Review
“Notebooking” has enjoyed an explosion throughout the homeschooling community in recent years. This type of written narration offers many benefits to a child’s education. In the Hands of a Child has expanded from their popular lapbooking project packs and has begun creating note packs as well. The Presidents’ Day Note Pack offers the same great information and activities of their lapbooking packs within the simpler form of the notebook pages.
The Presidents’ Day Note Pack can be used as a stand-alone unit study or to complement an existing curriculum. It begins with an explanation of notebooking, including the benefits of notebooking and necessary supplies. An overview schedules the notebook pages by day. Three notebook pages are scheduled per day for five days. There are also instruction pages with related books and websites, instructions for each activity, and extension activities. A research guide is included with information for all of the notebook pages, so the teacher is not required to complete any further research. The end of the e-book includes vocabulary words and an answer key.
The Presidents’ Day Lapbook Project Pack is simple to use. The only preparation time required is to print the notebook pages. Some of the instructions for completing the pages is rather short and could use a little more detail, but overall it was an easy way to add a great deal to our study of Presidents’ Day with very little time involvement on my part.
The version of the Presidents’ Day Note Pack that I received for review was the e-book version. In the Hands of a Child has several different options available for their project packs, including the e-books as well as CDs, printed paperbacks and combinations. You can find the Presidents’ Day Note Pack at the In the Hands of a Child Website.
About the Reviewer
In the Hands of a Child has been greatly impacted by the homeschooling community. The vast majority of customers who purchase materials from their company are homeschoolers. In addition, Niki, Kimm, and Katie have built a strong link of communication and mutual friendship with many of their customers (mostly homeschoolers) through on-line chats, on-line co-op groups, and yahoo email groups. They are grateful to be blessed with such wonderful customers and friends as the ones from the homeschool community that make up the larger part of their international customer base. While they often hear what a wonderful addition their company has been to the homeschooling community, they are forever indebted to them for their tremendous success as a company.
sounds good.