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Below is a list of what is new at donnayoung.org during this year. The list will also include new items in the subscription area. The subscription area items are marked with a YoungMinds image and have a gray background.
C.Small - Cursive Lesson Generators
December 2013 - Handwriting > Gen
As of this very minute you can create custom cursive handwriting worksheets for your children! C.Small features 2 layouts, 4 variations and the rule is approximately 1/4 inch tall. Only at YoungMinds OnlineYellow Line Handwriting Paper
December 2013 - Handwriting > Paper
Have you been hankering for printable handwriting paper that features an ultra bright yellow lower rule space? If yes, then this is your lucky day, my friend! If no, move along to a previously listed awesome addition to donnayoung.org.
Handwriting Worksheet Generator M.Small
December 2013 - Handwriting > Gen
I have finally added M.Small to the collection of handwriting lesson generator templates. This set has a letter size of around 9mm. The set features 2 blank tops, full, and 2-lesson templates.30 M0re Printable Christmas Gift Tags
December 2013 - Art > Crafts > Gift Tags
Near the bottom of the gift tag page, I have added three more printable sheets of ready to print Christmas gift tags. Each one has a theme and they are - Tags #4 Birth of Christ, Tags #5 Santa, and Tags #6 Holly. Each sheet has 10 different tags.Pen and Pencil Shading - Value Scale Exercises
November 2013 - Art > Drawing > Shading
This is as much seeing the value range of your drawing pens and pencils as it is an exercise toward achieving just the right shading in your drawings. This page is updated with new images and two new files that are challenging.Crispin the Crane Fly
November 2013 - Art > Comic
Walls are hard, just ask any crane fly. This page illustrates that a child can make up a story for a comic from day-to-day or nature observations. The End - for Crispin anyway ...Printable Handwriting Strips
November 2013 - Penmanship > Tips
I decided yesterday to make some handwriting strips while looking at a penmanship sample that I had cut out to evaluate some other handwriting thing. Read about these and see which handwriting styles are available at the page linked. See you later, alligator.Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
November 2013 - Household > Recipes
I wrote this recipe for Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup on August 1st, 2011 and I've made it many times and has since become a family favorite. Ingredients- onions, carrots, chicken, chicken broth, half & half, cornstarch, and sour cream. Chicken may be substituted with turkeyHalf-Size URL Directory
November 2013 - Household > Half-Size - at Home
I needed a new one of these files, so I made one. With the printout, you can record the login info for your favorite URL's or just the important ones.Half-Size Dated Block Planner
November 2013 - Household > Half-Size - Dated Block
The 2014 Half-Size Dated Block Planner is online and ready to print. Like all of my half-size files, the finished pages are designed for binders that use 5.5" x 8.5" paper. I hope that you like it.
Comic Strip Layouts with Story Line Generator
November 2013 - Art > Comic - Story Line
I present to you a tool - "Comic Strip Layouts with a Story Line Generator". Not generator as in random words magically appear, but generator as in - You type something and your words appear on the comic strip template in a "comic strip font".
Printable Comic Strip Templates
November 2013 - Art > Comic
New Set of Templates - "Arch Top" a set of printable comic strip templates that feature an open top for the comic title, a dramatic opening, or something else. The panels on the "Arch Top" comic strip templates vary.
Printable Guide Words Activities
November 2013 - Forms > Guide Words Activities
Guide Words Printable Lessons offers to print cards and other printable items that can be used for the guide words lessons. The guide word lessons include instructions for both beginning and advanced. Homeschool Planners with Rows
October 2013 - Homeschool Planner > Lesson Plan Forms > RowThe Row Lesson Planners - I've updated this page to include links to my row planner files rather than links to pages that contain row planners. If you are unfamiliar with a row planner - it is a different sort of layout, plans are listed in rows rather than boxes and is ideal for the classic broad assignment, such as "This Week - Read chapter 1 and do so & so ... , work is due on [date]".
Grade Records for Homeschoolers
October 2013 - Homeschool Planner > Administrative > Grade Records
I reformatted the Ten Subject Grade Form and added a white and yellow version of the form. At the single subject grade form, I linked the alpha keyed form, noted the Roman keyed form, and added links to Roman Keyed planners.
Our Nature Journal - Weather
October 2013 - Homeschooling > Science
Weather - a section in our Nature Journal - The weather page is updated with more information and two printable files for the half sized binder.
Story Paper- Decorated
October 2013 - Art > Story Paper
Blank top papers with two "Blank-Top" sizes - regular and tall. These printable files match the journal files at Homeschool Planner > Lesson Plan Forms.
Custom Drawing Assignments: Draw This, Please
September 2013 - Art > Drawing
Choose from several bordered papers, fill in the form with a drawing assignment, "Please, draw this ---", press the "Generate Worksheet" button and save the resulting "art lesson" image for printing.
Gray Line Handwriting Paper
September 2013 - Handwriting > Paper
Gray Line is named such because the lower part of the rule is gray. In the file links below the gray rule is described as Dark, Medium, or Light. Gray Line is available in seven rule heights and includes two rule styles - Regular and Tall. Gray Line also comes in Blank-Top.
Handwriting Lesson Generators
September 2013 - Handwriting > Gen
The generators create an image and those are handled differently when printed. Be sure to read the tips before using the generators. I hope you like them! DYTips: Printing, Saving
M.Large Handwriting Generators
M.Medium Handwriting Generators
Fuchsia Booklet
September 2013 - Handwriting > Paper > Booklets
The Fuchsia Booklet is designed to be folded in half after printing. The margins and formatting are designed for this. The line colors are blue and fuchsia.
TOC Planner for Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics
September 2013 - Science > Apologia
The TOC planner is not lesson plans, it is a series of pages that are designed to help you plan Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics from Apologia's Young Explorer Series.
Lesson Plan Form - Margins
August 2013 - Homeschool Planner > Weekly > 1-Page and 2-Page
This is a new form style at donnayoung.org. The design is "clean" (uncluttered) and the layout utilizes the margins by extending the row lines.
Ease into Writing: Timed Writing
August 2013 - English > Composition
I revisited the Ease into Writing: Timed Writing page and edited the content for clarity.BIG CALendar
August 2013 - Calendars > Horizontal Monthly
Big Cal uses 4 sheets of paper per month. When assembled, Big Cal can be pinned to a corkboard. The finished size is approximately 21 inches wide by 16 inches tall.
ML - Manuscript Large
August 2013 - Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript
Oddly enough, I named this set "Manuscript Large" yet the rule in this set is a mere (just over) 5/8", 1.6 cm. This set, as it is today, could be considered a refresher back to school course or a first-learner set because each lesson features only one letter for the entire printed sheet.
Blue Calendars - A New Light Blue Calendar
July 2013 - Calendars > School Calendars
I made another version of the Blue Calendar today. The blue is lighter, the lines are finer, the row with the days is light gray, and I used the font Garamond.
Calendars for Half-Sized Binders
July 2013 - Household Planners > Half-Sized
Household- Half-sized - Calendars - Some of the calendars have been remade. The Full Year Calendar now has 3 "rule" styles - Ruled, Dots, and Grid.
Video - Playing Dead by a False Potato Beetle
July 2013 - Science
A video of a "dead" potato beetle waking up and then "dying" again. The videos have been broken for a while, and now they are working.
Videos - Monarch Butterfly Emerging
July 2013 - Science
Video of a Monarch Butterfly Emerging - The videos have been broken for a while, and now they are working.
Videos - Monarch Butterfly Number 3
July 2013 - Science
Butterfly Video - Assisting a Monarch butterfly after emerging. The videos have been broken for a while, and now they are working.
Printable Paper for Half-Sized Binders
July 2013 - Household Planners > Half-Sized
Household- Half-sized - Paper - This page has filler paper for half-sized binders. I have updated this page, test printed all of the files, and added a few new files.
Portfolio X - Generate a Homeschool Planner (rtf) with Class Names, Child's Name, Grade, and School Year
July 2013 - Household Planners > Sets
This new planner is Portfolio X - Subject and it is a more complete planner with more homeschool planner file types. Just like Portfolio - the planners are made for 5 days a week and 7 class types. [rtf]
Alpha-Keyed Grader and Grade Sheet at Portfolio Planner
June 2013 - Homeschool Planners > Sets
About Keys and One newly Alpha-Keyed single subject grader pdf file and one newly Alpha-Keyed XLS Gradebook.
A New Single Student Lesson Plan for The Human Body: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
June 2013 - Science > Apologia
Christina Brown is sharing her daily lesson plan for the book -The Human Body: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.
Vertical Handwriting Paper - with no 3rd space - Now in Blank Top
June 2013 - Handwriting > Paper
Requested - Blank top handwriting paper to coordinate with the No 3rd Space handwriting paper.
Cover Sheets
June 2013 - Homeschool Planners > Extra
By request, I have added Italian and Latin to the cover sheets. The cover sheets are available in file formats - PDF, DOC, and RTF.
1/2 Sized Check Register
May 2013 - Household Planners > Half-Sized
Requested - Basic Check Register for the 1/2-sized planner, sometimes called personal sized, and the requester called it junior sized. There are two files - One prints a pair of vertical registers and a second file prints a horizontal register.
V Planner V3- GS-QP Grade Scale, Quality Points
May 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
An article describing how to use the worksheet GS-QP in V Planner V3. GS-QP refers to Grade Scale and Quality Points and it is the sheet where the grade scales are made.
V Planner Video: FIX: How To Unlock a Drop-Down List - Easy
April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
Unlock A Cell
Sometimes I forget to unlock the cells into which I have placed dropdown lists. My most recent embarrassment is in V3 where I didn't unlock any of the Master/Override list cells. 4/28/2013
V Planner Video: Tip: How To Expand the Height of the Rows
April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
Make Rows Taller
How to make the rows taller so that all of the contents are displayed. Example shows lesson planner "Block1."
4/28/2013
V Planner Video: What is a Beta V Planner?
April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
What does Beta Mean regarding the V Planners?
Beta means "don't use this planner, play with it; learn how it works"
4/28/2013
V Planner Video: Which V Planner am I Using?
April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How to Know!
This short video goes over how to tell which V Planner that you are using.
4/28/2013
More Printable Graph paper
April 2013 - Math > Paper
To the original graph paper page I have added 10 more sizes. These papers have gray graph lines with black dividing lines. The graph is divided every 3, 5, or 10 squares. Two sizes are made with both regular and wide margins. One special file is designed for a small garden.
Spelling Bee Award Certificates
April 2013 - English > Spelling
Two files - the Spelling Bee Winner and the Spelling Bee Champion. The Champion file is the year-end award for the child who won the most spelling bees. The Winner file has four certificates per page that you would sign, date, and hand to the winner of each spelling bee.
V Planner V3 - How to Use the Master/Override Drop-down in the Lesson Planners
April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
Applies to V Planner V3. A new feature in V3 that allows you to either set a system (Date or Number) per planner or set a system (Date or Number) per subject.
High School Diploma - Sans Border
March 2013 - Homeschool Planner
Requested - The diploma pictured here, but without the border. It is a typeable PDF.
Handwriting Paper with Colored Rule and Yellow Stripe Paper
March 2013 - Handwriting > Paper
New Yellow Stripe handwriting rule papers in 5 rule heights and in horizontal format.
Using the Bump Column to Create a Lesson Plan Sequence for the Date Planners
March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
Applies to all planner with a bump column [March - 2013]
9mm Filler Paper with Images
March 2013 - Penmanship > Paper
The printable filler paper on this page feature a rule height of approximately 9mm. The rule is blue with pink margin lines and the outside margin line is olive. All but one file feature a small image at the top of the page. Each paper has a header that reads: by: and date:
How Lesson Plan Columns are Handled in the Planners
March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
This video explains how the 3 columns of lesson plans are handled in the planners. Please watch this video before adding lesson plans to the S-Sheets. [March - 2013]
How to Use the Char Planner
March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How to use the Char Planner - a planner in which, if your computer uses a character map, line breaks may be added after each lesson plan. [March - 2013]
How to Use a Special S-Sheet for the 2nd Semester
March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
High School V Planner- How to set up a special s-sheet for the 2nd semester [March - 2013]
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