff that I want to preserve as is, I bought a giant package of page protectors. I just slide the A4 paper into the page protector and put it in the binder. Sometimes we use watercolor paper or whatever that is too large to fit in the notebook. For that, we keep the originals in a box, but we take pictures of the finished product (and the kids working on the project if I have the forethought to do it ) and then scrapbook the pictures on a page that we include in the notebook. HTH!

[eazbnsmom]

last year I would add them to my children's binders (in pa we have to keep portfolios), but I found that if the paper didn't get in right away (they would put it on my desk for me to check, I would check it and then put it to the side to add to the binder later) that it would get on the floor, lost crumpled etc......so this year I set up a drawer in one of our small filing cabinets and made a file for each subject. I then wrote each child's name on a manilla folder and put it in that file. When they are finished, I check their work and then tell them to put it in the proper folder (or I would put it in the folder for them)......this has worked very well for us so far and we are in 5th/6th week of school and so far no lost completed work! YEAH!

(edited).....I forgot to mention that the papers in the folders will end up in binders when I am ready to make up their portfolios!

[water2wine]

Last year we did a binder with page protectors. That does keep them nice if you can get your kids to put them back. For us with four doing the same thing we had issues. So this year thanks to the advice of a fellow HODie we went to comb binding. It is working well for us. I made up all the books at the beginning of the year. I got forms from Donna Young or Notebooking.com, it was a combination of free stuff and I just picked what I thought would be best for each. We have Science, History, Copywork, DITHR, Geography, and Nature. That is all I can think of at the moment. It is really working well for us and takes hardly any space. I keep them all in a magazine file for each child. HTH

[Samuel'sMommy]

I have been saving all Samuel's papers and art work in a 3 ring binder using page protectors. We do almost everything on regular letter paper or construction paper so it all fits. If I use construction paper, I just trim a little off the edge so it will fit in the page protector. So far, I haven't had to cut off any of the actual project since he tends to keep it towards the center of the page. Hope that helps!

[MamaBear23Cubs]

I am doing the binder thing with all my kiddos. It take up much less space but am thining of taking the stuff out after the year and putting it into a big envlope and mark what grade it was. We test and hubby don't have anyof his kids stuff so there's no need to keep the work but I still like to keep some stuff.

[Natreez]

Here's what we do:
We use a plastic folder which I wrote "Done" on one side and "Not Done" on the other. As he finishes his work, he puts his papers into a "inbox" which is just a plastic tray. These papers usually require me to grade or preview. I usually make notations directly on his papers if its just minor errors- reminders to capitalize, or incorrect adding, or correct punctuation then file it in the "Not Done" side of his folder for him to correct. After he is done correcting he puts the paper back into our inbox for me to recheck. Once the papers are corrected, I file them in his "Done" side of his folder. Sometime throughout the day, he is responsible for filing the work from the "Done" side of the folder into a large binder. I have a three-ring binder with dividers for Grammar, Copywork, Poetry, Spelling, Dithor, and Art. I have a History Binder which he files all of his history/timeline/notebooking in. His bible verses go into a small brag photo album. His science goes into a spiral bound sketchbook. His math and cursive stay in the workbooks.
For papers that I grade or preview that have more than minor corrections, (like I can tell he obviously is not getting a concept) then I usually set that paper aside to go review that concept or idea with him again.

For artwork that doesn't fit in his binder: I have been matting some in picture frames and then occasionally switching this piece out. Some larger pieces I've comb bound them together or I either take a picture of it or scan it and then tape those photos onto colored paper and file in his binder. I do the same for science pictures. So often I like to take pictures of the science experiments so I"ll take the picture then tape into his sketchbook by that days notebooking assignment.

Natreez

[my3sons]

Hi Deb! Here are a few past threads that may be helpful:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1945&p=15020&hilit= ... der#p15020
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1711&p=13322&hilit= ... der#p13322

In Christ,
Julie

[inHistiming]

We are using a variety of 'notebooks' this year. Anything done on notebook paper or printer paper is being put into a 1.5 inch binder for it's subject...Science, History, Language Arts, etc. Our Vocabulary is in a spiral notebook, as is ds's dictation. DD's spelling is on index cards and stored in her spelling box, and we have an index card album for the memory verses we are working on. Math and handwriting stay in their workbooks. At the end of the year, I will remove all their work and place it in a large envelope or the 2.5 gallon ziploc bags you can get(try BJ's or Sam's), label it, and store it in a rubbermaid container with our other years' work. So far this is working well for us. Our kids each have their own art binder too, with page protectors to keep the work nice. Our school art has just been placed in whatever subject binder seemed appropriate...the line drawing of the tree went into science...you get the idea. Their art binder is for non-school work...the older two love to draw and do this every day. I have a goal to someday mat and frame some of their work to hang on our walls. This has been a goal for several years...who knows when I'll actually get around to it!