Homeschooling

Archive for November, 2006

Question: Homeschool parents...do you make lapbooks? I'd love some idea links with photos!?

My nearly 8 year old is starting lapbooking this summer. I want to start with Rainforests and maybe a book on Chocolate. Any good SITES where I can PRINT OUT already made pages as far as facts for ANY lapbooks?

Answer: We make lapbooks all the time - my son loves them! I use the ones from Hands of a Child most often, they have ready-made lapbook units on both Rainforests and Chocolate. They come with all the research, vocab, activities, graphics, instructions, and pictures, and you can get answer keys that even plan them out for you day by day. There are also samples of every unit (250+ of them) with pictures. Here's a link, you can get a free unit on Zebras just to see what the units are like http://www.handsofachild.com/shop/Default.aspx

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/ also has some units and lapbooks, but no samples or pics. They are free, but you have to do the research and planning yourself.

There is also a yahoo group for lapbooking at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lapbooking/ - TONS of great ideas there

Hope that helps!

Creative Homeschooling: More Beginner Lapbook Tips

If you are planning to homeschool your children, you will need Homeschool Supplies. There are many Homeschool Supplies stores you can obtain basic Homeschool Supplies such as writing materials and letter sets. If you are teaching sciences, you will need homeschool lab supplies, found in selected homeschool book and supply stores. Many Christian book stores are also Christian Home School Supply stores.

Tips before buying Homeschool Supplies

Before you go out and buy Homeschool Supplies, look around your house and ask your friends if they have any materials suitable for Homeschooling. Home School Support Groups in your local area should also be able to tell you where to get the cheapest and best Homeschool Supplies. There are free Homeschool Supplies and discount Homeschool Supplies you may be able to take advantage of.

Basic Homeschool Supplies

Below are some basic Homeschool Supplies for writing and reading. As you begin Homeschooling, you will find your favorite homeschool supplies to use. Not everyone uses the same set of homeschool supplies. Below are some ideas of what homes school supplies you may want or need.

Homeschool supplies for writing: Writing materials for Homeschooling include colored paper, big paper, little paper, lined and unlined paper, pencils, paint, colored pencils. crayons, markers, chalk and chalkboard, scissors, paste, tape, staplers and hole punchers. Homeschool Books, magazines, and newspapers: these are good homeschool supplies for homeschoolers to expand their mind, knowledge, and keep up with current events.

Letter sets are also great homeschool supplies for young homeschoolers. Lettersets can come in magnet form, anagrams, letter blocks or scrabble tiles. In addition to lettersets, you can have alphabet and number strips in your homeschool supplies. These creative homeschool supplies will immensely help your children learn.

Other homeschool supplies

In addition to the homeschool supplies mentioned above, you can use any other materials you like such as a computer, a typewriter, any theatre props, stamping kits, scrap book tools, stickers, calligraphy sets, labels, posters, bulletin boards, coloring books, play dough, clay, puzzles, wood, fabric, string, charcoal, or anything other homeschool supplies. You get the idea! If you need more ideas, you can also visit any homeschool supplies, see what they sell and try to come up with something similar with the homeschool supplies you already have at home. Remember if you are going to buy homeschool supplies, look for discount home school supplies or free homeschool supplies.