Notebooking is so much more than lined pages with a graphic. Here are fifty things — besides lined notebooking pages — that you can put into a notebook.
Add some variety to your homeschool notebooks with these options.
- postcards
- maps
- coins & currency
- postage stamps
- paperdolls
- word puzzles
- jigsaw puzzles
- flashcards
- boardgames
- exploding minibook
- photographs (from field trips or of hands-on projects)
- brochures & pamphlets
- flattened papercrafts
- biographical sketches
- creative writing
- collages
- movie reviews
- field trip reports
- art analysis
- music listening guide
- posters
- articles from magazines or newspapers
- poems
- hymns
- matchbook minibooks
- songs
- research
- copywork
- illustrations
- drawings
- wheel book
- stickers
- timeline figures
- scrapbooking embellishments
- pictures printed from the Internet
- summaries
- outlines
- paragraphs and essays
- Venn diagrams
- graphs
- mind maps
- timelines
- numberlines
- paper math manipulatives
- quotations
- vocabulary words & definitions
- coloring pages
- worksheets
- handwriting practice
- flag books
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Great list! Shared it.
Woo hoo! Thanks for helping me to promote this new blog, Maureen.
Excellent, Jimmie!
Thank you so very much, Sandy. It means a lot to get positive feedback on my new project.
I can’t wait to share this on the Stone Soup FB fan page!
Thank you!
Oh, thanks, Robin! That would be fantastic!
What a fantastic list and amazing new blog. I love that you so freely share you knowledge, advice and ideals. Thanks for sharing.
Yvonne, thank you so much for your kind encouragement!
Great ideas! I’ll be back for more. Thanks!!
Thanks for sharing! I am planning to do more notebooking with my kids this year, and these resources will come in handy.
By the way, I love your blog design!
This is wonderful! We needed a shot of fresh creativity around here for our notebooks.
Great ideas – thanks!
I do have a quick question though: about how much time do you devote to notebooking (especially if you’re starting out with almost 11, 9 and 6 year olds)? It can take us the better part of a school day, and that seems too long.
Thanks for sharing all of your ideas with us!
Tanya, in my ebook, I give suggestions for number of pages to create each week. The time spent would vary too greatly to make any estimates. Some children may do text only notebooking pages. Other children may draw full color, detailed pictures. I personally advise looking at number of notebooking assignments instead of minutes spent.
Our son has autism and reading delay or some may call it dyslexia. We’ve done some lapbooking, sometimes even with success. I’ve been putting off trying notebooking until he’s older. Do you think it is possible for him and children like him to do notebooking or is it something for older children who are more proficient in reading and writing?
Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas! I thought also:
business cards
foreign words + translations
calligraphy
Rorshact blots
comic strips
product packaging
Great ideas! I loved the flag book, too, but I’m wondering–what information would you put into a flag book? Is there a page with ideas for how to use it? Thx!