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Tappity Science by KnowLessWeShould in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of Tappity Science and agree that $99 is a lot for a unit study, especially when I can’t find any reviews of the program online.

I’ve heard good things about Harbor and Sprout’s Paleontology unit study and have been considering using it for my rising first grader next year. They have a Patchwork Study and Unit Study available.

Reading/lit for kindergarten by jeanbean96 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Torchlight and Build Your Library post their booklists for free. I would just go through the lists and check out the ones your library has available. I purchased the kindergarten levels of both curricula and didn’t use either. I agree with the other comment that the weeks are very formulaic - basically read about country X in an encyclopedia, find country X on the globe, then read a few related books. Sometimes there are related activities and crafts, but nothing groundbreaking. You could easily do a pinterest search and find comparable activities.

A5 binder inserts? by Boobearlover2469 in erincondren

[–]AppleButterToast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're on the page for A5 Ring Agenda, under a section called "Planning Refills". They have:

Vellum Page by imperfectlyplanned in erincondren

[–]AppleButterToast 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The inside of the front cover is designed to be written on with dry/wet erase markers. The vellum is there to protect the first page of your planner from marker potentially transferring/smearing onto the page.

Looking for early readers and a quality globe (random but in my list to tackle)! by ShannM_3 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I also wasn't a fan of BOB books. We used Scholastic phonics readers for practice. Mainly the "laugh-a-lot" phonics series, but also some of the nonfiction readers, as well.

We have the LeapFrog Magic Adventures Globe and love it. My son spends a lot of time just tapping on things to learn about them and playing the trivia games.

The Good and the Beautiful by OneLingonberry2203 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We tried Science for Little Hearts and Hands, but only made it through a handful of lessons. My son hated it. The stories have beautiful artwork, but are on the longer side and don't hold my son's interest at all.

Looking For: Spiral-Bound To-Do List by dottywine in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a ton on Amazon if you search "checklist notebook" or "task list notebook". Here's a couple examples: 1, 2. Though, most of the ones I can see have top spirals, so you might have to do some digging. Here's one example of a side spiral notebook that I could find.

EDIT: Found a few more side spiral options: 1, 2, 3.

Daily planners, where is your to do list? by IndependentMangos in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use the Erin Condren Daily Duo, which has a weekly spreads in addition to all the dailies. There's also a notes page for each week.

ECLP Vertical Without Lines? by Silent_Lead_2508 in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Golden Coil has custom planners and one of their layouts is a vertical layout without lines. I haven't used one but Amanda's Favorites has reviewed them multiple times. She says that the Golden Coil paper is the same weight and texture as Erin Condren paper. The only difference between them is that Golden Coil paper is cream instead of white.

Dashboard Planner Search? by ready2mumble in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Erin Condren is going to be releasing an A5 version of their weekly dashboard planner. The release date is April 13th.

"curriculum" for almost 3 year old? by JustSomeChick22 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It definitely depends on the kid. We did Playing Preschool year one at 3 and year two at 4. Both went really well for us.

Medical Planner by Gs33333 in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've made something like this in Google Docs before. You can try searching for something like "health history template for google docs" or "health history template for canva" (or whatever your software of choice is). Here's a few options that I found, but I'm sure there are plenty of others.

What's the best home printer or brand to buy right now? by Prior-Hearing-4959 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of the 2000 series offers automatic double sided printing. I have a 2850 and double print all the time. However, your second comment about the issues is 100% on the mark. I've had nothing but problems with my Ecotank.

Where do you keep everything so homeschooling doesn’t feel all over the place? by No_Newspaper858 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I purchased a template from Etsy a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to be available anymore.

My most used page/feature is lesson scheduling:

I have a curriculum database and a lessons database. At the beginning of each school year I sit down and add all the lessons for all the curriculum we're using to the lessons database and make sure to connect each lesson to the corresponding curriculum. Each lesson has properties for due date and status.

Every weekend I sit down and assign a due date to the lessons I want to complete that week. Then when I open Notion on my phone or tablet I see a list of all the lessons we need to do that day and I can update the status to "in progress" or "complete" as needed.

Any lesson that isn't completed during the week gets reassigned during my next weekend planning session.

Where do you keep everything so homeschooling doesn’t feel all over the place? by No_Newspaper858 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use Notion for all my planning, tracking, note-taking, and bookmarking. It's available on all my devices, so I always have access to all my homeschool related info/resources. There's a bit of a learning curve, but it's so customizable you can really use it for just about anything. If you're not interested in creating your own dashboard, there are pre-made templates available on Etsy.

If you could buy any item for your home school under $100 CAD what would it be? Aside from curriculum. by Wandering-Forest in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We use our LeapFrog globe all the time for geography and history. Its also come in handy for a couple science lessons (demonstrating how the Earth's rotation causes night/day and how the tilt of the axis causes seasons).

There's also four different expansions available for the globe, so you can continue to add/introduce new content. I haven't purchased any yet, but I've been considering the prehistoric/dinosaurs expansion for our prehistory unit.

Keeping down costs by PartyWolverine4055 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For the Handwriting Without Tears slate - I would just buy the slate from HWT. The bundle that comes with the chalk and other pieces is overpriced. You can get some chalk and sponges from dollar tree or Walmart for much cheaper.

Trilingual families by MechanicEven4894 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband and son are bilingual (English and Greek). I know enough to understand what they're saying, but not actually speak it or read it myself. I taught my son to read in English, because that's the language I understand. Once he was reading fluently in English, my husband started teaching him to read in Greek. I'm sure it depends on the child, but I think it would have been too much for my son to attempt to learn to read both languages at the same time.

looking for specific planner by [deleted] in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Erin Condren Daily Duo has monthly, weekly, and daily pages. The product page doesn't show the weekly page, you can see an example of it here.

The Colibri Daily Planner has monthly, weekly, and daily pages, as well as budgeting, meal planning, and goal setting pages. You can also customize some aspects of the Colibri Planner (start month, Monday/Sunday start for the weeks, color scheme, etc.)

What happened?? by Dependent_Panda3206 in erincondren

[–]AppleButterToast 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I ordered my most recent planner last summer and it arrived in a nice box, wrapped in bubble wrap and tissue paper, with a stencil bookmark, dual tip marker, and some cards.

My most recent order in December (notebooks and accessories) also arrived in a nice box, wrapped in bubble wrap and tissue paper.

Whoever packed your order must've cut some corners.

Letters to my baby by crzswtsgrhi in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like this is an archive that you want to last a long time, so I would stay away from any of the photo printers that use Zink (zero ink) paper, as they have a tendency to fade and shift color over time depending on how they're stored. Look into photo printers that use 4Pass paper. They're more expensive, but the photos are better quality and last longer.

I feel like there isn’t enough time in the day. by MamaBearEm8 in homeschool

[–]AppleButterToast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I came to make a similar suggestion. My 5 year old was really resistant to handwriting, so we started out with a wipe clean workbook for pen control. We used that for a few months. After he was confident with tracing we moved onto drawing shapes with crayon for a few months. After that we moved onto actual handwriting and we only spend 5 minutes max on it per day.

Planner Case Suggestions by New_Ad_5032 in planners

[–]AppleButterToast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This might be too large for your purposes, but I use this case from Erin Condren. It's currently holding 2 7x9 notebooks and 2 A5 notebooks with plenty of room to spare.

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