Starting a New Notebook
Thought I’d post a couple of pictures of the first pages of Superboy’s new notebook for his Sailing Unit. Since Superboy was so excited and enthusiastic about this sailing unit we decided to do this one a bit different from previous notebooks. We wanted it to be extra special so we bought an actual scrapbook for this one, thinking that it would also inspire him to do his best work. I have to say…It is working very well! It is a 12X12 format in light blue cloth and he loves the extra room on the pages to do some fancier designs. Here is what he came up with so far…
His first notebook assignment was to study and learn the major water bodies of the world (oceans and seas). He went onto a quiz page and did the quiz games until he knew them well enough. Then for the notebook he made a map and key and used some neat letter stickers and cardstock squares to add a nice touch to the title, and cardstock waves below:
His notebook assignment on day two was to learn the major water forms and land forms associated with water. We used some montessori cards and definitions from here to learn them (he loved these) and then his task was to make a map using all of the land and water forms he learned. He cut the map out of blue and tan cardstock so it would look like the cards and then he added it to his notebook in a nice two page spread (I really love how it turned out!). The land/waterform cards are stuck into the pockets on the right hand page and he then added further decoration using some of a different set of land/water form cards.
If these pages and the enthusiastic attitude behind them are any indication of how this unit is going to progress, I think it will be one wonderful learning adventure!He is having a great time and is learning so much! he has already studied and passed his pretest for the first chapter of his online boater safety certification course too! He is hoping to be able to pass the actual certification exam by the end of next week! I couldn’t be more pleased with his progress and attitude. It is amazing to experience what a true joy interest-led education can be!
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Oh wow, that is so cool! I need to have my kids make notebooks like this…I usually just use spirals for them…lol. Let Superboy know what a great job he is doing.
Ooooh! Gorgeous! Tell him we said so!
He’s doing an awesome job! Those are great pages.
Nice pages!!! Thanks for the link to the cards too.
Very cool notebook. We’ve just started doing notebooks for the first time and your pictures are an inspiration.
The Notebook looks fabulous! I cannot wait to get home to the boat and start schooling, this Ernesto-delay has me antsy.
Looks wonderful!!
What a beautiful job! I wanted to do something like this with my dc…I am going to show them this picture for inspiration…its like an older take on the younger Montessori materials…cooool….I do like the larger size than that of the standard 3 ring binder….hmmm now I am thinking…thanks for sharing!!
Thanks, everyone. I passed your compliments along to Superboy and he was very pleased. He is really enjoying this process. I asked him if he’d like to take a break from notebooking today and do other things. He said “No way!” So, off we go to do another page!
This is just beautiful! Superboy is awesome. What a sense
of concentration he has.
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It looks great, nice work!! Did you happen to see the free Sailing unit notebooking pages that The Homeschool e-store had available for download in pdf format? If you didn’t get them, I’d be more than happy to email you the file. They’d match your theme perfectly, and are absolutely beautiful! Just email me and let me know if you’d like.
blessings~
Lapazfarm says:
Yes, Beth, I did get those and we may use them yet! They are very nice.
Ww, this looks so fun!!! My hubby and I are boaters and hope to start with the kids again soon, until now, we’ll live vicariously through this lovely project, it’s off to such a great start, how fun!!!
I love the notebooks- everythin. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.