Maptrek is a pdf, right? Two options: 1- In your pdf go to the Edit menu and choose Take a Snapshot, it has the little camera next to it. Your mouse will change to a cross, highlight the portion of the page you want to put into OneNote. It will copy to your clipboard. Now go to OneNote and hit Ctrl-v to paste. 2- In your pdf hit print. Select the pages you want to print. Instead of printing to your regular printer, change the printer to Send to OneNote. Then print, and it will pop over to OneNote and ask you what page you want to put it on. It sounds like you are trying to do it from OneNote, try doing it from the pdf instead.

A little late, but done! These are mini-cupcakes, one double-batch of buttercream icing, and I admit to buying a box of writing icing to make it easier to do the lettering. I resisted my desire to make these look perfect, didn't correct any icing or lettering efforts except my 4yo who needed some extra icing added to hers. She thankfully wasn't here when we did the lettering. :) 9yo and 7yo both helped with icing and lettering. Some are barely legible! I'm quite certain my kids will never forget this, and will expect to do it again when my younger two are older. 9yo is doing The Elements by Ellen McHenry, perfect go-along activity. I think we ended up with 118 elements/cupcakes. We had extra cupcakes that we left too close to the edge of the table and the dog got them. :D If you ever attempt this, mini-cupcakes is the key. Makes it more doable. :party:

It depends on how you are using OneNote. I love having it all in one place: notes, files, links, videos, pictures, etc. It does *so much more* than pen and paper!!! But if you are using it only in the same way that you use pen and paper then, yeah, not a great advantage I guess.

This was the problem. I was forced to finish mine even though they were very tough. I have horrid memories of chewing & chewing & chewing cold meat. Yuck.

I have the Clickman which is for A4-sized paper. A4 paper is a bit longer and won't fit in a Proclick. If you are in America than the p50 for Letter-sized paper should be perfect. Happy printing and binding! ;)

Pork chops. I ate so many pork chops as a child that I've never even purchased one as an adult.

I *think* the zipbinds don't work with a proclick, they are specifically for comb binders. The holes wouldn't line up. The proclick has more holes, so more coils. (Just to clarify, I don't want you to end up with the wrong spines!)

I don't think she posts anymore, but you can google her username to find her blog, which isn't updated but if you scroll down a bit you'll find pictures of the baby girl she had last year. (For anyone who remembers her pregnancy history this is real cause to celebrate.) :party: (I hope it's okay that I mention this here- if anyone thinks I should delete, I will.)

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Here's a blog link with great pictures of the proclick system. Warning: Viewing of these photos may induce feelings of proclick euphoria. Proceed with caution. http://satorismiles.com/?s=proclick&submit=Find After seeing how she bound FLL I'm going to do that also, we've just been tearing pages out of the workbook as we go. I wish she still blogged, she did such great, thorough reviews!

I also have opened mine many times. Occasionally I have to press a coil or two closed with my fingers because they didn't close all the way with the zip tool. I haven't had any break or not work. The bindings are very easy to cut as well, so good for making smaller sized books if need be. I always bind my books with the back cover on top. Then when you flip the cover around to the back the spine of the coil is caught in front of the back cover, keeping it from shifting as you open and close your book. I think that tip was in the instructions.

Mini cupcakes. Mini. 109, since that's the number in The Elements which is what we are doing right now. But no, I won't do them all by myself. My kids will definitely help! :) Lots of examples here! Ours won't be fancy. Or probably even legible. But it will be fun! https://www.google.com.au/search?q=periodic+table+cupcakes&client=firefox-a&hs=sxv&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=nts&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=IyDeU_-GGYXr8AXDo4CYAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ

I got mine specifically to be able to re-open the coils. For example, I plan for six to ten weeks at a time for school. I can re-open my planner and change the pages anytime. I can print out my detailed history plans for the week and put them in my planner. I can add more note pages, or calendar pages, or whatever. Spiral binding it was too much of a commitment, and comb binding too much of a pain to change the pages. A binder is too bulky. The proclick makes it so easy! We will soon be living on the road full-time and have limited space. My proclick/clickman is coming with us! We'll use it to create travel journals and nature journals, and for curriculum that needs to be printed. This way we can add to the journals in any way we please. In this case it's mostly a space-saving measure over binders. I also prefer the clean look of the spines over the comb binding, and the round holes of the punch. ;) Like I said, I gave away my comb binder the day after I got my clickman. :)

Oh, oh, oh! What great timing! I've been planning to do the periodic table made out of cupcakes thing! Now I have to do it this week. Must make cupcakes. My kids will be thrilled! I know, it doesn't count until I've posted pics. :D

I was just looking into this and the largest size proclick/clickman spines are 5/8" or 16mm. They bind approximately 145 sheets. The 1/2" or 12mm bind approximately 95 sheets. I gave my comb binding machine away the day after I got my clickman. I only had to try it once to know I'd never go back. :wub: Found this thread on zipbinds (looks like quality is an issue): http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/456221-proclick-fans-an-option-zipbind/

How about "You Wouldn't Want to Live Without The Hive!" :lol:

Later this year we will be moving our family of six into our caravan (camper trailer) and living on the road full-time for at least a year. We'll be traveling around Australia, exploring this great land. We're very excited! The kids starting packing up the day after we told them. :D We will have, of course, limited room. And we'll be spending time exploring. But there will be time for schooling as well. My dh will be doing studying of his own so there will be some time for that built into our days. I'm looking for some advice, what curricula would you absolutely bring with you? What subjects would you absolutely do if you were on the road long-term? Have you been there, done this? What worked for you? I'm thinking of scanning in my teacher's guides to save room (and weight). I have a good scanner. (I'm not worried about copyright, it's for my own use, the books just weigh a lot.) When we start my kids will be 10, 7, 5, and 1. We school on a calendar year, so we'll be at the end of grades four and one for my oldest two. 5yo would start prep (kindergarten) next year. Subjects for 7yo and 10yo: Math- RS, the most manipulative-intensive program (!) but it works for us so I will make room. Singapore challenging word problems. Writing- WWE for 7yo, W&R for 10yo. Also keeping a travel blog/journal. (Which will cover technology and typing too.) Reading- OPGTR pdf version for 5yo and 7yo. Kindle books for all. Geography & Aussie history as we travel. Also SOTW audio. Science- Nature journals. Spelling- AAS, would use the Sound Literacy app for tiles. Latin- 10yo would use GSWL kindle version (he's part way through this now). We'd listen to SSL in the car. Bible- Picture Smart Bible, since it would only be one page for each of them. Handwriting- HWT wkbks for 7yo and copywork for both. For my 5yo I'll just concentrate on reading and whatever else she wants to do, I'm not worried about her. Actually, my biggest worry for her is how many craft supplies I can bring along. :) I stocked up during the Audible.com children's book sale last week. :) I got audiobooks for each age. I've also stocked up on card games and travel games, which we tend to play a lot of while we're on the road. We have subscriptions to Reading Eggs and Dreambox. Access will depend on how good our internet connection is wherever we are staying. We'll have ipads and a laptop. And a printer. And my proclick (A4 version- clickman) to make our nature and travel journals. Would you try to do all this? What subjects would you drop? What would you add? Because this is long-term I feel like I can't just drop too many things. I imagine when we get to a new area we'll spend time seeing the sights for a few days, then settle down and do school for a few days. But I want the kids to have plenty of time to just explore. Am I being too ambitious?

You can get proclick-like spines for a regular comb binding machine. They can open and close like the proclick spines. http://www.mybinding.com/.sc/ms/cat/Bookbinding%20Supplies--GBC%20ZipBind I don't know how widely available they are, I'm in Australia and I don't think I can get them here. I have the A4 version of the proclick, called a clickman. I didn't know they could break! If mine ever does, thanks to this thread I'll know to try taking it apart and fixing it myself. Hopefully it won't happen!

We do 'jobs' at the end of the school day. It's how they earn their screen time. In the morning they make their beds and whoever's turn it is for laundry will start their laundry. I tried doing jobs in the mornings but it took forever for us to get our school day started. It works much better for us to do them as an end to our day.

My 9yo is doing FLL 3 this year. I'm learning right along with him. I had never even heard of a predicate nominative. :leaving:

There are separate teacher's guides (which I don't have)... http://www.rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?subject=5&category=825 I also don't think of it as a stand alone phonics program. I use it behind where my kids are as reinforcement and so that they can do it independently. Two pages a day while they are young, four pages as they get older. Part of their 'warm up' for the day. But I'm happy with ETC so I'll bow out of the thread. :leaving: :auto:

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without... Toilets Antibiotics Cell Phones Books Electricity Clean Water Coming to an online bookstore near you in September 2014! :laugh: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=you%20wouldn%27t%20want%20to%20live%20without http://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=you+wouldn%27t+want+to+live&page=1&searchRefined=1&ieutf8=%E2%98%A0&searchAddedTerm=without&submit=Go&price=&availability=&format=&searchSortBy=popularity&searchLang= We enjoy this series. I look forward to this new take on these books. I'd especially love to see the cell phone one. :coolgleamA:

The email said that most of the items were new this year, so I am interested to see as well. I purchased it the first year but not since.

The ihomeschool omnibus is in August... http://www.homeschoolomnibus.com/ I'm guessing some of the same things will be included, but it will be $25 for the whole set.

After I ordered a build your own bundle for $25 they sent a coupon code for $10 which means you could get the mom bundle free. For the three Ellen McHenry items you would spend $45 for the e-books. To get them for $25 is a great deal!