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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.

 

***Note  It has come to my attention that sometimes when attempting to download a file that is hosted on Mediafire there may be some less than desirable ads on the page. This is out of my control for now, though I am working in moving my shared files (yet again.) Please just know this and click with caution if children are present.  Please be patient as the changeover may take some time.


 



 

 



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

  1. HWT notebook paper with animals border
  2. HWT notebook paper with butterfly border
  3. HWT cursive notebooking pages - set 1
  4.  Frontier/Pioneer/Western themed notebooking papers (single lined, double spaced
  5. Frontier/Pioneer/Western themed notebooking papers (HWT cursive lines, 36 pt. font size)
  6. 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. Key events in the life of William Carey in India (collected text & maps from the internet, to use as an aid to mapwork.)
  30. New John James Audubon notebooking page (HWT, cursive size 36)




 

PLANNING AND RECORD KEEPING

**Please note that I no longer am using any of these items below. Instead I use Homeschool Tracker software for my 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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  3. Lesson Planner - Journal  (another former version of what I once used)
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  5. How-to (explains how the perpetual book works)
  6.  Sample Teacher Planner (goes along with the Perpetual Student Assignment Book. I used this in 2006)

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  8.  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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  10. CM FRIENDLY  landscape planner
  11.   NOTES for the CM Friendly landscape planner above (explains the areas of the planner)
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I just love your planner pages

Posted by 1crazylady5kids
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing

Posted by texasprairie
Thanks for sharing your wonderful pages. I was inspired and made my own lesson planner similar to yours (using yours as a base) and tweaking it to fit our homeschool.

Thank you again for sharing all your hard work!
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Wonderful!

Posted by Anonymous
I just looked at your '06 planners and "how to" and can not wait to try it! I currently print of a calendar and then write and erase an entire weeks worth of assignments for three children five or six times before getting it straight. It never occured to me to have a teachers planner too...lol. I am gonna make one up in this fashion and tweak it to fit our homeschool. Thanks for sharing!

Gerky
http://wickedpickles.blogspot.com
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Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
I would love to see these, but was unable to. I really like your artist study notebook page.
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Can I link to your downloads?

Posted by Anonymous
Hi, I got to your site through a link you provided on the MEP yahoo group and love your stuff! (I think you might just be inspiring me to change the way we do homeschooling in my house!) I am wondering if it would be okay with you if I provide a link to your Freebies page in the links section of a Yahoo Group I've just formed for a very tiny (so far) little handwriting activities group that we've formed in St. Louis. I'm mainly thinking about directing folks to your HWT materials, but you have so many other goodies worth seeing. I don't think it would result in tons of traffic, but wanted to ask permission first. My screename in MEP and all other groups is lauramacf and my email is the same with "at yahoo dot com" added to it ;0)
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Wonderful!

Posted by NotebookingNook
I've just downloaded your new Artist Study Notebooking page templates and absolutely LOVE them! I'm putting together title pages for various subjects to add to my website and was wondering if you wouldn't mind me linking to your pages.

BTW, I've been a long-time fan of your blog, you're very inspiring! Keep up the good work.

Warmly,
Betsy
Notebooking Nook
http://www.notebookingnook.com/index.html
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Thanks so much for the shares

Posted by Anonymous
I just wanted to thank you so much for the shares. You have done such an awesome job in all of these. I will be thanking God each day for these.

Nora
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Thanks

Posted by HarmonyArtMom
I just printed some pages for my son's history. He loves to memorize and the page with Patrick Henry's speech is perfect for him. I also love the key word outline page for the French and Indian War....we are just starting to use IEW and this is perfect for some practice.

Thanks so much for sharing,
Barb

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Thank you for sharing

Posted by Anonymous
I became a reader of your blog when you were on that "tropical island" :-) Thank you so much for sharing your goodies.

I am wondering what program you use to create your planners. I tried creating one for my little guys based on one used for your daughter and let's just say it wasn't pretty. I'd love to be able to tweak your planners for my needs.

Again, thanks for sharing!!!

~~CheleLew~~
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Ooops

Posted by chelelew
the above anonymous comment was me. I thought I had signed in. Sorry about that.
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Posted by GracefulDoe
I keep forgetting to tell you how useful this page has been to me! Thanks so much! :-)
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Planner Pages

Posted by Anonymous
I just tried to download the How-to, Perpetual Student Assignment Book and the Sample Teacher Planner but was unsuccessful. Some of the other downloads opened without a problem. Is there some other way to see these pages?
Thank you.
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Posted by tlpgina
Just doing some planning, we're gettting into the king/queen era so I saved some for future reference. Thanks.
Gina
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Thanks!

Posted by Rachel
I found your site via Jimmie's art squidoo page. I love it! thanks so much!!

Blessings
Rachel
http://keeptheway-christianacademy.blogspot.com/
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Planner page

Posted by Anonymous
I am having trouble getting your planner pages to download. Specifically the CM page. I do not know if the trouble is on my end or yours. Please let me know. I've viewed them before and now I was ready to print them and use them.
Rejoice
Kyle
http://3psinatxpod.blogspot.com/ or texasmcvays on AO
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planner

Posted by mommy of 7
I love your planners! I was wondering, is there any way they could be put into word so I could tweak it to fit my crew?? I hope you get this, I couldn't find any place else to contact you! LOL! Keep using your talents for the Lord!!
My email is country4389@aol.com
Thank you,
chrissy
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Link broken

Posted by Anonymous
Hi, this link is broken~
Lesson Planner - Journal
Thanks from Kyle at http://3psinatxpod.blogspot.com
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MediaFire

Posted by Anonymous
Hello! :) Thank you very much for sharing your downloads! The Artist planning pages are completely fabulous! I just wanted to warn that the ads on your MediaFire download pages are not all family friendly - some are quite shocking for the faint of heart! :) LOL! So folks probably don't want to have their children watching when they download your files. Thanks again!
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thanks

Posted by Jimmie
thanks for all the great freebies! I've passed this link to many people. :-)

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Posted by Jimmie
Hi! I used one of your printables here
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Jimmie/530411/

Linked to this page. Thanks! :-)
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Thank you!!

Posted by Anonymous
Thank you so much for the lapbooking items! I love that they are in HWOT format!
Your hard work and generosity are very much appreciated!
~Jenn
www.OurLosBanos.com/homeschool
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aztec pages

Posted by AthaSchool1
Hi, I'm very interested in the top three Aztec related items. My middle boy is doing this right now for a lapbook. I will try again. But my net is slow (by radio) and I waited and waited and not much happened.

Here's my email

bwaii@yahoo.com

Thanks a million. I plan on coming back often to your page!
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Your Bookmarks

Posted by Anonymous
Angie -
Thanks so much for making the bookmarks format available - this is so awesome! I got the link to you from the TLT group.

Blessings - Di C.
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Bookmark link

Posted by Anonymous
Thanks for sharing this was a great idea. I am glad you are so generous with your time for not just your kids, but other moms and kids as well.

Anita from IN who found it on TLT
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love the perpetual planner

Posted by Lisa
Thank you so much for this planner. Is there a way to type into Adobe files to customize them, or perhaps a way to convert them to Word? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lisa
wehmschool@yahoo.com
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Using your free downloadables

Posted by Anonymous
I'm a newbie HS mom and not sure how to get your stuff, which BTW is absolutely wonderful. Went to MediaFire, registered and saved some of the art files to my account. However, cannot seem to get it from there, what am I doing wrong! Help if you have the time. Betty
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