Organizing WTM style...need tips.

[HFClassicalAcademy]

I'm trying to finally organize our subjects as recommended by the WTM, using binders. How does everyone here do it? Currently, we only have our history binder where we keep all our narrations, coloring, etc. We also have a binder for math where we keep all our worksheets and completed work.

 

Does WTM method work well?? I'd love any ideas! I'm on an organizing streak and really need to streamline our system.

 

Liz in NC

[Harriet Vane]

I really love using TWTM method. It has worked well for my family.

 

We do not use many different binders. We have one, massive binder with subject dividers that we use for all our subjects for one year. I do have one friend who did the individual subject binders, and used each binder for four years of work. You will have to see what feels right for your family.

[abreakfromlife]

I don't do, and can't see myself doing the binders as laid out in WTM....that just seems like a million binders, times 5 kids :D I have master binders for me for science, history, geography, music/art/copywork, and the kids each have their own history and science binders, but I stick geography and art projects, writing and other misc. in the binders, too. Especially since the writing goes along with history anyway. So for right now the kids each have 2 binders for this year. I have a feeling I'll have to add another one for writing/grammer/latin/spelling next year, but I am really hoping to not have a million binders each.

[Alana in Canada]

I am not a good person to ask if you want to stream line, but this is what I do:

 

Binders:

1) History. Story of the World activity pages divided by chapter with purchased dividers.

 

2) Latin (We use Lively Latin and have it divided the way the program suggests)

 

3) Math Sheets (all our Singapore math sheets like CWP and MM) plus extras)

 

4) Spelling (and Grammar). This is the "Log" book recommended by SWR.

 

5) Canadian History

 

6) Art and Music Notebooking pages

 

In Duotangs:

Completed Stories from Classical Writing.

plus three bound notebooks as they recommend in the Homer programme.

 

I'm glad I only have two kids!

[SilverMoon]

We use the binders, though perhaps not exactly as it's laid out in TWTM. It's been too long since I read that section!

 

My older two have three binders each. The main one is a really fat one with lots of subject dividers in it. The other two are for science and their book of the centuries. My kindy boy has one binder with three dividers: language arts, math, and everything else.

 

*I* have one binder with a divider for each child, history and science. Pages that need copied or printed for the week, future projects, etc., all get put in there. The other binder I see on that shelf has the history chapters in it (printed from an ebook).

 

Every fall or whenever we get around to deciding their new grades have started we get new big binders. The science one runs until we start a new book, and I hope the Book of the Centuries lasts them for many years.

 

I love the binder method to keep track of everything. It's working very well for us.

Edited April 21, 2023 by SilverMoon

[TengoFive]

My kids each have 1 binder for history, writing, language, and science. I put their stuff in those weekly. During the week they each have a folder, which I load once a week with those subjects. When those binders are full, I'll separate the subjects out into permanent binders.

Then I have all of the SOTW student pages x3 in one binder before we use them. I have one binder with both Writing With Ease student pages and one binder with all the Story of the World activity guides minus the student pages. It sounds like a lot of binders, but it keeps it all together and I only have to handle papers weekly.

[Melissa in Australia]

my children have binders for history/ science. they use the same binder for 2 years. then it is full.

they do all their other work in exercise books. one for math, one for grammar, one for spelling,etc.