I have been reading a lot about notebooking. I believe it is what ever you want it to be. Notebooking is a great way to keep track of what you are learning without it feeling too much like work. You and your child can pick what you want it to be.
- To get started you will need a few basic things:
- Binder-the kind with a clear pocket front will let you make your own cover page
- Paper-there are lot of kinds out there use what you like best any paper can be used. A great idea is to use tracing paper to copy maps or others things hard to copy by site
- Scissors- decorative and straight edged
- Page protectors or three hole punch-you need a way to put all the pages you make into your notebook
- Something to write with-crayons, makers, color pencil, pens (any kind gel, ball point etc..), oil pastels, and whatever else you think may get you child to want to write/draw in the notebook
- Glue/tape- whatever you want to add the stuff to your pages
- To add some flair:
- old magazines/newspapers-use picture and/or articles
- clip art
- stickers
- stamps
- fabric
- ribbon
- buttons
- stencils
- hole punches-they have many driftnets shapes and sizes
- pictures-of trips and/or projects
- pressed flowers
- quotes
- bible verse-those which match what you are notebooking
- booklets-about the topic and/or from where you went
- Things to notebook:
- Field trips
- Writing-copy work, essays, short stories, etc.
- Work book pages
- Timeline
- Poems
- Songs
- Alphabet-for the little ones
- The world of learning is your limit. No matter what you are learning I am sure you can find a way to notebook it.
Keep coming back to see how notebooking works for me this summer. I will be caring for a 12 year-old and 9 year-old who are coming to stay with me. I will also have my Girlygirl as well as the two girls I nanny Five and Big Sis. I am look forward to it. I hope to have time to blog it all.
