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Notebooking is educational journaling or scrapbooking. Essentially, the idea is to create a compilation of what has been learned and experienced in any number of subjects or activities and organize it in a notebook (or binder). It is generally up to the child to determine what he wants to include in this notebook. Notebooking Pages offers a Notebooking Treasury which includes access to their entire collection, including new additions as they are added. The site also has several free resources.
Website: Notebooking Pages
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Cons: none I can see
Grades Used: Pre-K, K (and now for myself!)
I just signed up and went with the lifetime membership. I tend to jump in feet first. I realized I had been basically notebooking but with more pre-printed materials thinking I needed those because she is only 4. Now after watching some videos and seeing samples on this site and others we are taking a different approach and it is way more fun and she seems to be learning more. Science is her favorite, so we do a project then she draws a picture of how the project turned out. You should see her fairy garden page 🙂
I was just starting to check out the web-app and loved it after only making one page, however it is currently down because of some tech issues involved in moving to a new host. She has been right on top of keeping emails and website up to date with information.
Cons: cost
Grades Used: elementary
I have ravished her freebie area for years!! I would love to have a lifetime membership but hubby doesn't feel it's an acceptable thing to have in our homeschool budget 🙁
Cons: took me a while to understand the point of her work
Grades Used: kindergarten
I'm very new to notebooking and copywork.
So when I first looked at notebooking I thought...what's the point of this? 🙂 And then I realized the potential. To be able to use these as templates to creating my own studies, to have ready to do copywork for a lad, for ideas and having the treasury at my fingertips for a whole year....tons of things I can save to the computer and use later for ideas and more.
So the treasury is well worth the investment and the renewal fee is quite reasonable as well.
Cons: wish I could afford subscription
Grades Used: n/a
I have several of Debra's pages. They are wonderful! She has lots of freebies and GREAT sales. Her new subscription-based plan, with access to all products and exclusives is a fantastic idea and would be a fantastic bargain. I only wish I could afford it (next year, I will!)
Cons: none that I can think of
Grades Used: K-3
I absolutely LOVE Notebooking Pages! Debra Reed has done an excellent job in laying out pages for those of us who are computer-art challenged! I bought the complete set a couple of years ago and use it all the time! It's a great way to spice up the writing components of your school day. I can print out as many of a certain style page as I need - and my kids love it. I can even make writing pages match the theme of the assignment making writing a little more fun. I use the spelling test pages weekly - it's all done for me - just hit print! I don't know how Debra finds the time to design and create all these different styles of pages AND raise/educate 9+ children. But I CAN highly recommend Notebooking Pages!!