Homeschool record keeping app
Homeschool portfolios & transcripts, built as you go.
Keep attendance, courses, grades, reading, activities, and work samples in one connected place—then turn them into portfolios, transcripts, and reports without rebuilding the story of your year.
14 days free. No credit card. No automatic charge.
Then $9.99/month or $79/year for your whole family. See family pricing.
Student documents · 2026–2027
The Ingalls Homeschool
See the result
One small entry. More than one useful result.
Laura’s leaf study becomes a portfolio work sample; her saved attendance, grades, books, and activity come together in an April packet.
- Save learning where it belongs during the year.
- Select meaningful work for a portfolio.
- Choose the document and sections you need when it’s time to share.
Fictional Ingalls family data. Actual PDF generated by Commonplace.
Keep the work you’ve already done
Your spreadsheets can come with you.
Bring reading lists, attendance, or past courses from Excel or CSV. Match your columns, review the preview, and fix anything that needs attention before you save.
Start with one list. You can bring the rest over later.
See how spreadsheet imports work ↗The whole year, not another pile
Keep the details you use now and have portfolios and transcripts ready later.
Commonplace brings the practical parts of homeschool record keeping together. Use only what serves your family, then add detail when a portfolio, transcript, report, or local requirement calls for it.
Attendance
Track school days, hours, absence types, notes, and annual progress for each student.
Courses & grades
Organize courses, assignments, scores, grading methods, curriculum, and completed work.
Reading & activities
Record individual books, family read-alouds, field trips, enrichment, and learning beyond a textbook.
Portfolios
Capture the ordinary learning day with notes, photos, work samples, and portfolio-worthy moments.
Transcripts
Carry courses, grades, credits, and GPA into a polished cumulative academic record.
Reports
Turn the information already recorded into useful summaries, printable reports, and year-end packets.
Portfolios and transcripts without the year-end scramble
The information you enter once can do more later.
Build portfolios, transcripts, attendance records, progress and grade reports, reading lists, course-of-study summaries, activity logs, and consolidated record packets from the same connected workspace.
Fictional family data shown. Portfolios, transcripts, and reports draw from details kept throughout the year.
A little at a time, throughout the year
From an ordinary school day to a finished portfolio or transcript.
The goal is not to document everything. It is to keep the right details close enough that portfolios and transcripts grow naturally from the work.
Keep the little things
Mark attendance and add completed work, assignments, reading, activities, or notes as they happen.
Keep the context
Connect the work to the right student, subject, course, date, and supporting file instead of scattering it.
Create what you need
Build a portfolio or transcript, print a focused report, or assemble a fuller packet without re-entering the same information.
Structured where it helps
A system for real homeschool years.
Some families need formal grades and detailed hours. Others need a simple attendance record, a reading list, and a place for work samples. Commonplace lets those approaches live in the same calm workspace.
Start with today
Set up your students and current school year, then begin with what you need today. You do not need to recreate earlier years.
Add detail when it earns its place
Optional notes, hours, files, portfolio markers, and grading details stay available without becoming mandatory.
Keep the years connected
Each school year stays organized around your family, students, courses, and dates—from whenever you begin through graduation.
Common questions
Homeschool record keeping, in plain language.
What homeschool records can I keep in Commonplace?
You can keep attendance, courses, assignments, grades, reading, activities, journal entries, work samples, and documents—then use that information to create portfolios, transcripts, and reports.
Do I have to use every record-keeping feature?
No. Commonplace is modular. You can use a simple set of tools now and add more only when your family or reporting needs change.
Can I keep records for multiple children and school years?
Yes. Commonplace is organized for a homeschool family, with each year connected to the right students and records. Start with your current year and keep adding new years through graduation.
Do I need to add our earlier school years?
No. Start with today. You can add earlier books, grades, and work if they are useful, but there is no need to go back and rebuild your family’s homeschool history.
Can I bring records from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Commonplace can help match and add reading lists, attendance, and completed-course history from an Excel or CSV file. You review everything before anything is added.
Can I print or export homeschool records?
Yes. You can print portfolios, transcripts, reports, and record packets, and export the underlying information and files too.
Does Commonplace provide lessons or curriculum?
No. You choose what and how you teach. Commonplace keeps the details and family organization around that learning without supplying lesson plans or curriculum.
Will Commonplace tell me which records my state requires?
No. Homeschool requirements vary by location and can change. Commonplace helps you organize records, but it does not provide legal advice or determine compliance for your family.
Can I include work samples and supporting files?
Yes. You can add attachments and portfolio context where they are useful, keeping photos, files, and notes beside the work or activity they help explain.
A practical note: Check the current rules for your own state, province, or country. Commonplace gives you flexible tools for keeping records; your local authority determines what is required.
Keep the year while you are living it.
Bring the work and context of your homeschool into one place—and have portfolios and transcripts ready when you need them.
Start your free 14-day trial14 days free. No credit card. No automatic charge.
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