This is my third year homeschooling and second year with Classical Conversations. As I thought about our setup and how to organize this year’s materials, I really liked the idea of the trifold that a lot of the CC moms were doing at home. The issue is that I don’t have the space to display it and didn’t want to be dealing with folding it and putting it away. Then I saw our bulletin board and it “hit me”! I would repurpose it. There were several visual aids before, that to be honest, were not really serving any purpose. I just had to print all the memory work and use page protectors and push pins:
Best perk I noticed about this, is that the memory work is nicely displayed, and readily available for my children.
Next thing was to find a way to organize all the prints for the board. I used simple folders and label them with their respective subject:
All the prints for the year nicely organized and the best part, I don’t have to be spending time re-writing or printing every week. All I have to do, is get all the prints from each subject and replace the previous week by just sliding them in the sheet protectors. I used some prints from CC Connected but mostly from Classical Conversations’ Cycle 3 Memory Work Resource CD.
To have all the folders nicely put away, I placed them in a magazine/folder holder and label it with our current cycle:
My daughter is of good age to begin copywork and notebooking. CC Connected has a few notebooking files to download, and the one that caught my attention was from Sheri Ellis. I printed all the 24 weeks for each subject (yes, a lot of paper and ink, but so worth it). I then hole-punched all the sheets and placed them in a two-inch binder with 24 tabs:
I decided that it would be easier for my daughter to organize it by weeks:
This is a sneak peak of the contents (image provided by Sheri Ellis):
If you are interested in this notebook, you can download it from CC Connected, username: sheriellis
This is our plan for cycle 3, and thanks to God is working pretty well so far.
Have a blessed CC year!
This is wonderful!!! I’ve been looking for ways to organize and display things for my girls. This certainly suits my style and preference. We are looking forward to starting CC this fall.
I’m glad that it helps Robyn! You will love CC! Just keep in mind that simplicity is the key. I pray that you and your girls have a wonderful year!
I am just getting started with CC this year. I like the look of your repurposed bulletin board. I plan to hang one in my dining room and want something that will look nice and not like an office item. Did you frame this bulletin board or find it with such a nice frame? Thanks, Julie
I’ve tried finding you on CC connected but not having any luck. Is there anyway you can email me the notebook contents? Or am I missing something on CC connected?
Thanks so much!
Allison Davis
First of all, let me THANK YOU for sharing such a wonderful system! This is our first year doing CC and I think I’ve just found the perfect system for us! We will have two in CC next year! I will definitely be putting this together for the 2017-2018 school year, Lord willing!
I am having a hard time finding this file. Can you help me? My email is melissarsfranco@gmail.com
Looks great! Can I asked how big your bulletin board is? Thank you!
Hi!!
I love the notebook idea… though I can’t find the Cycle 3 notebook pages from sheriellis .. there is only 3 weeks .. also where do you get the resource cd from?? It says not found when click… please help… can you email me
Monicagodoy12@gmail.com
Thank you!!
Hello,
I am wondering what size bulletin board you used? Thanks so much!
Emily
The CD is no longer available….
What size page protector are you using for the timeline cards? Also, what is your board size?
I cannot find this on CC. Any suggestions of how to find it?
I’m not sure if it is still on CC Connected. It was created by Sheri Ellis. This post is from 2014. We are doing a different notebook this time around.
This is brilliant, Maritza! And that appears to be a very large bulletin board to fit all those resources! I loved using notebooking when I homeschooled my daughter, but I never used a bulletin board like that. I should have!
Hi Jimmie! Thank you! It is a large one. I was blessed enough that hubby framed it to match our school table. I acquired your “Notebooking Success” eBook a few weeks ago, and I’m on the works on implementing your guidelines to our Classical Curriculum. I appreciate you stopping by!
Do you know if there is anyone who has updated these for the new cycle 1 for 2018-2019 school year? Sheri Ellis hasn’t as of yet.
Do you have one for this year 2018/2019 Cycle 1? I am also having a hard time finding you on CCC…
I love the idea of this notebook! Is this a free download?
Hi Hilary! It is free, but only available to Classical Conversations Connected subscribers.
Beautiful ideas Maritza!