Scholaric Technology in the Homeschool

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Scholaric Homeschool Planning software has helped me save time in our lesson planning and record keeping.

Homeschool Planning Software is widely available in the homeschool market. However, is it all created equal? This year has been a year of trial and error with moving our homeschool plans or records to the computer. There are several reasons that I wanted to do this.

Why Use Online Software for Lesson Planning and Record Keeping?

We will be moving in the next year or two, and a computer is easier to move and less cumbersome then several record books.

Less Paper Clutter
More Professional Looking
Easier to Make Changes
My children follow a more professional looking plan better than a hand written.
Using an online record keeping program, means even if my computer crashes, our records are safe.

Why I have chosen Scholaric?

I have tried three different online planning products. Scholaric is the one that is easy as One, Two Three. It doesn’t have a ton of bells and whistles, but it is straight forward. It is quick to set up, and quick to enter plans, grades and such. You are able to add notes and such too. With the others I have tried, I would spend hours and hours to set it up, plan lessons, and then enter grades. I fell behind within the first week and would give up. Scholaric has helped me to stay on top of our recordkeeping and lesson plans.

I love this software because it is so quick and easy to use. I do wish, a little, I was able to customize reports that I print. However, for $1/student/month with a maximum charge of $5 per month for a family, I can handle not being able to customize everything on the printable reports, as I would normally do. I might be a little OCD when it comes to customization and maybe Scholaric is my therapy? The longer I use Scholaric, the better I like not having all the customization options, as I spend tons less time fiddling.

I set up our chores under our lesson plans for an extended time period, I won’t have to set them up each week. It was easy to customize the timing of them, with just a few short clicks. Now when I set up lesson plans chores are already done for each week, when I print their lessons and chores will be on the same page…NO EXCUSES for not knowing what they should get done each day.

Easy to Use

Scholaric is so easy to use, I was able to teach my ten year old to enter lessons and grades when I fell behind, while not feeling well. That made it super easy for me to get caught up in at least one area. The other online planning programs, were way to complicated to even try teaching her to enter things in for me.

At this time, I am not keeping track of hours. When I start in with next year, I will add that in.

Scholaric is not advertiser funded. Why? Because they want to meet their customer needs with out worrying about what an advertiser wants from them. Why is that important? No conflict of interest. The customer come first, and really no one comes second, so all focus is on improving for the customer’s needs and wants.

Sixty Day Free Trial to Scholaric

I highly recommend that you try Scholaric, and right now, if you sign up, using any of the Scholaric links in this post, you will get a FREE 60 trial, verses the normal fifteen day trial.

If you have any questions as you set up and begin using Scholaric, I would be more than happy to discuss them in the comments, and I know Jeff, the developer of Scholaric is always willing to answer questions.

Both Amy, from Raising Arrows and I use Scholaric in our homeschools, we along with Sara from Sidetracked Sarah will be speaking at the Midwest Parent Educators Conference on a Panel discussing using technology in our homeschools. We would love to talk more with you if you will be there.

Disclosure: This is not a paid review, not have I been compensated or given this item for review purposes. I love this program enough, and know enough homeschoool moms who are looking for a program that I wanted to give my honest opinion to them.