Activity Organizer

In my clipboard post, I mentioned a tracking system that lets me keep track of where each child is in regards to chores, schoolwork and activities. Curious? Here’s my solution (click for closer view):

First, I need to share that this isn’t something I came up with myself. I’ve been working on setting up a home binder for myself and had been printing out sample after sample of to-do lists and organizers. One of my favorites is the organizer offered at Cajun Joie de Vivre. I used her Week at a Glance planner and downloaded the editable version. THANK YOU, Amy, for making it editable. (While you’re there, check out the other great planner forms she has created.)

I changed the columns in the kids’ forms to read School, Chores and Appointments. Above is my daughter’s form.

I listed all her school subjects under School, with the days of the week under each subject. She doesn’t have to do each subject every day (that is on her assignment sheet), but this is where she can mark out that she’s completed that assignment. That way I can quickly look at it and see that she’s done math three days so far this week, or that she hasn’t practiced piano in three days, or whatever.

The next column lists chores. Again, this is just so I know what has been done. The kids fill in the bubble next to each chore as it is completed. I left some blank spaces in case I want to add something specific to that day.

The last column is where they fill in their schedule: sport practices, scouts, music lessons, play practice, etc.

I left the row of boxes on the bottom, though we haven’t actually used them yet. They could be used for the kids to add their personal “to-do” items, if they chose.

We’ve been using the system for three weeks now and I really like being able to walk by, glance at the clipboards and immediately get a quick overview of where each child is, schedule-wise.

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September 14, 2011 | Filed Under Homemaking, Homeschooling

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One Response to “Kid’s School/Chore/Activity Organizer”

Lynn on February 3rd, 2012 7:20 pm

Oh, I am so going to use this! Thank you!!! I have finally broken all the tasks down and have them all on one chart for my reference on the fridge, but THEY still don’t know until I tell them what is expected of them each day. My oldest will especially love being able to be self-directed. Sometimes I found they could not pace themselves because they couldn’t see “the big picture” of the whole day and were waiting on me to move from activity to activity. Thank you for this post! (And the clipboard post).

Dena says: Thank you for your sweet comment!

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