My son is swiftly approaching a school age and it kind of terrifies me, partly do to the fact that is so hard for him to sit still. Normal boy stuff. So I wanted to get him started on having some sit down time writing, learning and doing other homeworky stuff every day.
At the store I saw these fabulous books with things to trace while they're learning how to use a pencil, identifying letters, sounds. They are great. I bought one and quickly realized I wanted to get more out of it because my little man was going to need to use it much more than one time, more like 50. At first I tried using a pencil and eraser, but that was extremely time consuming on my part and didn't even work very well. Then I thought of laminating them but that is spendy so I came up with this genius idea.
I tore the whole book apart and put each page in a sheet protector and put it in a binder. It actually ended up being two binders because I had a number of things I printed off online and it all didn't quite fit. But it worked out because my other son usually ends up wanting to do 'homework' too.
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Inside I put a pencil pouch with dry erase marker and an eraser (a magic eraser works best)
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In the front pocket I put laminated printables I had already made up. In the back I have some easy reading books as well.
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Homework time.
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I found these great printables online. I love
this site for any who are wondering.
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When homework time comes around I just pick a section and let him have at it. It has made everything so much easier. My younger son also is fairly enthusiastic about it which has done a number on my supply of dry erase pens. Thank goodness for the dollar store (cheapest place for the FYI)
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Then done pull out one of these bad boys, they are amazing. I tried using a regular eraser but it was hard for some reason. This is way better
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although it usually ends up looking pretty trashed.
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So far so good and I plan to use these for the next kid (or two whenever that happens) and can switch it out for other grades when the time comes.
What a fantastic idea! I've laminated a few of the trace the letter pages (like the ones you showed) which have worked really well with Ethan. A bit of work on the front end but I imagine you'll save a lot of money in the long run once it gets used by other kids too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! For my preschooler I have just bought a bunch of workbooks we go through. It would have been much smarter to put them into a binder and use dry erase markers. I think I need to do this.
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