I mentioned our "Homeschool Notebooks" in a previous post. They are new to us, and yes, I totally made that name up.
I really wanted to teach each of the boys to work independently this year. I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew I had to incorporate it somehow. Doing so with Elias would be quite difficult, so I really had to work on his Homeschool Notebook. Each child has a binder with their individual work in it.
What helps them work independently is their own Assignment Page, and they mark off their assignments as they finish them with a dry erase marker. I have written on them with a sharpie and inserted the page into a page protector.
Daniel and Samuel have sight word work in theirs. Each week, they are working on the pre-primer, primer, and 1st grade Dolch sight word lists, and I have printables for them to do. They reinforce what they are learning as they visualize their words over and over. I LOVE seeing them do these, and I actually let them choose these online out of a few choices. These are from a site I love as a former educator! I am also having them do sight word sheets I created as a teacher. :)
Elias' notebook/binder is quite different! It's more interactive, and he uses his the entire time we are in the homeschool room. It's in three sections: shapes, colors, and letters. I found different printables online that were free or inexpensive to print at home, then I divided them into sections using labeled tab dividers. I will say that I know how rough and tough Elias is, so I opted to print on nice, thicker paper - not cardstock - but it is of a thicker quality.
Elias does one page out of each section a day. I am also coming up with other ideas and activities for him from my days of teaching Pre-K and Kindergarten to supplement. I do believe I will add to the binder because he LOVES it.
Here are the printables I use and found online. I am so thankful and blessed by the women who created these! What a blessing they have been thus far!
Shapes:
Do a Dot Shapes Set 1 by Honey Homeschool Mama (small cost - totally worth it)
Shape Coloring Pages by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs (not shown)
Shape Trace & Color by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs (not shown)
Colors:
Color Dot Marker Words by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
Color Coloring Pages by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
Color Word Playdough Mats by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
Color Preschool Printables simplified for Elias but created by Jenna Johnson
Letters/Alphabet:
ABC Do-a-Dot Marker Printables by Homeschool Creations
A-Z Do-a-Dot Worksheets by Confessions of a Homeschooler
ABC Coloring Pages by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
ABC Letter Find by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
ABC Tracing & Dot Find by Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs
If you have any questions at all, please contact me. I can take NO credit for this myself.
Credits:
http://www.3Dinosaurs.com/
http://www.homeschoolcreations.net/
http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Honey-Homeschool-Mama
