It’s that time of year. The time when many homeschool moms are rushing around trying to get all their ducks or.. books in a row. Suddenly they relize they need to also get their recordkeeping plans set… I like the ease of a paper record keeper, but LOVE the professionalism of an online record keeper. Lessontrek is a new online lesson planner.
I am still in the process of setting up our school in Lessontrek. In fact we won’t officially start our book work school year for another couple of months. At this time we are doing a very lifestyle of learning type of school based around our farm life. Lessontrek allows me to customize each entry of our Lifestyle of Learning lesson or project with just a little typing and a few clicks. Making it simple to keep track of all the accomplishments outside the textbooks!!
Lessontrek features (directly from Lessontrek’s home page)
- Lesson tracker
- Grade recording
- Drag and drop lessons to another weekday
- Copy/paste lessons across weeks
- Copy/paste an entire week of lessons
- Print weekly lesson plans
- Secure information storage
- Customer support
- Ongoing improvements based on your feedback
- … and more
Features in the works
- Gradebook
- Shared subjects across students
- Attendance tracking
- Transcripts
Browser Requirements
- Chrome
- Safari
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer 10+
Below are some screen shots as I set it up. Most everything is fairly easy. A click here and a bit of typing, and then be sure to hit done/save. Otherwise you get to start over. Ask me how I know. lol
Using Lessontrek
Setting up the new school year in Lessontrek
Setting up the new year, just a few clicks. It is all step by step, making it simple and fast.
Adding new students to Lessontrek
Adding new students to your Lessontrek planner couldn’t be much easier. Over the last few years, I have had to add a new student as another child ages into our homeschool lessons.
Creating a New Subject in Lessontrek
Creating a new subject in LessonTrek is quite easy. It is all step by step. I have added in a subject of Lifestyle of Learning here. In the next screen shot you can see a little better how to easily customize daily tasks that have taken place as we do Lifestyle of Learning on our farm.
Setting up an assignment and adding grades in Lessontrek
Setting up an assignment and adding grades in Lessontrek is done in the same screen. So, if you just happen to add lessons as they happen, you can do it all at once. That’s how I do things!! Here is where you can see the ease of customizing the things your child has learned through life skills and such. (Lifestyle of Learning)
Printing with Lessontrek
You can print each week’s lesson easily with just a click or two of the mouse. I am still trying to figure out how to get the grades printed after I enter them. I only had a few minutes to mess with that before baby needed my attention. With a new baby in our home, I need something super user friendly, and so farm Lessontrek seems to fit that bill!!
I suspect that the printable grade record is coming soon, as it is listed on their website as in the works. Maybe that is why I couldn’t figure that out in the few minutes I played with it. 
With this being a cloud or online based software or app, you can use it from your tablet, laptop, desktop computer, iPad, and smartphone. This makes it easily portable and always up to date as long as you remember to click SAVE/Done when you enter new information. As more and more homeschools become more on the go, being mobile is a huge benefit for moms as they try to keep up with the busyness of today’s active homeschools.
I have enjoyed learning and playing with Lessontrek as I set up our homeschool. The ease and customization in Lessontrek makes this one of the best online lesson planning software I have tried.
Lessontrek Pricing
Lessontrek is $6 per month or $60 for a full year to access this app from any device you can get on the internet with!!! You will always have your homeschool plans and lessons at your fingertips!!
Be sure to follow Lessontrek on Facebook to learn about new updates as they happen. Be sure to sign up for a FREE 14 day trial of Lessontrek to see if this app is a good fit for your homeschool!!
Lessontrek Discount 50% Off Discount
Lessontrek would like to offer ALL of my readers 50% off a 1 year subscriptions. This will make your program very affordable for even tight budgets. Families can get a full year access to Lessontrek for just $30. You need to click the $60 yearly and enter the code 2IOL50 in the Payment Info section. Your credit card will be charged $30 for a full year and then renew for $60 each year thereafter.
I received a year of Lessontrek in return for my honest review. I have not received any other compensation.
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