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Creating a Scrapbook for Your
Home Schooled Child
by Audrey Okaneko
Children who are home schooled love school scrapbooks equally as much as
children who attend public school and private school.
When creating a scrapbook for a home schooled child, you often need to
get creative. One great item to include is all of the writing
assignments your child does. Not only will your child see how his/her
writing changes over the years, but they will also have a collection of
their school work.
If you present your home schooled child with any type of award or
certificate, these make a great addition to a school days scrapbook.
Has your child participated in any community service project? If so, can
you obtain either a certificate or even a thank you letter on company
stationary? In addition to these certificates or thank you letters, make
sure you take photos of the project your child is involved in.
Often home schooled children will have outside teachers or specialists
come in. Take photos of these people to include in the scrapbook. If the
teacher or specialist provides learning materials, add these to the
scrapbook.
Do you and your child belong to a group of other home schooled children?
If so, again make sure to take lots of photos of these gatherings.
Have you assigned a book for your child to read? Take a photo of the
book and include this photo along with any assignments the child may
complete with regards to the book.
Do you visit the local library? Take photos of the library itself. Ask
the librarians who help you out regularly if you can get a few photos of
them both with and without your child.
If you take field trips, snap photos and make sure to pick up brochures,
business cards and any other literature about the place you are
visiting.
Does your child participate in any afternoon programs? Karate classes?
Dance classes? Piano lessons? Take photos. This too is part of their
“schooling”.
Again, creativity is key when creating a school scrapbook for your home
school child. I’m sure as you start becoming aware of just how much your
child is doing, you’ll find plenty of opportunity to take photos and
pick up materials that all show the school days of your home schooled
child.
Audrey Okaneko is mom to two girls. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net
or visited at
http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com
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