ABQmom Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My 5th grader LOVES using a highlighter for math. I've allowed her to highlight her answer to each question and it has greatly increased her focus on working each question carefully. She LOVES highlighting the answer (it makes her feel grown up). It actually is easier for me to correct her work with the answers highlighted so it's a win-win! I LOVE this idea! Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedwith6 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I need brads and our Walmart doesn't sell them anymore. (no craft stores nearby) WHY would walmart stop selling brads? that makes no sense. We are doing two homeschoolinthewoods lapbooks and need supplies for them (such as colored file folders, double sticky tape, and velcro) I would like to have a laminator. And at the top of my wishlist......a Cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My dd does not like marks in workbooks for wrong answers to correct, so I love those colored sticky arrows to mark any wrong answers. I just put one by the answer that is wrong and she knows what to correct. I can easily just recheck the arrowed answers and neatly put it back on the stack to reuse. I even color code some-yellow is spelling errors, red is punctuation,etc. Gina I've started using these as well. Only mine are color coded by kid :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Oh and half size index cards. Great for flash cards, games, bookmarks, small drawings. Can you buy smaller index cards? I've only ever seen the standard size and the larger sizes --- if that makes any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsmomma Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Can you buy smaller index cards? I've only ever seen the standard size and the larger sizes --- if that makes any sense. Yes, walmart and staples sell 1/2 index cards. Really cute and cheap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschnee Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 We use cm graph paper note books for math. I buy them by the dozens at Staples. Also page protectors, page dividers, our small white board and dry erase markers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaofTwo Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 agreein' on all said! I discovered today, since I now have a chalkboard instead of a whiteboard, that I need a dustbuster. I'm gonna flip out about all the chalkdust in about 2 days. clean contact paper...cheaper than laminate and works great! file folders like crazy colored pens...I get tired of correcting in just one color good, quality writing pens for my pleasure dental floss...great to have the dc floss during read aloud times :) not paper clips, but those big, black paper clip, holds stacks of paper, then fold down thingys....what are they called? red wine and chocolate chip cookies I believe the black paper clips are called binder clips. I just picked up a tub of them at Office Depot. They are super colorful and they say "Crap" on them. :lol: It's not a word I generally throw around, but it was so appropriate for what I was using them for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaofTwo Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Removable double-sided poster tape! Does it really exist? Where can I get some? I have torn so many maps, posters, etc. by using permanent double-sided tape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 My 5th grader LOVES using a highlighter for math. I've allowed her to highlight her answer to each question and it has greatly increased her focus on working each question carefully. She LOVES highlighting the answer (it makes her feel grown up). It actually is easier for me to correct her work with the answers highlighted so it's a win-win! Oh my, this is brilliant. You probably just saved me a bunch of time! Thanks for sharing. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Does it really exist? Where can I get some? I have torn so many maps, posters, etc. by using permanent double-sided tape! :iagree: that stuff is wonderful! it does not mess up the wall or the paper. it's made by 3M and is called by none other than "poster tape." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 BALLOONS-- seems every time I have NO balloons, I need it for some experiment! LOL I am addicted to sticky notes (for me). :iagree: Just this week. Again. Balloons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaofTwo Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 :iagree: that stuff is wonderful! it does not mess up the wall or the paper. it's made by 3M and is called by none other than "poster tape." Fantastic! I am adding it to my shopping list. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Those bracket things that go into the holes of a 3 hole notebook page and make a booklet. Index cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Does it really exist? Where can I get some? I have torn so many maps, posters, etc. by using permanent double-sided tape! I found mine at Wal-Mart in the office supplies section:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Yes, walmart and staples sell 1/2 index cards. Really cute and cheap too. I've never seen them. I must look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aludlam Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I always wanted, and thought I needed, a laminator until I discovered clear packing tape! It works GREAT for laminating flash cards, and other small things! ;) So, do you have some special technique for doing this? Me, roll of tape, pieces of paper --- might be a big problem!!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol: Please dish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 and 2-liter soda bottles--another science "must" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Mouse Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 and 2-liter soda bottles--another science "must" :iagree: This is always somewhat frustrating for me because we don't drink soda. I usually go to the store and buy the cheapest generic brand soda and then dump it out to use the bottle :blushing:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I always wanted, and thought I needed, a laminator until I discovered clear packing tape! It works GREAT for laminating flash cards, and other small things! ;) I used to do that until I bought my laminating machine. Now I laminate EVERYTHING. LOL Hmm...I think it's time to make a run to Walmart. I am CLEARLY not ready to begin school on Monday! :tongue_smilie:I'm feeling inadequate as well! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 This is always somewhat frustrating for me because we don't drink soda. I usually go to the store and buy the cheapest generic brand soda and then dump it out to use the bottle :blushing:. They have lemonade and fruit punch in 2-liters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmama4 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Post it's and paper clips are awesome bookmarks! I use the little ones with colored tips. I always seem to have at least 2 kids reading the same book so I give each kid a different color and then they know where they are. I also can see where they are ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 White board with several different color markers. I use it for writing phonics words and doing cursive at first. Writing on the board is more fun and interactive than working from a book. Plus, it emphasizes the left to right direction of words. For cursive, it is much easier at first to write the letters big. And, if your child has any perfectionist tendencies, they are less problematic on a white board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I totally didn't even think of needing bookmarks, (DD's too young for independent reading, and it didn't cross my mind to mark my place in our text books) but I think I'll be cutting up some cardstock tonight after the kids are in bed for my DD to decorate in the morning. This is only our first day of Full-Load Homeschooling (we did HS-Lite during June and took July off, but now we're in full swing). I'm wondering what I'll realize I need tomorrow... :tongue_smilie: Yes, but then the toddler gets hold of the book because it got left on the floor or dc accidentally drops the book down the stairs and the bookmarks fall out. I use post-it notes as bookmarks. And I bookmark everything so I don't have to be constantly finding my place in answer keys and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 reinforcements for notebook paper. By the time I realized I needed them last year I cound not find ANY in all the stores I looked in. This year I am planning ahead, I bought 2 packs of 500 reinforcements last night. I may buy 1-2 more packs befroe septemeber while I can still find them in stores just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 and 2-liter soda bottles--another science "must" Yep lol.....I let my kids have diet cola last night (very rare) because I needed the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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