Tickler files have slots, envelopes, or pockets numbered sequentially from one to thirty-one followed by twelve labeled for each month of the year.
Material is filed by date due.
Material due in the current month gets filed by date due in the one to thirty-one section. Material due in upcoming months is filed by month. This system allows your child to work through upcoming projects in a sequential way. It puts the due date and the material necessary to complete the assignment together in one place. A review of the file cues your child to upcoming work, and allows her to take a visual scan of upcoming projects.