Well, how does this play into creating the kinds of homes we want to raise our families in?  In my opinion - HUGE.  Chaos undermines kindness.  Order is a form of beauty, and order in our brains, and reducing brain clutter makes us more available to the people that we love.  Because I have a scrambly sort of brain, I had to find ways to record what we do and how we educate that was simple and sustainable.  This is part one, part two will deal more with high school and creating a transcript.   00:15 - Keeping things less chaotic, bringing peace and order into the home 4:17 - Plotting out the school year, learning as a family and for individual children 14:06 - Wrapping up the school year16:03 - Weekly record keeping sheet 18:13 - How much do we need to keep track? 22:01 - Checklist System  24:56 - High school and how to grade your children Free Homeschool Planning Pageswhy order matters (podcast) planning our school year and keeping track of knowledge, data, details and learning (blog)#makejoynormal #homeschool #order #beauty #peace #kindness #simplicity #planning #familylearning #recordkeeping Try Riversidefm, Our recording platform.  I use it because it’s easy. I use it because good tech support matters.https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=bonnieBuzzsprout makes podcasting simple.  I value support in this ministry; the folks at buzzsprout respond quickly and cheerfully.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1000177