Ever wonder how you’re going to manage all the precious school papers your kids bring home, or in our case all the stuff they create in your home?
I get a lot of questions on how we store all of our homeschool papers and records. I even wrote a post on Storage and Record Keeping. But what about the special things you want to keep permanently? And how about those pictures that you take each year to show how your kids have grown? Enter the “My School Memories” kit!
Awhile back, like before I had 4 kids and started homeschooling, I had intentions of scrapbooking a page or more for each of my children to help show their progress from one year to the next. Sadly I’ve been so busy preparing lesson plans and taking care of our house that I haven’t exactly had time to follow through on my plans.
So in response to that, I created some super easy and cute school memory pages to help make it easier for me to remember these years! AND… in the spirit of Christmas gift giving I’m going to share them with you for FREE!
Each page is already set up for you, so all you have to do is print the PDF then glue on a picture and fill out some information! And if you noticed, I worded the pages so that your children can fill in the information themselves! Not only does this take some of the work off of your plate, but how cute will it be to see their own handwriting as they journal about their favorite things from one year to the next!
The pages go from preschool all the way to 12th grade, and included in the printable are little labels for your file folders along with instructions on printing them out.
Since I know there are homeschoolers and non-homeschoolers who read my blog, I made 2 versions of these printables for you! Click below to download the one you would like. The kits are basically the same, but I switched out a few of the questions so they make sense for either of your educational choices!
(DOWNLOAD TIP: If the file does not open in your browser window, RIGHT click on the below download link then select “SAVE LINK AS”. You will then be prompted to save the file to your hard drive.)
Currently I am keeping their favorite pieces of art and things I want to remember in these file folders. I place the cover page with their photo in folder in the front, then I can easily add in anything they make throughout the year.
I used the Smead Oversized File folders for this project.
I went ahead and printed one set for each of my kids and then added them to their file folders so they’re ready to go. All I have to do is add on a picture each year, then at the end of the year I’ll have them fill in their pages.
Alternative to the file folders: You can also use page protectors and put your stuff in binders. I think the folders work nicely because you can just toss stuff in there, and you don’t have to worry about hole punching anything. But if you use page protectors you can kind of do the same thing :o)
I hope you enjoy these, and happy memory keeping!
Wow!! Thanks bunches for sharing such an amazing gift!! 🙂
Erica this is fantastic!!!!!!!! love this with all my heart!!
Thank you so much for creating and sharing this wonderful way to save and organize our homeschooling memories!
Awesome! Thanks so much for these … it saves me from having to make my own!!! LoL I have too much to do right now anyhow … so I’m super appreciative of your gift. 🙂
I’ve been on the hunt for something like the ones they sell in stores for my 2 boys, but the prices of those things are just a bit much anymore. They are not very well made either.
Adding another “You’re Awesome” here for the heck of it 🙂
Angie
Hi Erica
Thank you so much. These are gorgeous.
Blessings
This is great! I also had great plans…not enough time to do it all, so this is beyond wonderful! Thank you very much.
What amazing printables – especially for this very OCD mother of three who had the same goals and ambitions of scrapping each school memory! (God sure showed me! Haha!) Like many others, though, I can’t seem to acess the link. Any advice you could share would be great!
Thank you!
OMG! SO SUPER CUUUTE! LOVE THESE! THANKS
Erica-thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I especially appreciate the fact that you did both homeschool and public school. I have one in homeschool and two in public school right now (trying to get them all back home again) so this is perfect for us. You are so talented!
God Bless-
Frances
Hi Erica
Thank you as always for your generosity in sharing all these wonderful printables with us. Firstly I wondered on each sheet what you mean by The Question – My Grade? (grade is in A, B, C, D, F??? – does that exist in kinder and preschool?)
Also I hate to be critical but I can;t help but point out the correct spelling is twelfth not twelvth.
XX
Hi Kirsty,
Thanks so much for the correction, I thought I’d already fixed it, but I didn’t upload it!
For the MY GRADE area, I meant it to be where they would write in first, second, third, fourth etc. I know it’s on the top of the sheet too, but I just wanted to have my kids hand write their stuff in so I could preserve their handwriting LOL! IF you can think of a different question I’m all up to change it! :o)