| One of the reasons you got into homeschooling, even | | | | transcript of all of your student's work and even |
| if not an articulated one, is to avoid the bureaucracy | | | | prepare an official and an unofficial transcript. And |
| which is a thriving part of public school education. So | | | | while the basic version allows for a teacher's journal, |
| now that you have set up your own school at home, | | | | the plus edition allows for both a student and teacher |
| you want to take care to avoid becoming enmeshed | | | | journal. |
| in bureaucratic wrangling at home. One way to | | | | One of the other great benefits of the plus version is it |
| achieve this noble goal is to get some homeschool | | | | gives you the tools with which to create lesson plans |
| software to help you make sense of and keep up | | | | and even import plans from other sources, such as |
| with the administrative chores associated with teaching | | | | fellow parents who home school. You can also copy |
| your child at home. One such software which you | | | | assignments to a weekly planner and even add the |
| should consider is Homeschool Tracker. | | | | materials and textbooks needed to accomplish each |
| The program comes in two editions: a basic edition | | | | assignment. And while both editions allow you to |
| and a plus edition. The basic model can be | | | | create and maintain report cards, the plus version |
| downloaded for free while the plus edition can be | | | | affords you more flexibility and options. It even gives |
| accessed for a nominal fee. Both versions allow you | | | | you some 36 different reports you can use at your |
| to maintain attendance and work with assignments. | | | | discretion. |
| However, the plus version allows you to attend to | | | | This computer software is definitely a resource you |
| much more detail such as record attendance in half | | | | should try out as it will give you so much more time for |
| days and state the reason for an absence. The plus | | | | teaching and make your administrative chores easier |
| version also allows you to create and maintain a | | | | and more pleasant to do. |