Homeschooling is fun, rewarding, and creates amazing memories.

But it’s also a BIG responsibility.

One of the duties that can intimidate homeschooling parents most is keeping track of important records. Not to worry – Homeschool Planet has you covered.

Homeschool Planet’s online homeschool planner makes it simple and easy to create all the reports and documentation homeschool families need including report cards, class hour reports, transcripts, attendance and more.

What Homeschool Documentation Do I Need?

It’s important to keep in mind that not all families are required by their state to keep the same kinds of homeschool records. (Search what kinds of records your state requires here.)

However, to cover all the bases, it is a smart move to at least keep some basic records no matter where you live. If you move or if circumstances change, it can be helpful to have some very rudimentary records.

Those records include:

• Attendance
• Class Hours (or a list of classes your child takes if they take outside classes or participate in a homeschool co-op)

For high school students, it’s valuable to keep an ongoing transcript, even if your student doesn’t plan to pursue college right after graduation. Also, in some states, homeschool families are required to track grades or create report cards and maintain documentation for a homeschool portfolio.

Luckily, all of these records are quick and easy to both keep and export through Homeschool Planet’s online homeschool planner.

Getting Started with Homeschool Record-Keeping

The first step for creating homeschool records with Homeschool Planet is to sign up for Homeschool Planet’s online homeschool planner. (Try it FREE for 30 days here.)

From there, it’s quick and simple to set up your planner. Just follow this tutorial.

Then, once you’ve set up your planner, it’s easy to begin tracking what you need to build homeschool records.

Automatically Track Attendance and Class Hours

Through your Homeschool Planet planner, you can begin automatically tracking some data like attendance.

This is simple to set up and takes just a few minutes – this simple tutorial will show you how.

Automatically tracking class and activity hours is a similar process, and you can learn everything you need to know to set that up here. 

Each of these steps takes just a few minutes, but makes it easy to keep track of attendance and class hours throughout the year.

Creating Homeschool Reports

Homeschool Planet helps you create additional homeschool records beyond attendance and class/activity hours. Through your online planner, it’s simple to create report cards, transcripts and more.

Just head into your planner, and click on “Reports” at the top of the screen. 

This allows you to create several different types of reports including:

• Grade Reports
• Class Hour Reports
• Report Cards
• Transcripts

Homeschool Planet offers both grade reports and report card options for families. If you are wondering which one would best suit your needs, head to this post to learn about the difference between grade reports and report cards and how to set up each.

If you need to create transcripts this year, this transcript guide provides some additional information that may be helpful.

All Your Homeschool Records in One Place

No matter what kind of homeschool records you need, it’s easy to create reports in just a few clicks. Plus, Homeschool Planet’s safe and secure system means the data you need is always secure and available to you.

If you are new to Homeschool Planet, you can try it FREE for 30 days! No credit card is required, but when you continue your membership, any information you created during your trials will remain available to you.

Start keeping records the simple and easy way with Homeschool Planet.  Start your FREE trial today.