This fall, I'm teaching a class of elementary age children with Apologia's Young Explorer's Human Anatomy. The series has companion notebooks for both younger and older elementary students. So, I'm going to use both the Junior and regular notebooks with the class. My emphasis is always to use 'hands-on' instruction; the book series suits me. What's new for me is the integral focus on notebooks. Don't get me wrong. My kids have used notebooks for their classes. I've never had a dedicated workbook I liked and which have some flexibility. Apart from science camps or college courses, I haven't taught mixed aged classes either.
Here's my plan. First, I want to include book activities and photos of activities from class to make the notebook more of a scrapbook or lapbooks-ideal for portfolio submissions. We'll add Montessorri album ideas, mini-books, and pockets. Montessori Three Part Cards are useful to introduce nomenclature. You can follow my adventure with notebooks and Young Explorers at my science blog. Look for the Young Explorer headings.
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