How do you keep records without it consuming your evenings?

One-line diary: date, what we did, how long. Plain text on my phone. Three minutes per day covers everything.

Weekly photo review. Five photos from the week with three-sentence captions. Visual portfolio, minimal effort.

Children keep their own learning log from age 8. One sentence per subject per day, written by them.

Shared Google Doc - one row per day. Date, subject, resource, child's response. Five minutes at end of day. No Sunday planning.