These are just some various things I've made for homeschooling. The time it takes for me to create these varies. I enjoy sharing these freely with visitors and welcome feedback. If you use something here please leave a comment below. If you have ideas/need for a particular item, please let me know. If I have time... well, who knows!

These are things we've used in the past and/or use currently. Check back reguarly as I'm always finding old things I created and ALWAYS finding a need to create something new. Feel free to download them and use them in your own homeschooling. Not for resale or other distribution.

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***NOTE (1/29/08)-- Due to increased traffic to my site (yeah!) all download documents below have been moved to MEDIAFIRE.com for downloading. If you have problems downloading, please leave a comment below and tell me which file didn't work for you.

GENERIC NOTEBOOKING/LAPBOOKING ITEMS

1.  Two foldover cut-apart illustrated cards with HWT cursive writing lines (font size 36)
2.   Banner cut-outs with HWT cursive writing lines (font since 48)

THEMED  NOTEBOOKING  ITEMS

HWT notebook paper with animals border
HWT notebook paper with butterfly border
HWT cursive notebooking pages - set 1
 Frontier/Pioneer/Western themed notebooking papers (single lined, double spaced) 
Frontier/Pioneer/Western themed notebooking papers (HWT cursive lines, 36 pt. font size)
Frontier/Pioneer/Western themed notebooking papers (HWT cursive lines, 48 pt. font size)

 ART

1. Art Appreciation with Lucy Micklethwait books
2. Meet the Masters (level A) supplement projects
3.  Artist Study Notebooking page templates (.pdfs in .zipped format) see an example of one here  Or, if desired you can download them individually below:
4. Artist Notebook First page
5. African Artists notebook page
6. European Artists notebook page
7. United States Artists notebook page
8. Asian Artists notebook page
9.  South American Artists notebook page

 MUSIC

1.  Shutterflap for intro the music (usable for any genre)
2. Jazzy Jive Words Diamonds
3. DUKE ELLINGTON-- Notebook page for older students
   
4. DUKE ELLINGTON-- Notebook page for younger students (HWT lines in 48pt.)
   

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Core Knowledge Sayings and Phrases (grades K through 3)
2.  HWT cursive alphabet wall strips (cut out and tape together)
3. Discussion Prompts bookmarks  Word template (a template I use for making bookmarks with the discussion questions/openers for TOG literature and history books, but usable for any)
4. Same bookmarks in PDF format so those that don't use Word can still have a looksie
   

 HISTORY

1. Aztec Sunstone Info Cluster sheet
2. Aztec Society flap book (landscape)
3. Aztec Society flap book (portrait)
4.   Huguenot notebooking page (landscape)
5. Notebooking page for Martin Luther
6. John Calvin notebooking page
7. Fact spinner on Henry VIII (write facts on spaces of page one, cut out the opening on page two and assemble)
8. Shakespeare / Globe Theatre notebooking page
9. Queen Elizabeth I notebooking page (landscape) -- we used the squares to list 10 different things about QE.
10. Queen Elizabeth I cursive copywork (HWT) -- from the Good Queen Bess book
11. A few comprehension/discussion questions on QE (geared towards readers of the aforementioned book.)
12. Top tab mini-book on Jamestown Settlement
13. 3/4 fold mini-book for Captain John Smith
14. Cursive copywork on Davy Crockett (HWT) from the book American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
15.   Anne Hutchinson, Puritan, mini-matchbook printable
16. 13 Colonies Memory sheet
17. Flap book for Classes of Colonists
18.   Colonial Whaling & Fishing T-fold booklet
19.   Causes of the French & Indian War diamond booklet
20. Colonial Militia Equipment shutterfold
21. Key Word Outline Exercise for French & Indian War  (See my DD's actual sample of this sheet)
22. French & Indian War Biography Cards
23. Notebooking Sheet for Causes that lead to the Revolutionary War
24. Two Notebooking sheets for the Overview of Early Slavery in America
25. Notebook Sheet for Religion for Slaves (HWT cursive 36 font)
26. Memory Work: Excerpt from Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death!" Speech
27. Declaration of Independence memory work sheet  (after doing the memory work, your student should have no problem completing this little game. A certificate is available at the end.) 
28. Thomas Jefferson 3-paragraph biography (for keyword outlining, etc.)
29. New Key events in the life of William Carey in India (collected text & maps from the internet, to use as an aid to mapwork.)

PLANNING AND RECORD KEEPING

1.  Lesson Planner January - April 2007   Example of a planner I previously used. (I've since decided to try more computer-based planning/journaling/assigning, called HOMESCHOOL TRACKER)
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2. Lesson Planner - Journal  (another former version of what I once used)
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3. How-to (explains how the perpetual book works)
4. Perpetual Student Assignment Book (used this in 2006)
5.  Sample Teacher Planner (goes along with the Perpetual Student Assignment Book. I used this in 2006)

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6.  Weekly Layout Grid of our daily lessons, with notes (this is a previous schedule of ours, but I leave it here as an example)
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7. CM FRIENDLY  landscape planner
8.   NOTES for the CM Friendly landscape planner above (explains the areas of the planner)
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9. 2008 One Sheet Calendar (with notes column)