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I appear to be quite organized as far as offering notebooking pages for my high school age son. Do not be deceived! I many times am operating just ahead of my son when it comes to printing and filing his notebook pages in his assignment binder.
Oh I have all the tables of contents printed (just like a suggest in my organizing posts) but I don't always take time to print the needed pages ahead of time. My little secret: This is what has led to a better notebooking experience. Shhh..don't tell my son but it is because he does a much better job at choosing pages than I do.
He will come to me and ask where his pages are for his history study for the week and because I didn't get around to printing them I ask him to check the list of pages available and pick a few on his own. He's done the reading so he has an idea of what he wants to write about so picking them is easy. Or if he sees a topic listed that he is intrigued by he will print those off and do a little research.
So for once, my procrastination actually works in my favor. I do have a stash of generic pages printed that he can grab and go with if he wants to start from scratch but many times he is much more passionate about researching a topic that sparks an interest that is related to his reading for the week.
High school is a glorious time to be a procrastinator.
Now, if I had been able to read Jimmie's new ebook, Notebooking Success when I first started using notebooking pages as a regular part of our homeschooling week...maybe I would have been a much smarter notebooking mom, certainly a much more confident notebooking mom.
So, do you know what the word realia means? You will after you read Jimmie's ebook.
Seriously, this is a great resource for all notebooking families to define or refine your notebooking style. It is full of practical tips for beginners as well as experienced notebookers. You will use this as a reference and as a great tool to remind you of all the possibilities for notebooks for any homeschool style.She also has a bunch of free bonus items that come with your purchase so click over and read about those too.
I am happy to recommend this ebook with a whole-hearted thumbs up and I get to give a copy away to one of my readers! Check the Rafflecopter gadget in this entry (you may need to click to the blog if you are reading in a reader or by email) for the details of this giveaway. Ready set....go enter! I will be picking a winner on Sunday, January 29, 2012 and I will announce the winner on Monday, January 30, 2012.
If you want to purchase your copy right now, click over and do so and if you end up winning my giveaway, Jimmie will refund your money! It is reasonably priced right now at $5.50 and you also get some wonderful freebies, including some bonus notebooking pages.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Just so you know: I did receive a free copy of this ebook to review for Jimmie but as always, I only give my honest opinion and in this case I will be using the information in my own homeschool planning. I also receive a small affiliate commission when you purchase the ebook by clicking the links in my blog post.
15 comments:
This looks very helpful!
This is my first blog giveaway entry! How exciting! We LOVE notebooking!!! :-)
I would love the ebook!
I would love to add notebooking, but can't seem to get myself organized in that area. This ebook looks like it would be a great help.
We seem to be moving to more notebooking with my youngest. Souns like Jimmie's book would give me some great new ideas.
I'm doing more notebooking with my youngest. It really seems to suit her. Sounds like Jimmie's book would give me some great new ideas for getting the most out of it.
I love notebooking and lapbooking. I also love giveaways and you are just full of them today. Like this too.
Congratulations on a great way to encourage students to take better notes!
We have been faithful with notebooking pages more so during January, and now the habit has set in. I too have found that allowing the boys freedom of choice of starting page really helps them get their thoughts down in print. I so enjoy hearing of your notebooking adventures! I already purchased the E-book - Good luck to the contestants!
We rarely notebook, but I think it would be a good fit now that my son is older and starting to write more. Would like to read this ebook and learn more! Thank you for the chance to win.
Not entering, but I wanted to say that I bought Jimmie's book and even as a fairly seasoned (I thought) notebooker and reader of her blogs, I found it helpful and there was info I didn't have previously. Definitely worth the money!
Barb, I am going to copy your idea of having spare pages lying around - why did I never do this? I always end up running for the printer and it delays everything while I print them!
I would love to read this book. I have been homeschooling for quite a long time, but really I have never figured out "notebooking". Maybe with my next round of kids I can do better!
I've read a lot on notebooking, but am still having trouble getting it to work with my 9yo son. He likes to draw and create when it is his idea, but when it is assigned, he can't think of anything or he tries to get away with very sloppy work or the absolute minimum. Any ideas for motivation?
I see in the picture you have a notebooking page for the primaries. What resource is that from? We are doing Government right now and it would be perfect for us.
The link I had for the election notebook pages is no longer valid. I found this site that may have some that you could use:
http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/PresElec.html
Wish I could be more help.
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