Keep a Reading Log
Track books by title, author, and genre as your child finishes them, for your own records and for the states that expect one.
A handful of states, Pennsylvania among them, expect a dated reading log as part of a homeschool portfolio: what your child read, when they finished it, and enough detail (author, genre) to show real breadth rather than one book read a dozen times. Homeschool Owl's reading log is built for exactly that, one entry per book, sorted by finish date, ready to hand to an evaluator if your state ever asks.
Even in states that don't require it, a reading log tends to be one of the more satisfying records to look back on: it's a visible, dated trail of what your child actually engaged with over a year, in a way a subject-time log alone doesn't capture.
Every page in the app tells you plainly whether a given feature is actually required in your state or just useful to keep anyway, based on your child's real state data rather than a generic assumption, so you're never guessing whether this one applies to you.
- One entry per book: title, author, genre, and date finished
- Built for the states (like PA) that expect a dated reading log in your portfolio
- A page-level callout tells you whether it's actually required in your state