Question about notebooking...

[3girlsforus]

Can someone explain to me how the notebooking looks in the programs without notebooking pages (specifically Preparing)? A friend of my laid out the various LA components in Preparing for me and notebooking for science and history was separate from narration, which I would expect as I see them as different skills, but I'm wondering how the notebooking is done since only the upper levels have the notebooking pages (which I am drooling over).

Thank you
Heather

[holyhart]

Just bumping your post. I can't help you with PHFHG notebooking pages since I haven't gotten there yet but I thought I would mention that if you look in the weekly check-in section I bet you find some pictures of some notebooking pages in there.

[MomtoJGJE]

I don't know about notebooking in Preparing yet, but in Bigger we just use plain white paper. The instructions tell the child exactly where to put what on the page.

[Carrie]

Heather,

Up until CTC, the notebooking is done on white paper. We recommend either placing the papers in a 3-ring binder, possibly with plastic page protectors, or using a bound sketchbook instead, possibly with half lines/half plain paper. We wait to have the kiddos begin their full-colored notebooks until they are old enough, and have the artistic skills, to create a notebook that they will proud to display and add to for four years in a row. Prior to that time, the notebooks are a training exercise, still facilitating learning, but helping children develop and practice the skills needed to create a beautiful keepsake.

Blessings,
Carrire

[my3sons]

Heather,
We used white cardstock paper last year for the "Bigger Hearts..." notebooking and really enjoyed that! We put our ds's notebooking in clear plastic sleeves in a tabbed 3 ring binder. This resulted in a neat portfolio that my ds can have of his year spent in Bigger Hearts. My older ds has a portfolio of each of his HOD years as well, and I snapped pics of many of his notebooking entries and shared them on the Weekly Check-In. There is also an HOD PHFHG Photobook that may be fun for you to peruse as you get ready to help your ds put together a portfolio of memories from his PHFHG year! Here is a link to that...
http://heartofdakotasphotobooks.shutterfly.com/30

HTH!
In Christ,
Julie