The record
Keeping records for the whole year?
This tracker covers hours. The HavenKept Homeschool Planner covers the rest of the paperwork.
- Attendance & Hours, plus Record Keeping and Portfolio sections
- Subjects & Grades, Lessons and Progress & Reports
- Students, Activities, Supplies, Budget and Documents
- Exports to PDF and your calendar, and prints properly
- Works offline · no app · no subscription
The rest of the paperwork, in one place
This tracker counts hours. The HavenKept Homeschool Planner keeps the whole year's record.
- Attendance & Hours logged automatically, and it adapts to non Mon–Fri schedules
- Lessons & Subjects tracked per child, with an optional mastery and grading system
- Progress & Reports charts lessons completed, subject breakdowns and attendance trends
- Portfolio View, a clean printable per-student record built for evaluations
- Field trips, reading logs, budget, supplies, documents and notes
- Opens in any browser · no app · no login · no subscription
The homeschool portfolio checklist
Free, printable, and yours whether or not you leave an email.
Six work samples worth collecting, what a reviewer is actually looking for, and five things to keep if you keep nothing else.
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FAQ
How many hours does homeschool need per year?
It depends entirely on your state, commonly somewhere between 600 and 1,000 instructional hours, or 160 to 180 days, and some states set no requirement at all. Check your own state's rules; this tracker just counts what you tell it to.
What counts as an instructional hour?
Again, state-dependent, but most families count read-alouds, field trips, documentaries, nature study, music practice and life-skills work alongside formal lessons. If it was intentional and educational, it usually counts.
Do I have to log hours daily?
No, but it is far easier than reconstructing a year in April. Two minutes at the end of each day beats a weekend of guessing, and a contemporaneous record is more credible if anyone reviews it.
What should I keep besides hours?
Samples of work, a reading list, test or assessment results if your state requires them, and a short summary per subject. The portfolio checklist above covers it.
Where is my data stored?
Only in your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, and nobody else can see it. Download the CSV if you want a copy you keep.
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