Homeschool Assessment

Use this outline to create a homeschool assessment for each child at the end of your school year.

Homeschool Assessment - Award Certificate

Since homeschooling parents are monitoring their children’s progress on a daily basis, there is little need for detailed record keeping as we have a good idea of our children’s work and their progress.

However, situations may arise when you need a written record. For example, when circumstances change and a child returns to school, a homeschool report card may be required.

Here are tips for what to include:

Bible Study and Spiritual Growth

Resources used.

Books of the Bible read

Memory verses

My description of my child’s growth and the things she prays for faithfully.

History and Social Studies

Resources used.

Summary of the year’s focus, especially History and Geography

Language Arts

Description of the skills she has mastered or improved.

Attachments:

  • Copy of a letter written
  • Booklist of her leisure reading that she compiled
  • Book reviews
  • Poems she has written or other samples of workdone

General Science

Resources used

Summary of the year’s focus

Description of practical discoveries made and experiments she particularly enjoyed

Afrikaans (or other second language)

Resources used

Description of skills mastered or improved

Samples of work could be included too.

Maths

Resources used

Description of skills that were the focus of attention this year. Summary of child’s progress and achievement.

Sample test could be attached.

Finances and Entrepreneurship

Resources used

Description of activities, skills or concepts learnt.

LifeSkills

Computer – description of child’s competency, programmes she has learnt to use

Research skills

Library skills

Other

Home Economics and Cooking

Summary of child’s abilities

Art & Music Appreciation

Resources used

Description of artists and musicians studied this year and the child’s response.

Sport and Extra-murals

Description or list of activities in which the child has participated

Description of any significant achievements e.g. exams, competitions, awards etc

Certificates, photographs or other evidence of participation


Field Trips and Homeschool Support Group Outings

List of events

Letter of Affirmation to the Child

So many children become performance-oriented because they believe that it is only through their achievements that they earn their parents love, approval and attention.

I decided to write each child a letter that they can keep, that tells them why each of them is special to us and that affirms them as a son or daughter. I want them to know that they are loved and accepted as unconditionally as is humanly possible. We are commanded to bless our children and I believe that this is one way to do that and a good opportunity to do so too.