Today’s question and answer post is based on a question from a reader. She asks which subjects notebooking is most beneficial for. That’s a great question because it means that mom is thinking strategically about how notebooking is going to help her homeschooled child learn. Learning is the purpose for notebooking. If you find that [...]
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Today’s post is inspired by a comment on my lens Science Notebooking: Q: Question Hi, I just came across your site and LOVE it! I have been doing notebooks for years and I appreciate your freebies and ideas! My problem right now is this…I love to use a 3 ring binder but the darn pages rip and [...]
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Today’s Q & A post offers something totally new — a video! Yes, the Notebooking Fairy is now vlogging. (The basic information, in text format, is below for those of you who prefer to read rather than watch.) Q: When using notebooking, how many binders should each child have? Do you combine all the year’s [...]
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Nicole of Life is Bunt sent me an email with a great topic to discuss here at The Notebooking Fairy. Thanks, Nicole! Q: How do you use notebooking in math? I am living in Belgium and I am homeschooling my 3rd grader. I just read your ebook Notebooking Success and want to thank you. It’s [...]
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This post is inspired by a few things I have seen online about lapbooks and notebooks. One is this discussion at Homeschool Share forum about what age to stop making lapbooks. Another is comments at Valerie’s review of Notebooking Success eBook . One reader asked how lapbooking and notebooking were different. Another reader asked about [...]
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I received an email from Melissa that reflects a common concern for notebookers. Q: Question I just started incorporating notebooking into our homeschool right before our Christmas break. When I read what my children (ages 14, 11, 9, & 7) write, I often encounter spelling and grammar errors. On a writing assignment, I would correct those, [...]
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Tanya asked a fantastic question in a blog comment that I decided to answer as a blog post. Q: Question “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 [...]
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Q: What Curriculums include notebooking? A: There are several: Winter Promise, Mystery of History, Beautiful Feet, Heart of Dakota, My Father’s World, Truthquest and Time Travelers. Notebooking is a fairly common instructional method, and it’s becoming more and more popular. As evidence, see this list of curriculums (curricula) that have notebooking integrated into the plans. Mystery of [...]
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I saw an interesting dialogue about Charlotte Mason and notebooking over at Simply Charlotte Mason forum that I’d like to talk about here at The Notebooking Fairy. Many curricula make claims to fitting the CM style since they incorporate notebooking. But does simply having notebook pages make a curricula a CM one? No, it doesn’t. [...]
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Q: What if my child dislikes both writing and drawing? A: Let your child create digital notebooking pages. Does your computer have a publishing or word processing software such as Publisher or Word? Most children love using the computer to do their work. Below is an example of a notebooking page my daughter created when [...]
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