Proverbs 31 Homemaking - Homeschooling Notebook

Proverbs 31:10-31

A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.

Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.

She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.

She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.

She gets up while it is still dark;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls.

She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.

She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.

In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.

When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.

She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.

She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:

"Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Homeschooling Notebook

Even though our children are still in preschool, and we are not required to keep records, we thought it was a good idea to get into the right habits now.

Again, like the other two notebooks, I keep a clip on the front to hold whatever I may be working on. In this book, for the decorative papers I used vintage children’s prints.

The first divider is “Information” which contains a checklist of preschool skills, and a list of important websites.

The second divider has “Rules and Guidelines”.

The third divider is “School Calendar”. I use a highlighter to color code our calendar with school holidays, religious holidays and other days off. I have a yearly calendar, and then monthly calendars.

The fourth divider is “Attendance”. Here I mark each day that we did school. There is a sub-divider for each child that is in “school”.

The fifth divider is “Goals”, again sub-divided for each child.

The sixth divider is “Lists”. Here we keep book lists, library lists (lists of books checked out from the library and dates to be returned) lend/borrow lists (to keep track of books that we have lent out), etc…

The seventh divider is “Field Trips”, where we log our field trips; Their objectives, cost, location and date.

The eighth divider is “Lesson Plans”, again sub-divided for each child.

The ninth divider is “Journaling”. Here I can take notes, or jot down things I need to log, or ideas that pop up. Sometimes I may need to write a reminder to myself about a skill that needs to be worked on further, or anything like that.

The tenth divider is “Daily Logging Sheets”, where I log the time spent on each activity or subject, and the grade for each. Again this section is sub-divided for each child.

The eleventh section is “Transcripts” ( again sub-divided).

The twelfth section is “Notes”.

And lastly, I have a section for “Forms”, where I store blank copies of any of the forms I use in my notebook.