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#1 · July 25, 2004, 12:17 pm

Posted by: homenews <homenews@...>

 
Dear Hope Chest friends,
 
Are you looking for a way for you or your child to keep school records in an attractive, orderly and durable way?  Please consider the Learner's Journal lesson planner and resource log!
 
By popular demand, I have decided to do one print run of the Learner's Journal, which is described below.  As always, profits will go to a mission project, this year I will again send money for Chichewa language Bibles to Pastor Headson Makazinga, a village church planter in Malawi. 
 
If you want to order, please e-mail me with your color choices by Tuesday evening (July 27) so that I can tell my printer on Wednesday.  I need to have payments -- by check or by PayPal -- by August 3 so that I can ship them out by August 6.  (If it is not received by then, the package won't get shipped until around August 19.)   My PayPal payment address is [email protected].
 
Learner's Journals are $10, but there is a $1 discount per copy if you order 3 or more at the same time.  Shipping is 10%, with a minimum fee of $2.50.  Florida residents can take advantage of the back-to-school sales tax waiver, so no sales tax if you order before August 1!  (After that, tax for Florida folks is 7%.)  If you wish you can also order my books The Real Life Home School Mom (http://www.thehopechest.net/RealLife.html) and Common Sense Excellence: Faith-Filled Home Education for Preschool to 5th Grade (http://www.thehopechest.net/CSE.html) at the same time for the $1 quantity discount! 
 
My address for mailing checks is: Virginia Knowles / 1925 Blossom Lane / Maitland, FL 32751
 
You can see partial, slightly outdated informaton at http://thehopechest.net/LearnersJournal.html.  Please note that the cover colors have changed, and that the journals are now spiral bound.  The left hand lesson plan page also does not show up.  If you have questions, please let me know!
 
Blessings,
Virginia Knowles
 
 
 
THE LEARNER’S JOURNAL

The Learner’s Journal is flexible in format, and can be used for all kinds of different educational -- traditional textbook, unit studies, Charlotte Mason, unschooling, or whatever. (We use a mix of all of the above!) Even if you don’t plan lessons ahead of time, you can record what you did after the fact.

The covers are durable wipe-clean plastic over cardstock, and come in five colors:

  • Bright Red
  • Bright Yellow
  • Bright Pink
  • Dark Green
  • Light Blue
These are not the same colors on my web site as I have changed printing companies.  They are also spiral bound, not comb-bound, so they are much more durable!

The front cover is attractive and uncluttered so you and your children won’t get tired of looking at it all year. It has an oval surrounding the “The Learner’s Journal” in very large print, and “Name:” and “Year:” in smaller print. The font is the very sophisticated Tempus Sans ITC, suitable for both boys and girls. The back cover has nine quotes about books to inspire readers young and old.

Inside, you will find introductory pages for:

  • How to Use the Learner's Journal
  • Major Resources Used This Year (a place to record text books and work books with abbreviations)
  • Most Important Literature (2 pages for a quick summary of the best stuff you read!)
  • Special Accomplishments & Projects (summarize your most noteworthy achievements)
  • Field Trip Summary (list date, location and description)
  • Progress Samples (show beginning and progress samples)

After that, you will find 50 weeks worth of lesson plan sheets and resource pages.

On the left hand side of each double page spread you will find the lesson plan sheets. At the top there is a spot for noting the week. Then there are nine large blocks.  Six of them are labeled as follows:

  • Bible & Character
  • Language Arts (use this for literature, creative writing, spelling, grammar, handwriting, etc.)
  • Math
  • Social Studies (use this for history, geography, sociology, etc.)
  • Science and Health
  • Arts (music, art, crafts, drama, and more.)
The bottom three blocks are unlabeled.

For those who like to give daily assignments, the blocks are marked off with horizontal lines into five sections each. Even those who give weekly assignments will appreciate these lines for writing different assignments. For example, for Language Arts, you could use these lined sections for literature, spelling, handwriting, grammar and creative writing.

Across the bottom of this left hand page, there are five smaller schedule blocks for Monday through Friday. Here you can note any appointments, out-of-the-home lessons, deadlines, field trips, etc. This helps you and your child prepare for and plan around what’s coming up. Now you’re less likely to be scrambling to finish up that science fair project that everyone could have forgotten about!

On the right hand side is the Resource Log which has columns for Date, Title, Author, and Format & Topic. Use this last column to specify whether the resource is a book, tape, video, kit or something else, and what it is about, which is not always apparent from the title! For example, Beyond the Next Mountain is a video about missionaries in India, while Cell Wars is a book about the immune system. This will make your portfolio much more meaningful when it is evaluated.

People who have used the Learner's Journal over the past three or four years have appreciated the format and the durability!  I think you will, too.

 

 

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