Our New Favorite Notebooks

We have done various incarnations of lapbooking/notebooking. The most basic has been to complete notebook pages, slip them in to page protectors and store them in a binder. We have used standard file folders for lapbooks, and we have done more comprehensive lapbooks (with elements of notebooking and lapbooking mixed) using this classification folder.

Our new favorite notebooks are by Bare Books. They are Spiral Bare Books and are offered in various sizes. It took me a while to gear up to use these, but I really like the versatility. They can be used like a standard notebook- just the work right on the page or glue the notebook page on. Or, they can be done with more of a lapbook twist- the mini books and various lapbook elements are glued right on the page.

Our notebooks/lapbooks:

Page Protectors in Notebook

Standard File Folder


Classification Folder

Spiral Bare Book (lapbook/notebook style)

Comments

  1. Michelle GibsonApril 7, 2010 at 3:58 PM

    We have moved away from file folders and are using the notebook/lapbook style. But I am really liking the spiral Bare Books! What size are you using? (We are getting ready to do Ping too!).

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  2. LaurieApril 7, 2010 at 10:27 PM

    Michelle, I have 8x10 for the boys' science notebooks and the 10x12 for their Five in a Row documentation. I think we may move to all 8x10 for storage purposes. It is a nice, user friendly format! We love Ping!! :)

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  3. LaurieJuly 26, 2010 at 5:25 PM

    Marion,
    You can purchase the blank spiral notebooks here-
    http://www.barebooks.com/spiral.htm
    We really like the format. :)

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  4. LaurieJuly 26, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    Marion,
    I forgot the second answer! We use the book for more than one title. Depending on how many pages go with the book, it would work for 4-6 books. We are planning on moving to 8x10 instead of 10x12, so we will probably get closer to 4 books per notebook. HTH!!

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  5. UnknownSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    I really like this variation on the file folder lapbook!! Great idea.

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  6. TriciaSeptember 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    I have been looking all over for a blank book with one page blank and the facing page for journaling. These barebooks are the closest I've seen. Have you ever seen a book/journal with an every other page configuration?

    Thanks!

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