LESS BUSYWORK & MORE LEARNING

Eliminate busywork, boring texts, & burnout from your homeschool ...with notebooking!

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It’s time to…

Kick busywork, boredom, & burnout
out of your homeschool... for good!

There's a better way, Mom.

It’s simple.
It’s effective.
It’s even enjoyable.

Watch our video to learn how.

Hey There, I'm Debra... I'm so happy you're here!

After the first 6 years of homeschooling, I hit my rock bottom. The days were long and I was a enslaved to the curriculum. I checked off lots of boxes, but something was missing. There was no spark or joy in our homeschool.

Everything changed when a friend introduced me to living books, narration, and notebooking! Learning suddenly became engaging, personalized, and enjoyable. And homeschooling didn’t take all day.

It was THE PERFECT CURRICULUM!

In the 20+ years of homeschooling our 10 children, I’ve tried dozens of curricula and most of the various homeschool methods. I’ve homeschooled through years of unexpected family crises and schooling arrangements because of it. Through it all, notebooking remains my most loyal and trusted tool in my homeschooling toolbox.

Over the past 15+ years, I’ve written step-by-step notebooking tutorials, created thousands of notebooking pages as well as two notebooking apps to make this tool even simpler to implement in our homeschools.

My mission is to help moms break free from busywork, burnout, and overwhelm to find the success they desire for their children’s education and to homeschool with freedom.

Notebooking is the most simple, engaging, and effective way to create lifelong learners without fancy, complicated curriculum or dry, stuffy textbooks.

What is Notebooking?

Notebooking is taking the subject or topic you child is studying and having him write, draw, and compile a notebook about what he has learned from it.

Instead of filling in the blanks of a worksheet to test what your child knows, notebooking frees your child to SHOW and TELL what he’s learned, what he found interesting, and to do so using his own choice of words and imagery without fear of giving the wrong answers.

More than a grade on a piece of paper, notebooking provides him a deeper connection and wider appreciation for the things he’s studied.

Through notebooking, your child becomes a storyteller, a teacher, and in some cases an expert after spending so much quality time with his studies. It’s an enriching experience unlike the former busywork.

Notebooking Pages & Lifetime Membership

Check Out Our Giant Library Of Ready-To-Go Notebooking Pages

We offer 1000s of notebooking pages covering 100s of specific topics and 100s of all-purpose designs. Our computer-based apps were created especially for moms of young students who need mom to scribe for them and older students who prefer to type their narrations. The apps also provide mom and students the ability to design their own copywork pages, notebooking pages, and other printable projects.

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Testimonials

Notebooking has become an integral part of our schooling this year; we use them with our Sonlight history (to capture narration and related artwork), for our copywork/handwriting, and for science.

We first came across notebooking via an online homeschool newsletter that led us to YOU! We used a variety of your free pages to try out this new idea. In past years, we have primarily used oral narration to reinforce learning, but I wanted to capture some of that on paper this year, for record keeping. Enter your site. I took you up on your offer of the lifetime membership. When I opened up the file, I couldn’t believe how many great options there were, always something available to tie in with what we are learning, and new great pages coming along throughout the year. Notebooking has become an integral part of our schooling this year; we use them with our Sonlight history (to capture narration and related artwork), for our copywork/handwriting, and for science. The kids are always excited to see what page is coming next, and we look forward to binding the pages at the end of the year into books! My kids have normally been rather averse to having to WRITE, much preferring the oral narration, but the wonderful pages, and the knowledge they are creating a book, make it more fun for them. And I feel more confident in my homeschooling than ever, because I have wonderful records of all we have accomplished- wonderful peace of mind! I have never been to any other notebooking-pages site, because I have always found everything and exactly what I needed HERE! Thanks for such a fabulous resource!

Spring G.

They are so proud of what they’ve produced and take pride in their work.

We first began using these materials last year, as we notebooked our way through the Old Testament. My children absolutely LOVE their notebooks. They are so proud of what they’ve produced and take pride in their work. I have 6 kids and we are homeschooling all of them. Many curriculum’s have add-on worksheet sets to purchase – but none are as high quality as those on your site. For a lifetime membership I will have materials ready to go FOR.THE.REST.OF.OUR.HOMESCHOOLING.YEARS!!!! X 6 KIDS!!!!

I love the materials. I love that we will have lasting evidence of what they’ve learned. I already love the idea that someday I will be able to show my GRANDCHILDREN what their parents accomplished in school.

Caryn Block

Even my non-writer is doing written narration for the first time without complaining!

The pages have really inspired my kids to do well and be proud of their work. Even my non-writer is doing written narration for the first time without complaining! I’ve also found the maps to be a great resource, the timeline . . . It has all saved me so much time!

Keturah Janis in Ohio

…it is not until he sees their completed notebooks that he understands how hard they work, how much they learn and how much fun they have.

I would like to thank you for your hard work and sharing it with us to save us time. My husband is a very visual person and loves to see the girls (7 and 5) work. However, it is not until he sees their completed notebooks that he understands how hard they work, how much they learn and how much fun they have. Again, thank you for sharing your “treasures” with us.

Stephanie Ibsen in GA

It has allowed me to have another area of rest!

Thank you for your program. It has allowed me to have another area of rest! My kiddos are self directed in their written narration but are still so very proud to show me their work!

Jessica Watkins in New York

This site has given me so many options. It has also enabled me to have more fun time with her and her brothers and not be so stressed over planning.

I was thrilled to find your site. I had been searching for different ideas to use with my daughter that are more creative. This site has given me so many options. It has also enabled me to have more fun time with her and her brothers and not be so stressed over planning. As a lifetime member I love the fact that future updates are included with no additional charge. I am getting ready to start the Colonial times with her and focus on the Revolutionary War so that she can understand why we have the freedoms we do today and why it is important to ensure that her children have them as well.

Sasha

My son who I couldn’t get to write three consecutive sentences, suddenly wanted to write everything he’d learned..

Last year I hit the wall in my homeschool journey. My children were frustrated and so was I. We were not having the educational experience any of us wanted. I shelved everything for a month and went back to the drawing board. I am incredibly grateful to have found your site while slogging through the difficult ordeal of revamping our homeschool. I looked through the entire site. I watched the intro video. (I suggest everyone else do the same!) I signed up for the Freebies account, because while it all looked very promising, I didn’t want to spend the money until I’d tried this “notebooking thing.” Boy was I glad I did! I started a study of Chopin and Elephants with my children. They loved it! They loved the “neat pages” to write and draw on. My son who I couldn’t get to write three consecutive sentences, suddenly wanted to write everything he’d learned about elephants. They love using the notebooks I learned to make from the terrific “how to” articles that Debra has written. Suddenly, learning was enjoyable again. I have only one regret when it comes to notebooking, I wish I had known about your site sooner. I didn’t try notebooking earlier because it always sounded confusing and difficult. Debra and her wonderful site eliminated that concern. I’m thrilled to have access to pages on every subject I could possibly imagine. Thank you for this wonderful site. It is more than worth the price of subscription!

Rache’l C.

The notebooking journey has awakened something fresh and exciting in our school time.

The notebooking journey has awakened something fresh and exciting in our school time. I was struggling to ‘organize’ what the kids were learning in history and science and truthfully, just wanted to inject some FUN into those two subjects with minimal prep time.

I have found the templates from the membership collection to be outstanding help for each my 7 students–from my really creative children to my reluctant writers–and well worth the money we invested in it.

My children are pleased to see their history and science notebooks taking shape. With notebooking pages by their sides, they have created something to be really proud of!

Kristen Fagala in Texas

Thank you for saving me time and helping my kids learn in fun ways.

After many times of wanting to take the plunge, today I did just that. I bought the lifetime membership, and I’m so glad I did. I’m truly blown away by the pages and topics offered. It has got me revved up again and ready to dig in with my kids. I’ve already printed off pages and the kids have ran, dug out books and began researching so they can do their fun pages. Thank you for saving me time and helping my kids learn in fun ways. I believe learning that’s enjoyed is learning that stays. Keep up the good work and may God bless you for all your hard work. My kids ages are 15, 13, 9, and 8. They are all as excited as I am. The best part is I can print off the pages we need and take them with us everywhere we go.

Dalena

…saved me so much time and allowed us to really showcase all our homeschooling accomplishments …

What an amazing resource notebooking pages has been to us! We began with the Bible pages to supplement our FIAR book studies. Now we use them along with Tapestry and our the timeline work.

The History packages exceeded all my expectations! The Explorers pages were such a fun addition to our World History study and now the American Presidents have really brought all our work together in an impressive and fun notebook that we can show to friends and family to highlight what our students are discovering on our learning journey.

The designs and quality are so impressive and effortless for me, the crazy busy mom, whether just using copywork pages or ongoing projects like our Nature Notebook and timeline. These products have saved me so much time and allowed us to really showcase all our homeschooling accomplishments in a fun, meaningful way for our family to tell a story about our adventures in learning. Thank you!

Mischele Brisco in Kansas