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I did Bigger a couple of years ago. We used a sketchpad for the notebooking and science experiments. I'm not sure I want to do it this way again. What do you all use for these things?
There is an experiment sheet to copy in the back of Preparing. That seems like it would be well suited to Bigger. Less writing for the younger ones. I wonder if Carrie didn't think of it when she wrote Bigger?

Just looking for ideas of what worked and didn't work in Bigger as I plan what I want to use for what subjects. My guy is a slow writer and still writes pretty big. Doing 4-6 lines of the poem in Beyond is plenty of writing for him in a day. I do need to say that it is quite an improvement from the beginning of the guide when 1 good sentence was a huge feat.

We use the science experiment pages from other guides As far as notebooking we just use copy paper that I 3-hole punch to go in the binder.

We used a notebook with blank pages the first time around. I think I will use the science pages from Preparing the next time. I like how the space is delineated to make it a little easier I think for them to make the science page look neat. And lines to write on.

My oldest was not a great hand-writer when we started Bigger. I helped her a lot, by writing things for her, but as we got midway into the guide I figured she needed to start doing it on her own or she wouldn't be ready for the next guide when we got there.

We used copy paper & a binder for the Notebooking pages. For the experiments I used the Preparing lab sheet as an example- then made my own. That way we wouldn't get tired of the same sheet over 2 years. Having a sheet made up like that does make it easier. Although if they need to learn to do it own their own then I suppose that defeats the purpose. ?

This is my third time around using Bigger. We are using the lab sheets from Preparing as well. This is the first time that I am using the PDF files on the HOD yahoo group where gals have come up with some lovely history and science sheets. We don't use all of them, but we do use quite a bit. While it saves time, when I compare all my girls notebooks side by side I miss the 'homemade' feel that the first two have. But, with homeschooling three now when the first time in Bigger I had just one or two...time savers are appreciated.

When we did Bigger, we, too used the files that someone had created for History and Science. If you email me at sahervey at hotmail, I'll be happy to forward those on to you.