Notebooking

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  • March 18, 2014 at 11:04 pm
    andream
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    I recently stumbled onto notebookingpages.com which has a good explanation about what notebooking is and how to do it. I am wondering if any of you do this and how you feel it fits in with CM philosophy. My 8 almost 9 year old is in the oral narration stage and I guess we are getting closer to the written narration stage. Wondering if this might be a good direction to go. I think I might have too much “busy work” going on right now and that is taking time away from the simplicity of reading and narrating. Thoughts anyone?

    March 18, 2014 at 11:57 pm
    sheraz
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    I have to have a portfolio every year and I like the continuity of the pages for that – size, design, etc.  

    We use the pages – not as much as I originally thought –  but I really like them for our history. As I plan our year of history, she has pages for all the major events that I want cover, plus pages for famous people like inventors, scientists, musicians, poets/writers, etc. I like those pages because I can choose what I want, the notebooks look great, and the kids like the designs and those occassionally help spark some writing ideas.

    I had intended to use them for dictation and everything else she has, but the printing started getting overwhelming to me. Our copywork and dictation have moved to a composition notebook. I also had a “busy work” feeling after a while, so backed off and we just use them as I mentioned for our history. That is why I don’t use them as much as I thought I would.

    You have to put a written narration on something, don’t you?? 😉 Since we are using them strictly for written narrations and exams, I feel that they can dovetail nicely with CM methods (if not taken too far and you are adding stuff to your day just so you can use a cool page, Innocent). 

    March 19, 2014 at 12:13 am
    andream
    Participant

    Thanks Sheraz. As far as what feels like the “busy work” we are doing, I mean explode the code workbooks and that sort of thing. I haven’t tried the Notebooking yet. I think it sounds like something my daughter would enjoy. I just wouldn’t want to obsess over finding a “perfect”. Wondering if this can be simple.

    March 19, 2014 at 12:59 am
    sheraz
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    It is for us, once I quit trying to plan out how to use all the vast variety of pages, LOL!

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