25 creative notebooking ideas
Notebooking is one of the best ways to demonstrate your individuality in your lessons. But sticking some worksheets in a binder is not true notebooking. You must generate the material yourself and it is a reflection of you, not simply a regurgitation of someone else’s thoughts. Read more on the rewards of notebooking at my other blog, PrincipledMom.
In case you find yourself in a rut, here is a list of creative expression. You can also download the 25 creative notebooking ideas here.
- paper folding
- portraits
- write a story and illustrate it
- collage
- mosaic with construction paper or magazine pictures
- drawings
- cut outs
- silhouettes
- rubber stamping
- stickers to add to a picture or draw around
- photographs
- coloring pages
- printable fonts that can be colored
- pockets to put things in
- door or flaps to hide things
- pop-ups
- paintings
- rubbings or impressions
- CD recordings of kid’s voice, documents, music, video, etc.
- fold out pages for long projects
- sew paper
- create an award
- cut words and letters from newspapers or magazines
- create a small book and place in a pocket on a page
- paper weaving
If you want to add to the list please leave a comment.
This is a great list! We haven’t been putting much into our notebooks lately, and I really want to get back into it.
It’s so easy to get in a rut, or to feel you must do something creative all the time. Sometimes a good T chart is the perfect thing, simple and brief.
Also it’s easy to feel the need to produce something to prove learning. That’s probably my weakness. I don’t need to just fill notebooks; I need to teach, they need to learn.
Great ideas! What I like about these is that they are not restricted to a regular notebook. How do you store these great creations?