Read part one of this article here.

Use this checklist, or make your own, to see what went right and what went wrong this year so that you can adjust for next year. This needs to be done now, while things are fresh in your mind!

You might want to discuss these items as a family and/or do a private interview with each member to get a complete picture.

Be sure to include your husband and each child for their individual perspectives. You will need to adapt the questions for each one (e.g., Dad: Do you know what our children learned this year? What would you have liked them to learn that they did not learn?).

Please do not let this evaluation discourage you! Rejoice and thank the Lord for what went well, and learn from weak areas so that you do even better next year.

1. General

• What did you like best about our home school this year?

• What did you like least about our home school this year?

• What did you learn?

• What would you have liked to learn that you did not?  

2. Academics

• Were basic foundational skills of reading, language, and math improved, mastered, reviewed, and practiced enough?

• Were specific facts connected to the big picture of overall knowledge through the use of a globe, maps, timelines, charts, and related information?

• Did we use a variety of teaching methods and materials, (e.g., textbooks, workbooks, unit studies, hands-on activities, computer software, library or supervised Internet research, field trips, oral and written reports)?