The Charlotte Mason Girl

What do you want in a copy work book? I am working on creating some copy work e-books, and I need your help! Please tell me what YOU would like to see in a copy work book. Just leave a comment and tell me what subject you would like to see covered (bible, poetry, sports, character quotes, etc.), and what age level you would like addressed with the copy work. I'll be putting them in e-book format, and you will be able to download them from our sister website - www.ancientpathsweb.com . I'll also create hard copies, so those who come to hear me speak at a support group meeting, or see our booth at a Homeschool conference can pick up a copy and take it home!

So, I want some input! I want to know what you want! Please help me!

NEW Products at Notebooking Pages - Great for Copywork!

I'm so excited!  You've seen me talk about the great products that Debra has at NotebookingPages.com - well, for the first time in over a year, she has added new pages!  WoooooHooooo!  I love all the great pages she offers.  You can use them for specialized studies, or use one of her general templates for anything you are working on!  Click on her link to the left at the top to see all she has to offer right now!

Some of the specialized sets she offers are: States Study, Ancient History study, Geography pages, Latin and Greek word study, I could go on and on!  It's wonderful stuff!  She's recently added some sets of Simply Designed pages, that are great for those students who don't like pages that are overly decorative (like our boys!)  These can be used for your copywork, spelling, written narrations, or anything else you or your child can imagine!  I love to give my children these pages, as they can turn the most mundane task into something fun!  When our children have something pleasant to look at, it is more enjoyable for them to complete the task set before them.

Have I mentioned her prices!  Ridiculously low! I can't believe how inexpensive it is to provide something for my children that will just make school a more pleasant experience.  Her Simply Designed page sets are on sale right now for just $1.48!  This is for a whole set of pages with a simple format and more masculine designs on them.   Her set of Basic Notebooking pages has 200 pages, 100 designs in either primary or regular lined pages is currently on sale for just $6.48.  All of the sets are available for immediate download, and if you want it all on CD, Debra will create a custom CD for you with whatever sets you want on it!  You just can't beat this deal!  

I encourage you to hurry over to NotebookingPages.com, as this sale is good only until Monday.  Here is another reason to hurry - the discount amounts are going to change every couple of days from 50% off today thru Thursday, and by Sunday, it will be only 30% off.  Even those prices are great, but why not get it at the ridiculously low prices she has today?!

Please, take a few moments and go check out the products Debra has to offer!  Just click on that button to the left above, and you will see what all Debra and her pages can do to refresh your school!   

Where did My New Year's Resolutions go?

I was all determined to be organized once the calendar was turned over.  I forgot about all the busy times around the holiday season.  Oh, yeah - we had a few parties, shopping, special times with the children, AND we decided to add a new puppy to the family.  (The puppy was a last-minute decision for Hubby and I.  She came available, and so we went for it!)  Having a new puppy is close to having a new baby in the house.  Potty training is very time-consuming!  I'm hanging on to the hope that this will not take as long as it takes to get a newborn all the way to potty-trained!  

I have decided I'm going to give Sue Patrick's Workbox System a try.  I got the ebook, and I'm a little over half-way through it.  Sigh.  I wanted to be done reading, have all the supplies purchased and organized, and start using it the first day back to school!  I have a tendency to be an all-or nothing gal.  If things are good at this moment - I see life as being GREAT!  If, however, things are hard, I feel totally defeated!  As I was wallowing in misery for not being organized enough - STILL! - I thought back to our Christmas break.  We got to spend a lot of time together as a family.  Because of the way the holidays fell this year, my husband got a four-day weekend followed by a three day weekend.  We got a couple of new games for the family, and I spent a lot of time playing games with family.  Sometimes we were all together, and sometimes it was just a few of us.  But, we made it a point to take lots of time playing together as a family.  I also read about four fiction novels!  Reading is a pleasure for me, and I took advantage of the free time during the holidays to get extra reading in.  

So, how should I feel?  Have I failed at the CM way of education?  Have I come up short, again?  Are my children suffering because of my 'lack of organization'?  I think we'll all live through it.  We are continuing to limp along with my less-than organized method we have used so far this school year, and I'll be working on finishing that ebook and getting our workboxes set up.  THEN I'll be a good homeschooler!  Right?