Monday, November 9, 2009
National Diabetes Awareness Month
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Freebies - Organized by Subject/Topic
Okay, I'm having a hard time keeping track of all my free pages. So if I'm having a hard time I'm sure you are too! As I add new files to my blog I will also add them to this page, so you might want to bookmark it for the future.
School Check-off Chart
American History
Middle Ages & Renaissance
Ancient History and Old Testament Notebooking Pages
(this section is a work in progress)
Science
Geography
Language Arts
Literature
Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook
Trumpet of the Swan
Mr. Poppers Penguins
Fine Arts
Scouts
Planning
Notebook Cover Pages
Misc. Bible
Misc.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Freebie - Weather Chart
We're just about finished with our insect study (good thing, because it's getting cold here in Arizona and there aren't many left to be found). We will be focusing on weather next. Here's a chart I've made for our study.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook Finished!
We finished Island of the Blue Dolphins and LOVED it!
The kids did a great job on their lapbooks. The
templates you see here that are not included in the
freebies I'm offering can be found here....
Also, the basket mini-book "Karana's Food", I had to
modify the size to fit unto a side section of the lapbook.
This was one of the mini-books I found at
Lapbook Lessons.
The red lapbook is my 10 year old sons and the
blue one is my 13 year old daughters.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
How To Be a Good Citizen - Webelos Requirement
My 10 year old son just received his Webelos badge this week! One of his requirements was to make a poster about how to be a good citizen. We found clipart that represented what he thought was important to be a good citizen and added those to his poster. He used the second page in the file below and wrote in what he felt should be added. I added his answers to the first page for those of you with younger children. I thought this would be a great page to add to a good citizen notebook if any of you are working on something like that. You could also cut them out and place them in pocket to add to a lapbook.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook
We are currently reading Island of the Blue Dolphins while using a unit study from Learning Adventures, A New World of Adventure. I hope you enjoy putting this lapbook together as much as we are. If you think of another mini-book that you'd like to see added please let me know by leaving a comment. I'll post pictures of our completed lapbooks as soon as we are finished.
Minibooks:
Links to help with minibooks:
Juana Maria
San Nicolas Island
Santa Catalina Island
Aleut Hunters
Pelts
Sea Otter
Dolphins
Elephant Seal
Island Fox
Seagulls
Seal
Cormorants
Octopus
UPDATED 10-22-09
I just found another Free Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook. I'll be using a few of these mini-books in our lapbook as well. I love finding free resources!
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Our daughter was diagnosed with type I diabetes December 7, 2008. She thought it would be fun to do this with her friends and family. If any of you are Las Vegas residences and would like to get involved you can find out more below. Donations are welcome and you can find the link for that below as well.
This event will take place in Las Vegas on Saturday, November 14. It is taking place at UNLV's North Field. Registration begins at 9am and the 5K walk begins at 10am. If you would like to join us here are some details for you...
You can register for the walk here...
Our team name is Cassie's Crew
You can donate here...
Just fill out under "Donate To a Walker"
Some of our walkers:
Betsy Stout
Ali Stout
Cassie Stout
Brandon Stout
Melanie Stout
Christian Stout
Jonathan Ellis
Team Name:
Cassie's Crew
If you're walking here's the link to the sponsor form:
Our Goals:
Each person who will walk we'd like to have them earn at least $100.00. If you just find 10 people to sponsor $10 we'll reach that goal.
If you can't attend the walk we'd still appreciate a donation - just whatever you feel is appropriate. The link for donations is above.
Our end goal is $2000.00 but I really think we can do better than that :)
Thanks!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Freebie - Language Arts Pages
I put these pages together for our Language Arts notebooks. I'm sure I'll be adding more as we go along in our school year. Click on the thumbnails for full size jpegs and the links for pdf format.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
American Government & US Constitution Course
We are just getting started on this study and are really enjoying it! Here's what their website says about it...
Have you ever read a book which literally changed the course of your thinking and your life? That is the nature of this course which uses The 5000 Year Leap as the text.
It is a study of the United States Constitution from a principle based approach. You will learn where the founding Fathers got their ideas for sound government and how a return to these ideas can solve our nations problems today.
This course contains:
- a text book (The 5000 Year Leap)
- a curriculum guide
- suggested course requirements and grading standards
- teaching objective for each lesson
- reading assignments
- quizzes
- examinations
- lesson presentations on six DVD's.
Once a student has a working knowledge of the only correct and proven principles for freedom, prosperity, and peace, then other history classes can be taught from a whole different perspective. American History becomes a study of how the United States, throughout its 200 plus years, has either supported the principles of liberty and prospered or violated these principles and suffered.
Can any other knowledge be more helpful to the rising generation in America today? America desperately needs better and stronger leaders. We need leaders who know correct answers and will step forward and make a positive diference in this world.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Notebooking Nook and Make It Real Learning Team-up!
I've got some exciting news... The Notebooking Nook has teamed-up with Make it Real Leaning and we've combined our state notebooks for an excellent value for you.
Make It Real Learning's States by the Numbers and Notebooking Nook's All 50 States Notebooking Pages in one combo set!
50 State Combo Set - $29.99 ($600.00 value)
100 State Notebooks in All!
Read more about the State by the Numbers here.
Read more about the All 50 States Notebooking Pages here.
Monday, August 17, 2009
All Bible Copywork Notebooks Bundled Set
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Our Family Pets
This was written by my daughter, but I thought she did a great job. Just a little look in on our family and how we do things around here! :D
Our Family Pets
Throughout my life our family has had a few pets, well perhaps more than a few. Most parents think seriously before they go out and purchase or adopt a pet because of the great responsibility involved in caring for them. I love my parents but by the end of this essay you will think them either completely brilliant or very much insane. My parents believe one very important way to teach their children responsibility is through taking care of animals. The family pets we have had over the years fit into three main categories: birds, livestock, and dogs.
Birds are so beautiful and many people might have a small parakeet or lovebird. Well, have you ever seen an emu in real life, besides in a zoo? We have had several different birds over the years and yes one species was an emu, if fact we had three of them. Other birds we have raised are peacocks, chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, parakeets, and lovebirds.
The peacocks are amazingly beautiful; however, they are the loudest of our birds. They will keep you up at night with their loud “help” cry. The chickens and ducks are the easiest of the birds to care for - throw them some feed and they are content for the remainder of the day. The geese are similar except they might hiss at you and chase you around the yard. This can be quite alarming for those that are very young and the same size as the goose. Although geese were frightening to some of the children, they were nothing compared to the emus. They were by far the most terrifying animals we ever raised. They are large, fast, and they kick tremendously hard, but the most horrifying thing was when they would try to mate with us. Yes, you read that right; those crazy emus would try to mate with all us kids, especially my oldest sister Ali. Sadly, we could no longer allow the younger children to go play with the other birds.
My father grew up raising show pigeons. They look like your typical pigeon except better fed. He bred them for color and size and then would show them with the same eight men every year that also raised pigeons. I always found this to be a little strange. Lastly, we raised parakeets and lovebirds. They were also easy to attend to but they were so delicate and they never seemed to live very long.
We raised a few types of livestock. We have had one pig, three goats, and two horses. Some friends of ours gave us the pig after realizing it was not a house pet. We have had him for about eight years and call him Wilbur – he is huge. The goats were easy enough to take care of, at least the females were. The male would head-butt us every time we would go to feed him. My family had him for Sunday dinner when I was about twelve. Our horses have spent most their lives in a corral. When we do try to ride them they nearly always run straight for home - this is what horse folk call “barn sore”.
Lastly, our family raises and breeds several kinds of dogs. We do this for extra income and also to teach my siblings and me responsibility. However, that does not mean that I enjoy doing farm work everyday. Do not get me wrong, I love dogs just as much as the next person but I do not want to feed, clean up, and play with eighty dogs. The kinds of dogs we have raised over the years are: Bulldogs, Rottweilers, Miniature Schnauzers, Cairn Terriers, Boston Terriers, West Highland Terriers, Italian Greyhounds, Welsh Corgis, Pugs, Pugstons, Miniature Pinchers, and Miniature Dachshunds. This all began about twelve years ago when my dad decided we needed family dogs and purchased two Rottweilers. They had puppies and my father made what he considered a good profit and decided that breeding dogs would be a nice business. Thankfully, we live on twelve acres and can provide large kennels for our dogs. Each day we have to spray out the kennels, feed, water them and do any repairs we see need to be done to the kennels. Many of our breeds require grooming, and we do this several times a year. In total, we groom about thirty dogs, three times each year. We also administer shots, post ads in the newspaper to sell the puppies, do all sorts of paper work and interact with the buyers who come to purchase the puppies.
I believe having all the responsibility of raising these animals has made me an industrious person. I do have my favorite animals and consider them “my pets”. Will I allow my children to have pets when I am a parent? Of course; however, I do not think I will allow any emus or more then three dogs at a time.
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Notebooking Nook's Complete Collection
I've bundled up ALL my titles just in time for the new school year.
This set includes ALL:
- notebooking pages
- mini-book sets
- copywork notebooks
- student planners
- flashcards
Over 100 tiltes available!
This bundle will retail for $100.00 however I've added it to the "Back-to-Homeschool Sale" and from now until August 19 this bundle will sell for $75.00!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NOTEBOOKING NOOK'S COMPLETE COLLECTION!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
25% Off All Titles Through August 19
We have all our titles 25% off now through August 19th! Now is a wonderful time to save on all our products.
Here are a few examples of what we have to offer...
*NEW* Insect Combo - Sale Price $6.00
This combo includes:
- Insect Mini-books
- Insect Notebooking Pages
- Honeybee Mini-books
Joyful Steward Student Planners - Sale Price $7.50
This set includes 3 planners: Primary Level, Intermediate Boy and Intermediate Girl as well as assignment cards
Each is a 36 Week Planner
Included in the Primary Level:
Weekly Copywork / Memory Work
Weekly Student Checklist
Weekly Obedient Checklist
Book of the Week
Trait of the Week
Weely Calendar
Included in the Intermediate Level Planners:
Weekly Copywork / Memory Verse
Weekly Subject Checklist
Weekly Chore Checklist
Book Assignments
Character & Life Skills
Weekly Calendar
Extra Pages:
Several Assignment Pages to Choose From
Book Log
All 50 States Notebooking Pages - Sale Price $13.87
This set of notebooking pages includes the follow for each state notebook:
- 2 Cover Pages
- Basic State Facts
- Region and Geography Page
- 4 State Flag Pages
- 4 State Seal Pages
- 2 State Quarter Pages
- 3 State Bird Pages, includes coloring page
- 3 State Flower Pages, includes coloring page
- 3 State Tree Pages, includes coloring page
- 2 State Song Pages
- 3 Major Bodies of Water Pages, includes maps
- 3 Large Cities Pages, includes maps
- 5 Economy Pages
- 5 State Capital Pages
- 3 Mapping Pages
- 5 History Pages
- 2 Famous People Pages
- 4 Native American Tribes Pages
- 4 Tourism Pages
- 2 Field Trip Pages
- 8 Additional Templates
Great Inventors - Complete Set of Notebooking Pages - Sale Price $7.50
Inventors included:
- James Watt
- Robert Fulton
- George Stephenson
- Eli Whitney
- Elias Howe
- Cyrus McCormick
- Henry Bessemer
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Samuel F.B. Morse
- Thomas Edison
- Orville & Wilbur Wright
Medieval World Combo - Sale Price $11.25
This set includes:
- Famous People and Events of the Middle Ages
- Daily Life in the Medieval World
- The Vikings Notebooking Pages
- More than 800 Pages in All
Psalms Copywork and Memorization - Sale Price $3.00
Psalms Copywork and Memorization Set 2 - Sale Price $3.00
Book of Ruth Copywork and Memorization - Sale Price $3.00
Click Here to See All Our Titles!
Don't miss this opportunity to save through August 19th!
Have a wonderful school year!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
New Titles - INSECTS!
I've just released two new titles that are sure to be a lot of fun for your kids. My kids are very excited about getting started. I cut out all the mini-books and laid them out to see how they would all fit together and my kids were asking when we get to start. I always like to hear that :)
There are 21 mini-books included in the set and will be a triple lapbook when completed. They would also be a great addition to a notebook for some dimension.
This set has over 100 notebooking pages, cover page and more than 20 coloring pages. There is a wide variety of topics included in this set of pages. It also includes both basic and primary-lined options.
Here's the best deal of all!!! Get both titles above plus Honey Bee Mini-books for only $6.00! This combo is more than 25% off through August 18th. So be sure to get it at this great LOW price!!
I created these pages to use while we study insects while using A New World of Adventure Unit Study. We are so excited to get our school year going. Well, at least I am :)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
25% Off Bundled Titles
I'm offering 25% off all my bundled sets, now through Monday, July 13. Now is a great time to stock up for your upcoming school year!
Some examples of the discounts available...
Regular bundle price - $18.50 - Sale $13.87
Regular bundle price - $10.00 - Sale $7.50
Regular bundle price - $10.00 - Sale $7.50
Regular bundle price - $4.00 - Sale $3.00
Click here to see a full listing of all our bundled titles
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