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tips for organizing and implementing notebooking in your homeschool
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Notebooking as the Lesson
Generally I consider notebooking a method of narration, something that is done at the close of a lesson to restate and reinforce what was learned. But sometimes notebooking can be the lesson itself. An example comes from my daughter’s science lessons. As part of her anatomy studies, she sometimes works on a page from the Kaplan […]
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Respecting Copyright in Your Notebooking Pages Part 2: Images and Graphics
We homeschool moms want to offer our children the best possible educational resources at the most economical price. But we never want to sacrifice ethical behavior. When we are making printables for our children, what are the rules about use of images, clipart, and graphics? Generally, if you are making something for your children to […]
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Respecting Copyright in Your Notebooking Pages Part 1: Derivative Works
Bright Ideas Press recently requested that a blogging mom remove her free notebooking pages because the company felt that they infringed on their copyright of the Mystery of History curriculum. This is an important issue for homeschooling moms. We love to supplement our curriculum with homemade materials — notebooking pages, minibook templates, worksheets, etc. Furthermore, we […]
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Notebooking With Creative Interviews
Notebooking doesn’t always have to be strict narration. Creative approaches, such as an interview, give variety to your repertoire. A great example is the interview my daughter created after a short living math lesson. We are wrapping up Unit 2 of LivingMath.net lessons in which we learned about the googol, a huge number consisting of a […]
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