So, I'm just wondering here, lol...but, we have become a very blatant unschooling family ROFL...we have changed so much the past two years, unschooling, traditional, unschooling, classical, unschooling again.

SO, my question....for those of you that are unschooling, what do you do to 'keep track' of what you are doing. Do you keep records? Do you just 'know' so you don't 'track'? We HS through a charter school, so each month I have to meet with his assigned IST and go over the past month's activities, and I Find myself scrambling to have something to show (I don't want to give away his 'projects', as his 'work samples') and so i end up shoving a handful of worksheets in his face a few days before the meeting so he has 'samples' LOLOL.

I need to keep better records, just so that I'm not wracking my brain once a month panicking because I don't have anything to show the stuff I KNOW they have learned.

Does any of that make sense? LOL

The other part of me feels like I'm lazy and not forcing them to do more...I mean, they're 4 and 6 and I want them to be 'kids' right now, I'm not worried so much about how 'much' they are learning...is that wrong? LOL

Someone give me a boost of confidence? I need it! LOL

We are not unschooling because we have certain hoops to jump though to meet NYS standards.

But, I do have to type up quarterly reports. To make things easier, I have a daily planner right on my desk that has 10 or so lines for each day. Every other day or so, I just jot down a few keywords that will remind me of things covered for the day. It takes me 5 minutes every few days, but is really helpful when it comes time to remember all that we've covered.

What state are you in? Or more specifically, what are the laws? My son is turning 5 and occasionally I'll jot something down, and we have a homeschooling blog, but we are definitely unschoolers. I do like having the blog for my own reference and also for the extended family...they like knowing what's going on. I don't feel the need to keep extensive records though.

In Florida, you can either do the record keeping thing, or you can join an umbrella school, which is what we'll be doing. All you have to report to the umbrella school is attendence. In some states you need more stringent records, though, so I personally would follow the law, but not do much more than that.

Just my $0.02. :)

We're in CA, and the laws aren't very invasive, but we go through a Charter School, so I *have* to have a record of some kind...Corbin's IST is super supportive of the unschooling approach, so it's nice that she doesn't put pressure on me to be too structured...but still, I have to report LOL.

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

And Meeshi...that's a great idea...I really do let it go so long that then I find I can't really remember 'specifics' because it's all a blur :p