We have switch to compostition Notebooks today. It has become really annoying having to keep our journal in a binder. Number one, things start falling out like crazy. Number two, they are very bulky and hard to carry.
We have now, a composition notebook for every subject and since Monday is our Bible Study day we have started with this subject. I have move on to Botany and will probably share it with Geography. I also made tabs for each section in order to keep it organized and we love it.
As your child grows you want them to start writing complete sentences more and more. This has been a great exercise for spelling as well. I had Daniel highlight the words he had difficulty remembering as you can see in the picture above.