frugalmamatx Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Anyone? We're using a very eclectic bunch of materials. DD is finding it hard to keep up with a written schedule, and prefers for me to just hand her a weeks worth of work at a time {she gets overwhelmed looking at the entire textbook}. I'm considering making up packets for each subject for the week or possibly just a weekly packet with everything in it. That'd mean a lot of photo copying though, which makes me iffy. I do have a laser printer so can print anything it's possible to print {and probably cheaper than copying, tbh}. Anyone done this? Or know of a good workbook creator webpage I could use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I do something similar. We use a bunch of resources where the student book is a pdf printable. So I print out what the kids need each week and bind it using proclick to make smaller sized books. I know that several years ago, there was a large thread about weekly file folders. It may be worth digging up the old threads and reading through to see if it's what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 We did the weekly file folder thing for a couple of years. It was during the workbox craze of 2014-2015 (??). I have too many kids to keep it up, so I switched to a Trofast system from IKEA, and a series of post-its. Each Trofast bin has whatever is needed that day + a pencil. So, the math bin typically has a ruler, calculator, manipulatives, etc. (depending on grade level) + text + workbook. For my kid with huge EF issues, he has his CLE workbook with post-it note tabs on the speed drill and problem sets for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 We did the weekly file folder thing for a couple of years. It was during the workbox craze of 2014-2015 (??). I have too many kids to keep it up, so I switched to a Trofast system from IKEA, and a series of post-its. Each Trofast bin has whatever is needed that day + a pencil. So, the math bin typically has a ruler, calculator, manipulatives, etc. (depending on grade level) + text + workbook. For my kid with huge EF issues, he has his CLE workbook with post-it note tabs on the speed drill and problem sets for the day. I did this also. It worked great for my youngers. I need to do it now! Some of mine are now using a planner. I write the entire week down and they work however they choose. The only daily items are our group activities and Bible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Totally an aside: Spunky the Donkey Math :smilielol5: Hands-down (or would that be "hoof down"?! :laugh:) winner for zaniest program name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Haha! I just looked it up and evidently the actual name is Conventional Arithmetic with Spunky the Donkey 😆😆 http://www.rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?subject=Mathematics/10&category=Conventional+Arithmetic+with+Spunky+the+Donkey+%28Gr.+1-2%29/9824 Ain't nuthin' conventional about ole Spunky... :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 We did hanging file folders for many years. What made it work was spending the summers prepping the paperwork, then I used two of the old 4" Sonlight binders with the 36-week tabs to file everything by week. Then each week on Sunday afternoon, I'd grab that week's worth of papers, write a date on each page, then file in the kids' folders. It was a great system, but required a lot of prep time over the summers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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