Comments on: The "Spiral" Method of Homeschooling

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:26:09 +0000

Witty title. You of course had me thinking spiral vs. mastery and then gave it a whole new twist. We love our cheap spirals, too. Although, I thought 10 cents each was a steal!

By: Amyswandering

Amyswandering — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:17:07 +0000

@Joy, It is a system developed by Sue Gregg.
http://www.workboxsystem.com/

It is basically a way for Mom to organize everyone's work the night before so they know what to do, the order to do it in, and have everything they need in one location. Moms who are using this system are reporting that they are actually getting to all the fun stuff that usually gets pushed aside.

This page has tons of info:
http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dwstdgn_447mphsmf8&revision=_latest

I'm going to start posting workbox idea websites on my blog in the next couple of weeks (hopefully!).
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By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:48:17 +0000

@Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers, I wish there were a way I could color-code per subject AND per child. Hmm. Thinking…

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:46:41 +0000

@Amyswandering, Workboxes? I'd love an explanation of what you mean

By: Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:09:42 +0000

Great idea! I'm going to do something similar this year. We use 3-prong folders for our notebooks for various subjects. Last year, I just used what I had left from previous school shopping trips and the kids would pull out every single folder trying to find the one they were looking for. This year, I'm color-coding them by subject – blue for history, green for science, red for writing…or something like that.

I'm thinking that, doing it that way, I should only have all of a certain color pulled out at any given time. Maybe.
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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:40:39 +0000

We use lots of binders with loose leaf paper in it, kind of the same but different I love seeing all the neat home school ideas and am so glad you have started this meme!
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By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:36:48 +0000

I am glad to know that I am not the only one who buys these in bulk. I have been doing this the last year or two and it helps so much. I need to do what you do and do one color per child. Great idea. I just write name and subject on them, but color would help keep each child's straight.
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Containing Homeschool Items | A High And Noble Calling — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:31:46 +0000

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By: Annie Kate

Annie Kate — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:58:43 +0000

We use the nonspiral scribblers, but we don't color code them. One of my children tries to, though, picking the green out of each pack of scribblers. We found that taping in extra sheets works quite well, if you end up needing to put some of those in.

As my children get older and more responsible, I let them decide whether to use loose-leaf or scribblers.

Annie Kate

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:35:49 +0000

Golly! What an awesome deal!! Go, MOM!