Feb. 19, 2007 - Add Index Cards into Your Homeschool
As you plan and prepare for next year's school supplies and curriculum, I would love to give you a few ideas and tips on adding index cards into your homeschool. You can count these supplies right into your homeschool budget. We have homeschooled for 6 years and index cards have always been part of our school.
First, you will want to get the right supplies: index cards--white & colored, blank & lined; high quality markers; ink for your printer; storage solutions--index card binders, index card file boxes, "O" rings; tabbed dividers; hole punch.
You can use index cards in a variety of ways. Flashcards are usually the most thought of option. Index cards are more economical than store bought flashcards. You can pick up index cards very cheaply, so they are inexpensive to make. But the best benefit is that index card flashcards are cheap to REPLACE. If one card from a set gets lost or torn, it is very easy and cheap to replace that one card.
You can use index cards to teach your children new concepts. For instance, if you are teaching your child phonics, you can write the different phonics sounds on your cards.
Index cards are portable. You can throw these cards in a bag or your purse to have school on the go. You won't have to fret about missed time. While you are waiting for the doctor or dentist at an appointment, pull out those index cards.
If you are interested in adding index cards into your homeschool, I have written a guide titled Homeschooling With Index Cards: A Quick Guide to Incorporate Index Cards Into Your Homeschool. Since I wrote that guide, I have created a Beginner Book for Early Learners which mirrors the book I made with my children when they were in PreSchool and Kindergarten. This is a relaxed way to teach colors, shapes, letters, numbers, etc. I also offer several sets of flashcard sets. All of these products are in electronic format, so you can save the files to your computer and print them when you need them. You will be able to print the card sets directly to your own index cards. http://homeschoolwithindexcards.com
