I remember when my daughter was just a toddler that she could already identify some literary elements such as character. She knew who the “bad guy” was even at age three. Now that she’s in middle school, we are leaving behind oversimplified terms like “bad guy” or even “villain” to talk about protagonists and antagonists. [...]
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A blog reader and online friend Amy Uptain sent me a request for a notebooking page by email. She said I have a suggestion for a notebooking page. My 2nd grader read Mary Poppins, and instead of having her do a more traditional book report, I had her contrast the book with the movie. I actually just had [...]
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Today’s free printable notebooking pages are based on a request from a reader. Thanks, Rebecca for the great idea! In this series, I have quite a few different people suitable for notebooking, but I didn’t have a scientist. Here are your scientist notebooking pages. These are generic enough to be used for any kind of [...]
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Research shows that students who do prewriting exercises write better essays. While many children can make their own mind maps and outlines on blank paper, other students find the framework of a graphic organizer helpful. I created three different layouts for prewriting an essay. Each one assumes the standard structure of three main ideas (three [...]
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If you keep a nature journal or do any birding with your children, these blue jay pages should come in handy. There are two basic layouts of blue jay pages in three different line styles for all ages of students. Enjoy birding! If you do use these free printables from The Notebooking Fairy in your [...]
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When spring comes, I want to take lots of outdoor field trips just to enjoy the pleasant temperatures. Top on the list of educational excursions is the zoo! When you come home from your field trip, give your children these free printable zoo notebooking pages. They can write and draw about what they saw and [...]
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I recently bought tickets to a performance of The Tempest by the Tennessee Shakespeare Company and realized that some theater notebooking pages would be great for after the field trip. Although we are going to see a play, these pages could work for any kind of performance in a theater – plays, ballet, opera, or other shows. Included [...]
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For artist study this term, we are studying Georgia O’Keeffe, the American painter. (You can read more at Jimmie’s Collage tomorrow.) In reading about O’Keeffe in The Annotated Mona Lisa, we came across a wonderful quotation that explains why the artist painted close-up images of flowers. “Nobody has seen a flower — really — it [...]
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