Comments on: How to measure progress when it feels like you’re not making any https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: John Marc Ramirez https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-577021 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-577021 I agree with what you have said that teachers know best, and teachers see the strengths and weaknesses of his or her students. I learned so much from this on how to measure the progress of a student. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

]]> By: Shawna Wingert https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576455 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576455 In reply to June.

Thanks June! Writing it all down at the end of the day makes such a difference, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Shawna Wingert https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576454 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576454 In reply to NZHomeMum.

Oh my goodness, it’s like you are in my home. The working memory stuff can be so discouraging (for our kids too – my son will always choose YouTube too – it’s less discouraging). I don’t have a magic formula, but I can say that you are not alone and your son is not the only one. I think the fact that you are with him in all of this means more than any “f” or “th” ever will.

]]> By: June https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576372 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576372 Yes especially to the last point! We are super relaxed homeschoolers. We do most subjects through reading aloud (Life of Fred, Story of the World, Bible, Read-Alouds), so sometimes I don’t always feel like we’ve done enough. But when I step back and write down everything the kids told me today that they had learned or that they knew (and I didn’t even know they knew!), some new revelation they had (today, my son told me “did you know mom that the word CAKE has a quiet ‘e’ at the end?”), I remember all over again that they are always learning. Great advice!

]]> By: NZHomeMum https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576188 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576188 I can so relate. My 13 yr old is crying at the stress of writing down three sentences (copywork). Sometimes I just want to give up. His memory can’t hold the spelling of a four-letter word for more than 10 seconds. He has learned “th” so many times yet still tries to spell thing and think and with using “f”. All he wants to do all day is watch YouTube junk cartoons. And play online. ????
I write down each topic covered as we go through the day, and try checking on Fridays if any of it is remembered… often it is not. I have to try and dtay positive and see the progress where it does happen, but often feel like such a failure.

]]> By: Shawna Wingert https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576146 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576146 In reply to Sunshine.

I am so glad, Sunshine. Thank you for your kind words.

]]> By: Shawna Wingert https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576145 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576145 In reply to Jen.

Jen – writing it all down has seriously saved my sanity!

]]> By: Sunshine https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576122 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576122 This post…it means so much to me. I am in the same boat and it is easy to get discouraged. Thank you for writing this.

]]> By: Jen https://simplehomeschool.net/measure-progress/#comment-576118 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=55042#comment-576118 Thank you for this! I love the part about writing down what you’ve covered at the end of the day.

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