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A ten-minute Friday review for homeschool families
Three questions to ask every Friday about your homeschool week, and the one change to make next week. A short habit that keeps plans and records honest.
In short
Each Friday, spend ten minutes asking three questions per child: what did we actually do, what is still shaky, and which days had nothing and why. Then choose one change for next week. One, not five.
Most homeschool planning happens at the start of a week, full of optimism. The most useful planning happens at the end, with the evidence in front of you.
The three questions
- What did we actually do? Read the record, not the plan.
- What is still shaky? The lesson that needed help, the concept that came back wrong.
- Which days had nothing, and why? Sickness, outings, a bad night. Write the reason.
One change
The answers usually point to one adjustment: start math earlier, move a subject into a loop, reread a lesson before going on, add a review day. Choose one and try it for a week. Changing five things at once means you will not know which one helped.
Why it works
Ten minutes on Friday keeps the record complete while you still remember the week, and it keeps the plan honest. By the end of a term you have a dozen small decisions on record, which is often what an evaluator, a co-parent or your future self actually wants to see.
In the app
In Homeschool Up, lessons you rated Needs support or Developing come back on the Review list on a later day, so the shaky ones are not forgotten. The week view and each child's reports answer the first and third questions without paging back through a planner.
Keep the record while you teach
Add your children and subjects. Each lesson you tick counts toward attendance, hours and the year-end packet.