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No More Wasted Workbooks, Use Page Protectors

June 21, 2010 By Past Writers · Disclosure: This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. {I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.}

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Has this ever happened to you?  Homeschooling is humming along.  You’ve picked out a great curriculum that the kids

love.  They’re progressing nicely and your planner has lots of neat, checked off boxes.

 

Then, a roadblock hits.  Your son or daughter is just not getting a

concept and you’ve finished all of the practice sheets.  To make matters worse, somehow your child has managed to destroy that section in his workbook erasing, reworking, erasing, and maybe even getting frustrated and scribbling across the sheet on purpose.

Oh, is it only my own kids that do that?

You need to rework the section, step by step, but it’s been destroyed.

What do you do?  Buy another book?  Wish for a time machine so you can go back and make copies?

No.  Put your worksheets into glossy page protectors, and you’ll have a reusable workbook.

Simply use dry erase markers or wipe-off crayons to do assignments, then erase when you are done.  A little alcohol or hand sanitizer will take care of any stubborn marks.

Now you will never have to throw away lessons that should have been done correctly again.  And you can use page protectors to stretch your budget in other ways, too.  Make your paper consumables last!

  • Print off a set of handwriting sheets or multiplication drills, pop into page protectors and store in binders or folders.  Your kids can practice over and over until the skill is mastered.
  • If you have multiple children or just want to review skills later, you can use page protectors to extend the life of your favorite workbooks.  You’ve suddenly got a built-in concept review book if your child gets stuck on something later in the year.
  • Make write on/wipe off maps by printing one-off and slipping it into a page protector.  You can trace the routes of explorers, mark battles and tactical strategies, or draw in other relevant details.
  • Make customized chore charts for your children to mark, erase, and mark again.
  • Print off the yearly reading lists just once, page protect them, then use them year after year.  You can track multiple children on the same page by using different colored markers.
  • No laminator?  Page protectors make an excellent substitute.  Put high use items, such as periodic tables, commonly misspelled words, or grammar rules for a sturdy guide that will last all year.
  • Create reusable fun and fluff items.  Make a car-activity book with a tic-tac-toe board, dot page, list of states for checking off the license plate game, or road bingo.

How do you make workbooks last?

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  1. Nancy says

    June 21, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Now this is an excellent idea!

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  2. Diane says

    June 21, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Great idea. I might need to use this on some of our math worksheets.
    Blessings
    Diane

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  3. scmama says

    June 21, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    I have also heard that for larger things, you can use clear contact paper to make it laminated. I have never used it yet, but I’m sure there will be some thing that needs to be laminated this year. 🙂
    This was an awesome idea, will try!! Thank you!!

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  4. Milehimama says

    June 22, 2010 at 12:54 am

    I tried the clear contact paper method but boy, was it difficult and messy! And very, very sticky. I actually have a laminator I bought for around $20 at WalMart, and I use that for things that won’t work in page protectors.
    ~ Lisa

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  5. Christine says

    April 28, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    I’ve been working on this, we “officially” start h/s “next” year. So I’ve been making my own workbooks with page-protectors. Though tonight while searching for 100+ sheet boxes of them I was trying hard to think of what kind. Urgh, so tired today! Anyway, three kids who will all learn the same things, so I want these things I print to last. For-ev-er. 😉 And don’t forget that felt works great as an eraser, and some Bingo “Dot” Markers may work as well.

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