We love using notebooking as an output for our learning. Specifically, interactive notebooking. It's a fun, easy, and pleasing to the eye way to organize all the of the information we are learning. They are way more exciting to create than just taking regular notes, so my kids are more likely to participate without complaint. And anything we can do to make that happen is worth it! LOL.
So what is interactive notebooking? It is when you use foldables, pictures, and other kinds of printouts to paste into a notebook with all of the information for your learning. Most of the materials/templates are included with our curriculum. And I also source many of them from Teachers Pay Teachers for something we are learning that is not included in our curriculum. But you can also get templates for interactive notebooking on Teacher Pay Teachers and I've even found a few freebies online.
If you would like to hear more about how we use interactive notebooking in our homeschool, check out this video where I share all about it:
Since that video, we have found a notebook that is perfect for interactive notebooking. It has a really thick, strong spiral binding with extra room for the bulk that is created by gluing in pieces. It has a poly cover that that will stand up to spills and heavy use. It has a pocket page for storing all the extra pieces you don't get to glueing in during a lesson. It has card stock pages for the Table of Contents, and a spot for page numbers and a heading on each page. There is even a fold out reference sheet at the end of the notebook. We love using them because the are high quality and last us for many years while we are working our way through history and other subjects that we work on each year.
They are the Mead 5 Star Interactive Notebooks. Click on the picture to head over to Amazon (this is an affiliate link. It doesn't cost you any more to use it, but I do get a very small amount for sharing). If you would like a look inside, check out this video here:
Have you ever used interactive notebooking in your homeschool? Do you have a favorite resource to share for notebooking? Let us know down in the comments!
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