by Jimmie Lanley on May 7, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on April 30, 2012
Studying the Byzantine Empire? If so, you will probably include the most famous of the emperors of Byzantium — Justinian the Great. This fascinating person is the focus of a notebooking page in three line styles for all age ranges. Also included in the set are two layouts dealing with the Hagia Sophia, or St. Sophia, the [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on April 20, 2012
I received a special request for a notebooking page about an ancestor. What a great idea. This page is perfect for genealogy or expanding on a family tree. It could also be a nice way to honor your great-great-grandparents on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. The pages include room for a picture of the ancestor, a box for [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on April 13, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on April 9, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on April 2, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on March 26, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on March 14, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on February 27, 2012
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 [...]
by Jimmie Lanley on February 24, 2012
In looking for a printable reading log online, I was rather discouraged to find very few attractive options that would work for a middle schooler. There are some cutesy ones well suited for elementary aged readers, but a twelve year old doesn’t want a silly dinosaur on her reading log. So I created my own reading logs [...]