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Okay so I went thru our school closet and now have some empty binders for this years schooling. My daughter has a binder for history and for science. I think they are 2 in. Once they are filled I will just do another 2in. I seem to have many of this size. I aslo learned that with the really big binders they sit up pretty when full at least for me. When I pull them out the pages seem to scream, let us out! Anyways I have another binder for her language arts. Her math and english are workbooks so the work will stay in there since my daughter got upset when I tore out the pages and put them in a binder last year. I will put poetry, spelling/dication in this binders along with vocabulary. She is going to be using Preparing, three binders to start with should be enough? I also have a binder for my K4 and my K5 as well. It makes life a bit simpler to have it all in binders. Another thing, where to put these things? My books are on the bookshelf in the living/dining room area. I want to hind the binders because they are just not pretty out and about? Any ideas? I was thinking of a plastic crate thing to put them in or maybe I can find another small bookshelf for the closet. It wouldn't be waste for another bookself because I can put other school stuff on the bookshlelf and clear up my two small desks that are used for school time.

This is why I try to comb bind anything I can. I have six and the Binder combination would be overwhelming. I find combinding with a magazine file to keep them organized takes a lot less space. Just an alternative for you.

I used binders this year and by half-way through the year, they were very heavy. This year I am putting individual subjects in 3 prong folders. I got a ton of them free from Staples last year. I am keeping them in a magazine holder. Dictation is going to be a one subject notebook. Latin this year is going to be a lapbook. The folders are easier to write in too. I'm letting my son decorate the covers. You could let your kids decorate a paper to slide in the front cover of the binder's.

If your binders are older (without the place to slide in the cover), you could try contact paper.