This is your final Friday project! This is one your child is sure to enjoy helping with, but is often just as much, if not more, for the mom than the child. Let’s create a portfolio of your child’s growth and experiences throughout this course. This could be purely a keepsake, or it could be a working portfolio to showcase your child’s work for potential kindergartens.
Decide whether you would like to create a digital portfolio, a physical portfolio, or both.
Decide how you would like to organize your child’s work. You could do this by subject area, chronologically, or in some other format.
If you do not want to keep large posters or 3D art like Play-Doh sculptures for the long term, you can photograph those and store or dispose of them.
Make notes or photo captions with the dates of different activities and something special you remember from your time shared: something funny your child said, an “ah-ha!” moment where they learned something new, a moment your child exhibited growth or mastery of a new skill.
Ask your child to help with this part by looking at the photos and examples of their work and telling you:
Add notes and captions with their responses.
Aim to show the breadth of what your child has learned throughout this course (the variety of different skills, knowledge, and subject matter they have tackled) as well as the depth (how they have practiced, progressed, and mastered new material).
Include photos and notes about moments when they have faced challenges and show how they have persevered and, hopefully, overcome. Include examples of skills and knowledge that your child is still in the process of learning and mastering.
You might also include a copy of your child’s Certificate of Completion (Instructions on how to get it on next week's video). Anytime you want a reminder of what a brilliant child you have and what a capable mother you are, look through your portfolio together!