by Jimmie Lanley on October 24, 2012
The blog post 50 Things to Put in a Notebook continues to be one of the most popular how to posts here at The Notebooking Fairy. This series offers specific examples of those fifty different things. Fifty Things to Put into a Notebook: Quotations Quotations are fantastic for a notebook because although they are normally short, they hold [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on October 11, 2012
You may know that for our history studies, we take a living books approach, reading quality literature instead of using a textbook. Since early this year, we have been using Heritage History digital eBooks as our history curriculum, first on a Kindle for Ancient Rome, and now on an iPad for the Middle Ages. Besides the foundation [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on October 9, 2012
Every homeschool mom knows the power of the Internet to provide instant, free teaching resources. But those resources are only valuable if you can locate them. The Internet is huge, and finding what you need can be a challenge at times, especially if what you want is a bit obscure or very specific. Today’s notebooking [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on September 12, 2012
Welcome back to the 50 Things to Put in a Notebook Series, based on my popular blog post of the same name. Notebooking is versatile and flexible, so don’t ever feel locked into a certain structure for your homeschool notebooks. Have you ever considered using poems in your notebooks? Fifty Things to Put into a [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on August 7, 2012
As an information collector, I love Pinterest. The idea of storing images in tidy categories appeals to me greatly. Of course, I have my own notebooking board with over 1600 followers. But I often come across other notebooking boards to follow. I thought those of you who love Pinterest like me may want to follow [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on August 2, 2012
Do you use notebooking for your nature studies? Most people tend to call nature notebooks nature journals. The idea is the same: you record what you observed on your outdoor excursions or nature walks. If you’ve ever been intimidated by nature journals, you need to read my guest post at The Homeschool Scientist titled The Minimalist Guide to [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on July 25, 2012
The blog post 50 Things to Put in a Notebook continues to be one of the most popular how to posts here at The Notebooking Fairy. This blog series brings that post into full detail, showing you specific examples of those fifty different things. Fifty Things to Put into a Notebook: #11 Papercrafts Over the years, we [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on July 23, 2012
When I shared a guest post over at Mary’s blog about Getting Started with Notebooking, Corrie asked a great question: Could you go into more detail about notebooking with little kids? Sure! Let’s talk about notebooking for the elementary age. In the photo above, Emma was 6 years old and in 2nd grade. Taking notes [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on July 3, 2012
The Notebooking Fairy is joining in the fun of iHomeschool Network’s 10 in 10 blog hop. Today’s topic is top 10 pieces of advice. At the bottom of the post is information about how you can participate in the link up. Here are my 10 words of advice that I would give to a homeschooler who is considering notebooking. 1. [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on June 26, 2012
The Notebooking Fairy is joining in the fun of iHomeschool Network’s 10 in 10 blog hop. Today’s topic is top 10 questions people ask. At the bottom of the post is information about how you can participate in the link up. 1. What is notebooking? What a great question! I define notebooking this way. to notebook: (verb) to put written [...]